Hanne Callewaert
CEO & co-founder | AstriVax
Hanne Callewaert is co-founder and CEO of AstriVax, a Leuven-based biotech company developing a vaccine and immunotherapy platform.
Hanne has more than 20 years of experience in the life sciences industry, combining strategic leadership with operational execution across pharma and biotech environments. As CEO of AstriVax, she has been responsible for incubation, startup and scale-up, financing, strategic direction and company building.
But in her session, Hanne joins not only as a tech CEO, but as the person behind the venture: founder, leader, mother and human being navigating the pressure of building a health company where science, capital, team and personal life all demand attention at the same time. How has she built Astrivax without losing herself while doing it?
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