Director, LIEU Network, Belgium
Olivier was a PhD researcher at the Laboratory of Materials Sciences of the ULB from 2002 to 2008.
From 2008 to 2015, he held the position of scientific advisor Materials within KTO at the University of Mons (UMONS), where he was in charge of managing IP and supported the establishment of research projects.
Since November 2015, he has been Director of the LIEU Network. LIEU is the direct responsibility of the Conseil des Recteurs des Universités Francophones de Belgique (Cref), a council of Rectors from French-speaking Belgium. The network makes use of the various coordinating bodies, and calls upon the full strength of the KTO advisors: a team of over 60 business/research partnership professionals.
Olivier is also a member of the ASTP's National Associations Advisory Committee (NAAC).