Koussée Vaneecke appointed Chairwoman of the Board of EuraTechnologies
A graduate of ESCP Business School, Koussée Vaneecke (45) began her career with Danone and then Pernod Ricard. For the past ten years, she has held marketing management and general management positions in companies with a strong entrepreneurial culture, such as Comexposium, where she managed a subsidiary specializing in e-commerce and cybersecurity events, and Webhelp, a world leader in outsourced customer experience.
Born in Moscow to a Russian-Ukrainian mother and a Chadian father, she has systematically worked on international expansions. Passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation, she also created and managed a startup for 3 years.
Koussée Vaneecke joined EuraTechnologies in January 2022 as Managing Director before accepting the position of interim Chairwoman in September 2022. This position has become permanent as of October 2022.
As part of this new role, the Supervisory Board of EuraTechnologies has entrusted Koussée Vaneecke with the implementation of the development strategy proposed during its recent fundraising.
The incubator raised €24 million this summer from its historical shareholders - the European Metropolis of Lille, the Hauts-de-France Region, the City of Lille, Crédit Agricole Nord de France, Caisse d'Epargne Hauts de France and Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe - and from new shareholders including the Mulliez Family Association, Entreprises et Cités and Banque des Territoires.
This capital increase will enable the incubator to accelerate the deployment of its ambitious roadmap around four priority areas: employment and talent, cutting-edge technological equipment and collaboration in research and innovation, the environmental and energy transition with NetZero commitments, and international expansion.
"I would like to thank the Supervisory Board for its confidence. For 13 years, EuraTechnologies has been a magnificent success story of economic and social transition that I am committed to preserving and strengthening. With my experience in highly competitive and high-growth sectors, I will work to create conditions that are conducive to the development of the startups we support and to EuraTechnologies' influence. As a team, we are aware of our impact as we massively support entrepreneurs who shape our world. We will live up to this responsibility and use our resources wisely. Our efforts will focus on digital sovereignty, inclusion and environmental transition," says Koussée Vaneecke, Chairwoman of EuraTechnologies.
"Koussée Vaneecke's appointment comes at a key moment for the development of EuraTechnologies: after an ambitious fundraising and in a context of profound societal and environmental changes. Her knowledge of the incubator, the team and, more generally, the ecosystem she has been working with for several months and whose challenges she understands is an asset in achieving our common ambition: to make EuraTechnologies, our flagship of entrepreneurship and tech, and our entrepreneurs shine in Europe and in our territories of the Hauts-de-France Region and the European Metropolis of Lille," said Martine Aubry, Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of the SEM EuraTechnologies.