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Els Degroote

Investor

Investment Principal at Alychlo

Merelbeke, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

Els Degroote is an Investment Principal at Alychlo and Board Member at Comate Engineering & Design. With over 22 years of experience in M&A advisory services, he has served as deal captain on complex transactions involving public and private Belgian companies across multiple industries, including carve-outs and equity capital markets deals.

Experience

  1. Comate Engineering & DesignBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  2. smartphoto groupBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  3. Animalcare GroupBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  4. ZOUTE GRAND PRIXBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  5. TRIGINTABoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  6. miDiagnosticsBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  7. ArenalBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  8. ALYCHLOInvestment Principalcurrent2022 — present
  9. GreenyardBoard Member2022 — 2025
  10. EYPartner M&A2016 — 2022Brussels Metropolitan Area
  11. KBC SecuritiesHead Corporate Finance and M&A2012 — 2016Brussels Metropolitan Area
  12. KBC SecuritiesExecutive Director2011 — 2012
  13. KBC SecuritiesDirector Corporate Finance2000 — 2011

Education

  1. Vlerick Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Financial Mangement1999 — 2000
  2. University of AntwerpCommercial Engineer1995 — 1999
  3. Dames van het Christelijk OnderwijsLatin Mathematics1989 — 1994

Skills & more

Business Valuation16Corporate Finance46Investment Banking24IPO20Equity Capital Markets11Mergers & Acquisitions3Valuation1Capital Markets8AcquisitionsInvestmentsBoard of DirectorsFinancial Advisory
+8 moreStrategyCapitalPrivate EquityFinancial ModelingCorporate DevelopmentVenture CapitalFinancial AnalysisLeadership

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Colleagues at Alychlo

Ben Jansen
Chief Strategy Officer at Alychlo
Carl Bamelis
Tax Counsel at Alychlo
Eline De Wilde
Accountant at Alychlo
Els Haeck
Finance Manager at Alychlo
Frederic Teerlynck
Chief Financial Officer at Alychlo
Freya Loncin
General Counsel at Alychlo
Jens Jacob
Investment Manager at Alychlo
Laurens Puttemans
Real Estate Manager at Alychlo

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