Board of Directors
Yves Michali - Chairman
Yves Michali brings considerable experience of the software industry. After serving as General Manager of Novell France he spent ten years at Microsoft, six of which were based in Seattle. Returning to France, he oversaw iMediation's product strategy and co-founded Mobiclick. He was subsequently head of EMEA operations for Groove Networks, where he worked until the company was sold to Microsoft by founder Ray Ozzie, the creator of Lotus Notes.
View Yves' profileBruno Segers - Independent Director
Bruno Segers is CEO at RealDolmen.
Until September 2006, Segers managed the Belgian division of the software concern Microsoft. He then worked as an independent entrepreneur. Earlier in his career, he also worked for Oracle, Lotus and IBM.
Filip Tack - Founder and CEO
Filip has a BS and MS in Bioscience Engineering from Ghent University and an MBA degree from Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management School. His professional background includes sales, marketing and software engineering.
Before founding Nomadesk in 2004, Filip held positions at a leading telecom equipment manufacturer and an IT start-up company. His responsibilities ranged from engineering functionality on telephone exchanges, to sales and marketing of telecom equipment and ‘vanguard’ IT services, to corporate communication.
Alex Brabers - Director
Alex Brabers joined Gimv in 1990. As Executive Vice President he is responsible for the ICT business unit. He joined the Executive Committee in 2001.
He is a board member of various listed and non-listed companies, including Telenet, Inside Contactless, VirtenSys and Nomadesk.
Alex holds a master's degree in Economics from the University of Louvain.
Aik Deveneijns - Director
Aik Deveneijns (1979) joined Gimv in 2009, and focuses on internet, software and SaaS companies. He started his career at KPN, where he worked as product manager and in corporate sales. His portfolio included security-oriented managed services and SaaS propositions. Before joining Gimv, he worked for Batenborch, a headhunter specialized in the recruitment of commercial executives.
Aik holds a Master's degree in Technology Management of the Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands), and a NIMA business marketing degree.