An Tanghe

An represents 20 years of experience in research and innovation, of which 10 years in academia and 10 years in the context of private companies, public organisations and public-private partnerships. Throughout this professional journey, she has gradually evolved from researcher-specialist towards manager-generalist, always with an entrepreneurial flavour. Her expertise, insights and network reside in life sciences and healthcare, covering about all stages and corners of the innovation value chain and ecosystem, with medical biotech and digital health as favourite habitats.

An is a passionate and self-motivated professional, at her best in managerial roles and projects in which oversight and coordination, gaining subject matter expertise, building trust and relationships, and requiring a fair degree of exploration and development, are key elements. She unifies vision (conceptual and strategic thinking) with execution (hands-on and result-focused doing). Connecting both, in an iterative loop, is one of her biggest strengths and how she likes to work best.

Today, An is happy to consolidate, valorise & extend the altogether of her interests, knowledge and experience to help innovative companies and their supportive ecosystem starting up or stepping up their project, program, business, partnership and/or client development and management – not by talking but by doing: hands-on & in-residence.

Aggregator, broker and connector by nature. Neo-generalist. Engineered serendipity. Strong belief in the power of multi-disciplinarity, networks and ecosystems. Innovation happens at cross-sections, through joined forces and by enlarging the cake.

Signature strengths: Achiever, Connector, Trustworthy

(monthly rate is indicative, actual rate depending on type and duration of assignment)