Team

Alex Brabers (1965) joined Gimv in 1990, after working for Dexia Bank. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of Gimv since 2001.

He is a board member of various listed and non-listed companies, including Telenet, Inside Contactless, VirtenSys and Aventiv. Before he was on the board of Mobistar, Emme (France), Barco, Barconet, Option and Telos (Canada).

Alex Brabers holds a Masters degree in Economics from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium).

During his ten years in the Technology team Bart Diels (1969) has built a successful & broad full cycle track record, both in early & late stage investments, business building and exit (IPO & trade sale) and this in different technology areas. Bart guided early stage companies such as BAI, eXimius, Filepool and Metris from a smart idea towards a rewarding exit. Also later stage deals such as FICS and LMS were successfully sold.

Before joining Gimv in 1995, Bart worked for Delta Lloyd Bank and as a PhD student at the University of Antwerp (Belgium). 

Today Bart is a board member of Clear2Pay, Metris, OTN Systems and NovoPolymers. Since 2009 he is also responsible within the Technology team for Cleantech investments and he also coordinates this activity between the different business units of Gimv.

He holds a Master in Financial & Quantitative Economics and an MBA, both from the University of Antwerp (Belgium).

Geoffroy Dubus (1968) heads up Gimv’s Technology activities in France since 2007. Prior to joining Gimv, he was a General Partner of Innovacom in Paris, a French venture capital company specialized in IT and telecom. At Innovacom, he managed investments in companies such as Netvalue (IPO Euronext and acquired by Netratings – NASDAQ), Hi-Media (Euronext B) and Voxmobili (acquired by OnMobile – BSE). Before, Geoffroy Dubus was Assistant Vice President and Director of Business Development of France Telecom North America in New York (USA).

Geoffroy Dubus holds a Msc in telecommunications engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Telecommunications of Paris (France), has a Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Paris XI-Orsay (France) and an MBA from Columbia University in New York.

Before joining Gimv in 2008, Hansjörg Sage (1969) was a Director in 3i’s global Venture Capital team, where he focused on hardware-related early- and late-stage investments in European technology start-ups, mainly in the electronics, semiconductor and cleantech sectors. He managed investments in u-blox, h t e and Dialog Imaging Systems. Before, Hansjörg Sage worked on technology investments in Europe and Israel at Lehman Brothers. He started his career as a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in 1997.

Hansjörg Sage holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe and a PhD from the University of Strasbourg in control theory and robotics. He also obtained an MBA from Insead.

Steven Coppens (1975) joined Gimv in 2000. He is actively involved in early and later stage technology investments in Europe and the US. Before joining Gimv, he worked as a Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Brussels. During this period, he mainly worked on international SAP implementations. Prior to that, he was a Business Analyst for United Technologies Corporation in Paris.

Steven Coppens serves on the boards of L&C, TinubuSquare, Aventiv, Openbravo, Human Inference and Eclipse and was a board member of Maximiles (France), Ecophos and Proficient (LivePerson).

He holds a Master in Applied Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) and a Master from ESC Montpellier (France).

Elderd Land (1967) has been working at Gimv Netherlands since 2000. Prior to joining Gimv, he worked at ABN AMRO Corporate Finance, where he was in charge of the telecom and internet sector teams in Amsterdam. Before, he worked for KPN Telecom in the International Business Development department.
Elderd Land serves on the board of Mentum, Psytechnics, 3mensio, GreenPeak Technologies, Liquavista and Human Inference.

He holds a Master in Business Administration from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam (the Netherlands).

Aik Deveneijns (1979) joined Gimv in 2009. He started his career at KPN, where he worked as product manager and account manager new business in the corporate market. His portfolio included managed services and software-as-a-service. Before joining Gimv, he worked for Batenborch, an Executive Searcher specialized in the recruitment of commercial personnel.

Aik holds a Master’s degree in Technology Management of the Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands).

Robert Gallenberger (1977) started his career at BMW in Munich. He coordinated technical changes in the production of the 3 Series and was part of the project organisation for a major product update with new engines and CO2 reduction technology. Before joining Gimv he worked for the Boston Consulting Group in London on projects in the energy sector and industrial CO2 emission reduction.

Robert hold a degree Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University Munich, a Master of Science from Ecole Centrale Paris and an MBA from London Business School.

Raffi Kamber (1978) started his professional career as a software architect and developer at Thales Airborne Systems in France. Later, he held a management position at Autostar. Before joining Gimv in 2008, Raffi Kamber worked as a support engineer and project manager at Bouygues Telecom.

Raffi Kamber holds a MSc in telecommunications engineering from Ensimag (France) and an MBA from Insead.

Eline Talboom (1968) joined Gimv in 2000. Before, she worked with Sydes, a subsidiary of the VUM Group, the leading Belgian newspaper publisher. Prior to that, she worked with Bank Brussels Lambert (currently ING) for eight years, as Product Manager International Payment Products and as Segment Manager for retail clients.

Eline Talboom holds a Master in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp (RUCA), Belgium.

Sara Lambrechts (1979) joined Gimv in 2002. Currently, she is responsible for financial analysis and due diligence. Before assuming this position, she was in charge of transaction support and portfolio reporting.

Sara Lambrechts holds a Master in Economics from Handelshogeschool Antwerpen (Belgium).

Helga Aerts (1977) joined Gimv in 2008. Before, she worked at Basell Polyolefins Company BVBA (Brussels, Belgium), where she focused on finance reporting and on Reporting, Improvement of Processes and Projects (RIPP).

Helga Aerts holds a Master’s degree in Criminology from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from PHL University College (Belgium).