Marc Van Aken
CEO

• Master in Management
• Master of Science in Engineering
• BA in philosophy
• 20+ years experience in high-tech companies as CEO and VP
• Vice-President of EABA (The European Algae Biomass Organisation)

Koen Vanhoutte (PhD, MBA)
CTO

• Founder of SBAE, chairman of the Board of Directors
• Master in Biology, University Ghent
• Master of Science in Biology, University Ghent
• Ph. D. on microalgae, University Ghent
• MBA, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
• Former research Assistant at the University of Ghent

Jan Vanhoutte
COO

• Professional Engineer
• > 40 years industrial expertise
• Equipment developer and manufacturer
• Turnkey factories and process designer
• Co-founder of SBAE

Erwin Dekeyser
acting CFO

• Master in Economy, University of Leuven
• Master of science in Management, Boston University Brussels
• Experienced CEO of family business (ink industry)
• Investor and Business Angel
• Director of companies

Peter Bullens
Head of Aquaculture

• 10 years experience within INVE Aquaculture
• member of INVE Group as head of production Unit Europe and as plant manager
• Agricultural Engineer

Victor Chepurnov
Head of R&D

• M.Sc., Moscow State University (USSR)
• Ph.D., Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Sevastopol, USSR)
• Senior Scientist, Karadag Biostation (NAS, Ukraine)
• Visiting Scientist , Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Scotland, the UK)
• Visiting Scientist, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven, Germany)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Ghent University (Belgium)
• 75 scientific articles related to microalgae