Waterland’s Industry Experts
Waterland’s Industry Experts are actively involved in the investment process. The Industry Experts are experienced individuals who have or previously had executive and managerial responsibilities at successful companies or who can otherwise contribute valuable market know-how or contacts. The Industry Experts contribute by offering their in-depth knowledge of certain target markets, by connecting their extensive networks with Waterland and target company leadership and by sharing their operational experience in managing and growing businesses.
Industry Experts may assist in investment identification and analysis, and may serve as supervisory board member or special advisor to portfolio companies.
- Managing partner of Qbic Fund
- CEO of Caliopa
- Board member of Newtec, Anteryon, IBBT, Track4C and Venture Spirit
- Former CEO of Barco
- Former CTO and member of the Executive Committee of Alcatel
- Honorary Chairman of Agoria
- Chairman of Nyrstar and Agfa-Gevaert
- Director of Arseus
- Former board member of KBC BANK, Van Breda International
- Former management board member of Texaco Europe
- Former Head of R&D at Recital
- Former CEO of Alcatel Bell and executive vice president of the Alcatel Group
- Former CEO of Bekaert
- Director and Chief Investment Officer of Sofina
- Board member of Colruyt, Codic, Deceuninck Plastics, Emakina, Exmar and Luxempart
- Former Assistant CFO of Union Minière
- Founder and Former CEO of PIRONET NDH AG / Now: CANCOM PIRONET
- Former COO/CTO of QSC AG with focus on cloud transformation of product portfolio
- Member of the supervisory board for several IT-Service and Software firms
- Investor and Business Angel with focus on the Cloud & Managed Service segment
- Member of the board of eco – Association of the internet industry e.V.
- President Febeliec
- Former CEO of SPE-Luminus
- Former CEO of Oleon
- Former Member of the Executive Board of Petrofina/Atofina
- Former General Manager of Indaver
- Various positions at Exxon Chemicals
- Professor of Economics, University of Amsterdam
- Former CEO and founder, Infomedics
- Former secretary-general of the Ministry of Economic Affairs
- Former chief economist, The World Bank
- Health care advisor
Waterland Private Equity Investments B.V. is registered as a fund manager in the register maintained by the Dutch regulator, the AFM (Autoriteit Financiële Markten).
Interesting links
- Austrian Private Equity & Venture Capital Organisation (AVCO)
- Belgian Venturing Association (BVA)
- British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA)
- Bundesverband deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften (BVK)
- Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA)
- Nederlandse Vereniging van Participatiemaatschappijen (NVP)
- Polskie Stowarzyszenie Inwestorow Kapitalowych (PSIK)
- Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA)