Bjorn is a dog-eared medical device veteran whose track record is to be measured in dog years rather than the human equivalent. He has been a lobbyist for the medical device industry, both at the level of a trade federation as well as in-house, has implemented legislation across all departments and geographies of a multinational company, is a life science advisor to the university of Gent, and has been the organizational architect of a complex and highly innovative start-up. In his free time, he sits in the advisory board of Maternia, a non-governmental organisation that strives to decrease stillbirths in Africa. 

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He holds two bachelor degrees in literature (2011) and philosophy (2015) from Gent University. He obtained three masters in political science  (2013), economics (2015) and law (2016) from the same institution. He also has a master in business administration from Vlerick Business School (2022).

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Bjorn is a certified ISO 13485 auditor and a certified OKR practitioner.