With years of experience as an innovation consultant at a well-known consultancy firm and his academic background from the Utrecht School of Economics in the field of Entrepreneurship & New Business Ventures, Anne is well-acquainted with the components of successful innovation. He started his career in business, working as a business developer in the process industry, before pursuing a career in consultancy. While Anne always focused on supporting companies in bringing innovations to the market during his work in the industry, as from 2021 he started to support researchers in the valorization process in his role as a business developer at Business Generator Groningen.

Since July 2022, Anne has been the Director of Business Generator Groningen.

Anne’s approach? Think in possibilities, allow the team to do what they are good at, and work closely with partners to successfully bring research to market and society.