Meet the team

The people make the program. These are the people behind LifeSciences@Work. All of them put in their enthusiasm to make the best possible program for the participating startups.

The LS@W team

		Chrétien Herben - Program Director herben@health-holland.com Chrétien has been involved with LS@W since the early beginnings in 2008. He knows all the ins and outs on the Venture Challenge and he has a large network within the LSH sector.
		Simone Hermans - Program Coordinator hermans@health-holland.com Simone joined Health-Holland in 2022. She is responsible for keeping up with start-ups and the coordination of LS@W events. She is also responsible for the website and social media.
		Laura Gähler - Advisor Valorisation gahler@health-holland.com Laura joined Health-Holland in 2020. She makes sure that LS@W activities align with the many other Health-Holland activities, such as zorginnovatie.nl, GROZ, Human Capital, internationalization, Public-Private Partnerships, and more.
		Jannica Swieringa - Communications swieringa@health-holland.com Jannica has a supportive roll within LS@W as she is in the Health-Holland communications team.
$pasfoto$		Math Kohnen - Venture Challenge info@gcchallenge.nl You will meet Math at the Venture Challenge, he gives lectures and coaches the participating startups.
		Miranda de Regt - Expert Classes miranda.de.regt@iventus.nl Miranda is responsible for organizing and the execution of the expert classes. In collaboration with Health-Holland, she also organizes the Dutch Life Sciences Conference.