INDIGO - Key Persons


Daniel Verstappen

Job Titles:
  • VP QA / RA
  • VP Quality and Regulatory Affairs
Daniël has over 20 years' experience working at pharmaceutical companies, most latterly as Global VP, Quality, Regulatory Affairs and Standard Management at Philip Morris, which recently transformed into a life science company. Whilst there, Daniël was part of the management team that created the vision and developed the transformation strategy. His expertise lies firmly in providing Quality and Regulatory Assurance leadership including determining Regulatory and Quality strategy and driving excellence in both operations. Daniël holds a bachelor's degree in nursing.

DR. ANANDA BASU

Job Titles:
  • Division of Endocrinology, University of Virginia, USA

DR. CHRISTOPHE DE BLOCK

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
  • Head of Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Disease, University of Antwerp, Belgium

DR. ERIC RENARD

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
  • Head of Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Medical School, University of Montpellier, France

DR. MICHAEL C. RIDDELL

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board

DR. TADEJ BATTELINO

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
  • Head of Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

DR. THOMAS DANNE

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
  • Director of Department of General Pediatrics Endocrinology / Diabetology & Clinical Research, Hannover Medical School, Germany

Emmet Lydon - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
Emmet has over 30 years' experience in the Life Sciences sector, having held multiple senior operations leadership positions with different organisations. These include VP Manufacturing Excellence at Stryker, VP International Operations at Teleflex Medical, Regional Operations Leader at Alere Inc (currently Abbott Diagnostics) and Director of Core Technologies with Boston Scientific. Continuous improvement is a key element of Emmet's approach using the tools of Lean methodologies combined with digital manufacturing solutions. Emmet studied Plastics Engineering with the Technological University of the Shannon, Ireland, Post-Graduate Diploma in Manufacturing Technology from the Open University and awarded a MBA from Oxford Brookes.

Gijs Klarenbeek

Job Titles:
  • VP Clinical and Medical Affairs
Gijs has over 15 years of academic and healthcare industry experience. After his medical training in abdominal surgery at the University of Leuven, he held multiple positions in Medical and Clinical Affairs at pharmaceutical and medical device companies. These include roles as Director of Medical Affairs Europe at Boston Scientific and Worldwide Medical Director Clinical Research at Johnson & Johnson's medical device division (Cordis and Cardiovascular Care Franchise). During this time, Gijs supported the clinical development of different products ranging from regulatory submission (CE mark & IDE) to post-market commitments and development. Gijs holds an MD from the University of Leuven, Belgium and a degree in Business Administration from the Institute for Pharmaceutical Business Administration (IFB).

Ilse Pensaert

Job Titles:
  • VP HUMAN RESOURCES
Ilse brings over 20 years of HR experience having held senior roles in Global Talent Management, Organizational Development, People & Leadership Development in the logistics/express industry with FedEx & TNT. Over the past 8 years she was involved in people and cultural transformation projects across a variety of companies and sectors such as Banking, Construction, Energy and Pharma. Currently Ilse is responsible for managing all aspects of HR for Indigo Medical. Ilse holds a Bachelor in Business Administration and a post-graduate in Management & Business at the University of Warwick.

Paul Moraviec - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CHAIRMAN of the BOARD
Paul has amassed over three decades of global experience in the healthcare sector, having held multiple senior leadership positions. Most recently Paul led the ConvaTec Group Plc, a global medical products and technologies company, as Chief Executive Officer, orchestrating a successful company turnaround and subsequent $4.5 billion IPO on the London Stock Exchange in 2016, which at the time was the largest healthcare listing in Europe.

Peter J. devlin - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Peter brings over 30 years' experience leading the development & commercialisation of medical devices. Before joining Indigo, he worked for a number of years as an independent director and strategic advisor to early-stage medical tech companies. Prior to that he worked as the Chief Commercial Officer of Insulet Corporation, the US medical devices company, where he led Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Clinical Research and Customer Care operationsPrior to joining Insulet, Peter spent eleven years at Abbott Laboratories, in roles of increasing responsibility, most recently serving as Divisional Vice President of Global Strategic Marketing, Diabetes Care. In this role, he was responsible for the development of ADC's commercial strategies, global brand & product management, market research, and business analytics and forecasting. Peter holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts.