Philippe Vanrie European Affairs Manager chez Wagralim

Philippe Vanrie

European Affairs Manager

A bioengineer with a degree from Gembloux Agro-Bio-Tech, Philippe has more than 30 years of experience in leading European innovation networks and in setting up and implementing innovation projects in various fields.

Philippe led the EBN (European Network of Business Innovation & Incubation Centres) for 20 years. Between 2017 and 2020, he became the Director of the Secretariat of the EUREKA network, an inter-governmental innovation funding organization aiming at helping SMEs to innovate collaboratively, launch R&D projects and expand internationally.

He is regularly mandated as an expert by the European Commission and intervenes in various programs, such as Horizon 2020/Horizon Europe and many others. Philippe worked in 2021 and 2022 for Thésame-Innovation, an innovation platform in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, before joining Wagralim.