Management, board and advisors
Meet the team.
The people bringing Man & Science’s implants from first-in-human studies to patients, led by a board with a track record of building medtech companies and advised by leading headache specialists.
Hugues Wallemacq
Chief Executive Officer
Veterinarian and immunologist; R&D to commercialisation in biologicals and diagnostics.
Prof. Jean-Pierre Van Buyten
Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer
Head of the Multidisciplinary Pain Management Centre, VITAZ, Sint-Niklaas.
Christel Lonneux
Director Finance & Administration
20 years in senior finance roles, including 10 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Christelle Nguepi
Director Clinical & Regulatory Affairs
20 years in clinical research, including Phase II–IV trial management.
Clémence Toussaint
Director Product Development
Biomedical engineer; Class II and III medical device development.
Pascale Van Hoydonck
Director Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs
20+ years in medical device regulatory affairs across the EU, UK and APAC.
David Barnes
Director of Business Development & Market Access
25+ years in neuromodulation and headache, including Medtronic, St. Jude Medical and Boston Scientific.
Robert Taub
Founder & Chairman
Founder of Omrix Biopharmaceuticals and Nyxoah.
Dr Jürgen Hambrecht
Board Member
Former Chairman of the Executive and Supervisory Boards of BASF.
Gery Lefebvre
Board Member
Investment Manager at WE Life Sciences; 30+ years in management and finance.
Anneliese Monden
Board Member
Founder and co-director of Qlick; board member in profit and non-profit organisations.
Prof. Konstantin Slavin
Scientific Advisor
Professor of Neurosurgery; neuromodulation specialist. University of Illinois at Chicago
Prof. Leo Kapural
Scientific Advisor
Pain management and neuromodulation; Carolinas Pain Institute.
Prof. Erling Tronvik
Scientific Advisor
Head of the Norwegian National Headache Centre; St. Olavs University Hospital and NTNU.
Prof. Jean Schoenen
Scientific Advisor
Neurologist; founding director of the Headache Research Unit, University of Liège.
Prof. Koen Paemeleire
Scientific Advisor
Headache and neuromodulation specialist, Ghent University Hospital and Ghent University.