Tineke Van hooland  is founder and CEO of Epic 10, a boutique consulting firm specialised in External Affairs in Life Sciences. She is also Deputy Secretary General at bio.be, the Belgian federation of companies active in life sciences & biotechnologies, part of essenscia. She graduated with High Distinction as Industrial Pharmacist from Ghent University and has held several mandates and leadership positions in biopharmaceutical companies at corporate level over the past 16 years. She is known for her dynamic and no-nonsense approach. Tineke is also a female leadership advocate and has authored a number of opinion pieces on sustainable health policy and empowering women.Her motto ‘Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm” (Emerson)