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Kjell Mortier

Investor

Fund Manager at Novalis Biotech

Ghent Metropolitan Area

About

Kjell Mortier (Pharm., PhD) is a Fund Manager at Novalis. He has around 20 years of experience in the biotech industry across scientific roles in large pharma and CDMO companies, including work on bioanalytical and immunogenicity aspects of (pre-)clinical programs at Ablynx (now part of Sanofi) and CMC-analytical support and technology evaluation at the CRO Eurofins. He also holds a certification in financial analysis from EHSAL Management School.

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Invests in

Biotech

Experience

  1. Mobio ConsultOwner and managing directorcurrent2019 — present
  2. CLOUDS OF CAREBoard Observer2025 — 2026Belgium
  3. BioLizardBoard Member2021 — 2026Ghent
  4. Novalis BiotechFund Manager2019 — 2026
  5. RheumaFinderBoard Member2023 — 2026
  6. RheaVita BVBABoard Member2021 — 2026
  7. Epify BVBoard Member2019 — 2024
  8. BioLizardInterim Manager2019 — 2020Ghent, Belgium
  9. Eurofins Amatsigroup (CDMO)Principal Scientist Analytics2016 — 2019Gent Area, Belgium
  10. AblynxScientist2011 — 2016Zwijnaarde, Belgium
  11. AnaBioTecProject leader2010 — 2011Zwijnaarde, Belgium
  12. Baxter BioScienceContinuous Improvement Supervisor QC Lab2009 — 2010Lessines, Belgium
  13. WatersLC-MS application specialist2006 — 2009Zellik, Belgium
  14. Ghent University - Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences - ToxicologyPhD2000 — 2006

Education

  1. Guberna - Instituut voor BestuurdersBoard Effectiveness2025
  2. Guberna - Instituut voor BestuurdersDirector Effectiveness2024
  3. Vlerick Business SchoolVenture Capital and Private Equity
  4. EHSAL Management SchoolAccounting and Finance
  5. Ghent UniversityPharmaceutical Sciences1994 — 1999

Skills & more

Mass Spectrometry6LC-MS8HPLC2Chromatography7Proteomics2GLP3GMP2ELISA1Chemistry2Bioanalysis5Validation2Pharmacology3
+4 moreGas ChromatographyFDALife SciencesGood Laboratory Practice (GLP)

From Kjell's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Vlerick Business School68

Sabine VermassenExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersSteven LeveckeExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersFilip PintelonInvestment Partner Health at Capricorn Venture PartnersKobeFinance Director at Hummingbird VenturesLucas De FourLegal Manager at Hummingbird VenturesWard CapoenPartner at V-Bio Ventures

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Also attended EHSAL Management School6

Katleen VandersmissenManaging Partner at Heran PartnersHans MaenhoutPartner at FinindusRuben DecosterInvestment Associate at FinindusMichael FennAdvisor at Harmonix FundKatleen VandersmissenAdvisory Board Expert at Qbic FundPieterjan BoutenGeneral Partner at Entourage Ventures

Also attended Ghent University76

Sabine VermassenExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersNoé WachsmuthVisiting Analyst at Capricorn Venture PartnersJeroen Van IseghemInvestment Analyst at Capricorn Venture PartnersLukasPartner at Hummingbird VenturesRoxanneCompliance Officer at Hummingbird VenturesSriram BalusuAssociate at Ysios Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at BioLizard2

Wim Van CriekingeCo-Founder / Managing Director at Novalis BiotechLaurie HeilmannVenture Partner at Propel Bio Partners

Also worked at RheaVita BVBA1

Philippe StasInvestor at White Fund

Also worked at Baxter BioScience35

Brian CheeManaging Partner at Polaris PartnersNick RoelofsVenture Partner at ScietyBengt JulanderSenior Advisor at ScietyRamanathan VStartup Ecosystem Builder at SeafundJulie KimRepresentative Director – President and CEO at Takeda VenturesKavita BjörkdahlInvestor at Almi Invest

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Also worked at Waters2

Angie KimManaging Director at ARCHIMED JapanBukola KogbeInvestor at Rising Tide Africa (RTA)

Colleagues at Novalis Biotech

Bart Rossel
Advisory board member at Novalis Biotech
Cedric Bogaert
Entrepreneur in Residence - managing myNEO at Novalis Biotech
Jan Van den Berghe
Co-Founder / Managing Director at Novalis Biotech
Jaroslav Belotserkovsky
Investment Manager at Novalis Biotech
Kathleen Van den Berghe
Member of the Supervisory Board at Novalis Biotech
Liesbeth Ceelen
Advisory board member at Novalis Biotech
Michael Hengartner
Advisory board member at Novalis Biotech
Wim Van Criekinge
Co-Founder / Managing Director at Novalis Biotech