Philippe envisions, designs and builds thriving ecosystems between corporates, startups and investors, bringing in additional necessary enabling partners along the way (e.g. academia). In this context, he has an extensive proven track record as visionary and impact-oriented intra/entre-preneur, bringing innovative ideas into action as an energetic team builder and leader. He builds over 30 years of deep and broad experience in the 3 core mutually reinforcing elements of such innovation ecosystems: 1) First as an experienced consultant, as a Partner with McKinsey&Company in particular until 2006, where he led impactful work in marketing, sales and innovation across different industries at international level; 2) Second, ​as a prolific tech solutions builder, starting as the ideator, designer and global leader of McKinsey Solutions (active in data, analytics and decision-support software), which he brought over 9 years to some 2,000 people globally, and 50+ individual solutions (of which a third based on external startups) generating triple digit $millions in revenues. In 2016 he launched The Bridge to continue building such demand-led ecosystems in an open architecture way; 3) And third as an active investor, particularly as Chief Investment Officer in a long standing Belgian Family Office (SPDG), where he restructured and further built their new direct tech investment arm, in close collaboration with several investment funds. Philippe brings these complementary experiences to the next level with global consultant in innovation, Arthur D. Little as their global Chief Bridge Officer and member of the Executive Committee. Throughout his different complementary chapters, Philippe has been increasingly striving to bring a sense of balance between business performance and societal responsibility with his core business partners (which includes collaborating with thought leaders in the space, as well as implementing best practices in his related activities). On the societal front more specifically, Philippe is also a.o. a Professor in Applied Marketing at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, a co-founder of Teach for Belgium and an active member of the Ben Gurion University’s International Board of Governors (co-leading the Belgian/ EU chapter). Philippe holds a Master in Commercial Engineering from Solvay, and an MBA from INSEAD. He lives in Brussels with his wife and is a father of 3. Philippe is a drummer and a long distance runner. He speaks French, English, Spanish, Dutch and conversational Hebrew.