Connecting, testing and executing ideas are key in innovation.

Jan De Clippeleer Jan De Clippeleer

EY wavespace™ Antwerp Innovation Enabler and Executive Director, EY Consulting Services BV

Senior intrapreneur. Serial entrepreneur. Passionate innovator, always on.

Jan is an Executive Director at EY Consulting Services BV and enthusiastic facilitator at EY wavespace Antwerp and advises companies with experience in business model innovation, funding, cooperation between start-ups and corporations. 

Jan is also an Innovation Enabler within The Factory, a fast-growing start-up within EY Consulting Services BV.

Jan worked for more than 30 years in the research and development, innovation and services departments of global technology companies in the publishing and printing industry and later in healthcare IT.

He founded a few start-ups that he still manages today. He was an independent innovation expert at SME-related jury committees and Entrepreneur in Residence in a global innovation hub.  

Jan has an MSc in Electronics Engineering, a post-graduate in Business Engineering and an MBA from well-known Belgian universities and business schools.

How Jan is building a better working world

Jan supports innovation within companies, both big and small. At wavespace Antwerp, Jan facilitates workshops, brainstorming sessions and innovation boot camps for EY clients.

In his role as Innovation Enabler for The Factory, he is constantly looking for synergies between companies, start-ups and corporations. The connection he makes between them results in innovation being realized. 

Jan is a mentor to Belgian start-ups and is a member of several advisory boards, both at start-ups and at established companies.

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