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 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.
View Bruno's profileFilip 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.
View Filip's profileAlex 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.
View Alex's profileSteven Coppens joined Gimv in 2000. As a Executive Investment Manager he is actively involved in early and later stage technology investments in Europe and US.
Before joining GIMV, he was Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Brussels. During this period he mainly worked on international SAP implementations. Prior to that, he was Business Analyst for United Technologies Corporation in Paris.
Steven Coppens holds seats at the boards of L&C, TinubuSquare, Gemidis, Ecophos, NomaDesk and Human Inference.
Steven holds a master's degree in Applied Economics from the University of Leuven and a master's degree from ESC Montpellier (France).
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"NomaDesk is our information management platform and has been a lifeline for all us at China Direct Partners - a lifeline to each others information and ideas, to our client's requirements, and to the core data that runs our business. It is always available, secure, and is incredibly easy to use."
Tony Palanca
China Direct Partners
Hurlstone Park, Australia
