Didier Malherbe

Background

About Didier Malherbe

CEO of UCB Belgium during 15 years (2006-2021) CEO/Chairman profile with multiple characteristics, competences and networks developed in various high-level activities- Entrepreneur: Attracted €1 Billion investment and more than direct jobs to Wallonia, in the biotech industry. Founder of the European Business Summit, from Founder of the 1st Belgian and European Student Fair, from 1988 Co-Founder of the 2nd mobile telephone network in Belgium (Mobilis/Mobistar/Orange), from 1993 - Bridge builder, between: Public and private sector (high level contacts with European, Belgian and regional authorities). Employers and labor unions (President of the Management Committee of FOREM). Belgium and European/International markets (Chairman of the Board of the Belgian Foreign Trade Agency). Business and Academia (board member of UCLouvain, BIOWIN, WELBIO). Business and Trade Associations (Business Europe, FEB, essenscia, CEFIC, EFPIA, UWE/AKT, BECI). Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia (through several boards and projects)- Deal maker: Initiator of several tax measures to develop R&D in Belgium: Patent box, Innovation Income Deduction, Withholding taxes for researchers… Co-founder of the R&D biopharma platform with the Belgian government. Organizer of the economic part of the 175th anniversary of Belgium. Initiator of the business chapter of the Royal State Visits abroad (China, India, Canada, Bulgaria, Morocco, Denmark…).