About
Roel Callebaut is a Senior Investment Manager at Finindus focusing on technology companies in new materials, material processing, and digital technologies. Before Finindus, he held roles at aerospace company Sonaca, an SME working on composite materials, and at Besix, where he worked on construction projects in the Middle East. He holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering (VUB), a Master of Science in Composite Engineering (PFH), and an EMBA (Vlerick).
Invests in
Advanced ManufacturingNew Materials
Experience
- FinindusSenior Investment Managercurrent2024 — present
- FinindusInvestment Manager2019 — 2024Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium
- FinindusInvestment Analyst2018 — 2019Ghent
- VentoryMember of the Board of Directorscurrent2024 — present
- Viking AnalyticsMember of the Board of Directorscurrent2022 — present
- OTIVMember of the Board of Directorscurrent2022 — presentBelgium
- JUUNOOMember of the Board of Directorscurrent2022 — presentBelgium
- WizataMember of the Board of Directorscurrent2021 — present
- ROCT BVOwnercurrent2023 — presentGhent, Belgium
- Guaranteed B.V.Member of the Board Of Directorscurrent2019 — presentGhent, Belgium
- Vrije Universiteit BrusselGuest Lecturer2017 — 2019Brussels Area, Belgium
- SonacaIndustrial Project Manager (Ad Interim)2018Charleroi Area, Belgium
- SonacaManufacturing Leader Composites2015 — 2018Charleroi Area, Belgium
- SonacaComposite Process Specialist2014 — 2018Gosselies
- AcrosomaTechnical Liaison Engineer2012 — 2014Lokeren, Belgium & Stade, Germany
- BESIXTechnical Office Engineer2008 — 2012
Education
- Vlerick Business SchoolExecutive MBA, Business Administration and Management2020 — 2022
- Vrije Universiteit BrusselGreat Distinction, Civil Engineering2003 — 2008
- PFH Private Hochschule GöttingenMaster's degree, Composites Master of Science (M.Sc.)2012 — 2014
Skills & more
Management6French3Dutch3English7German2Corporate GovernanceFinanceBusiness StrategyInvestment ManagementOpen InnovationtechnologyConstruction8
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Civil EngineeringCoordinationContractorsEngineeringAutoCADFinite Element AnalysisProject PlanningProject ManagementSubcontractingCompositesTestingProject EngineeringLanguages Dutch · English · French · German
- Project Management Professional (PMP) — Project Management Institute
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Also attended Vlerick Business School68
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Also attended Vrije Universiteit Brussel24
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