Tim Judge
Senior Vice President, Head of Modeling and Chief Climate Officer
Fannie Mae
Mohammed Gharbawi
Co-Head of the Fintech Hub
Bank of England
Gilles Vanhouwe
Investment Director
Verlinvest
Gilles graduated with a masters degree in civil engineering, but decided to start his career in strategy consulting at Bain & Company. He worked across all five continents while at Bain, serving blue chip clients in CPG and Retail for nearly 10 years. Along the way, he got a taste of corporate life while working for Mars Pet Care as Trade Marketing Manager. In 2018, Gilles reinvented himself as a (growth) investor after moving back to Brussels, joining the Verlinvest team in the Summer of that year.
Today, he still leverages his experience in CPG and Retail, but also loves venturing into new territory and bringing Verlinvest along (e.g. in eHealth, eGrocery, eBikes, eSports and pets…). He keeps a close eye on what happens in BeNeLux and look after portfolio companies Mutti, Liva Healthcare, Everli and Tom & Co.
Rosa Carbonell
President
FEDIAF
Stefan Luginbuehl
Head of Department European Legal Affairs
European Patent Office (EPO)
Stefan Luginbuehl, PhD, lawyer, is Head of the Department European Legal Affairs (Dep 5222) at the European Patent Office where he is dealing with a wide range of patent law and patent litigation related subjects, with emphasis on the implementation of the EU unitary patent package into the existing European patent system.
He participated in several Diplomatic and Intergovernmental Conferences on the reform of the European patent system and the international litigation system. He is a lecturer in different universities and is the author and editor of several books and articles on patent procedure and patent litigation in Europe and China.