Olivier Witmeur

Olivier Witmeur is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Université libre de Bruxelles – ULB). He mainly teaches entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance and business planning to under- and post-graduate students, entrepreneurs, investors, consultants, and corporate managers. Olivier is also academic director for Solvay Entrepreneurs and StartLAB.Brussels.

Beside his activities for the business school, Olivier is an active Board member or strategic advisor in a set of growth-oriented entrepreneurial ventures. Over the last 25 years, Olivier has coached 150+ new and growing firms, published multiple papers on entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance and strategy in entrepreneurial ventures.

Before joining the U.L.B., Olivier has been part of the entrepreneurial team of OpenHR (2000-2006), a successful Belgian IT venture company specialized in HR management software, where he was CFO. Olivier has also been the Managing Director of EEBIC, an incubator in Brussels (1995-1999) and Adviser to the Minister of Economy of the Brussels Region (1991-1994).

Olivier holds a Master’s degree in Business Engineering (ULB, 1991) and a PhD in Entrepreneurship (ULB, 2008).

Main interests: Entrepreneurship, Startups and scale-ups strategies, Effectuation, Lean Launchpad, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurial Finance (incl. Venture Capital / Private Equity), Coaching, High-tech Entrepreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Innovation Policy.