Servaas Michielssens
Head Of Healthcare Equity Investments at Candriam
Brussels Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolServaas Michielssens is Head of Healthcare Equity Investments at Candriam with 13 years of experience bridging deep scientific training and disciplined investment management. He progressed from PhD and postdoctoral research in computational biochemistry to quantitative roles in asset management, bringing uncommon technical fluency to healthcare investing. A CFA charterholder who also completed postgraduate business management magna cum laude, he blends rigorous valuation frameworks with an instinct for which therapies and platforms meaningfully improve patient outcomes. He has led fund management at Candriam, taken an investment manager role at Ackermans & van Haaren, and returned to head the healthcare equity franchise, demonstrating both sector focus and institutional leadership. Known for investing “in what patients need next,” he pairs data-driven idea generation with hands-on scientific evaluation of biotech and medtech opportunities. Based in Brussels, he combines academic credibility with practical capital allocation experience across European healthcare markets.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Passed all three levels, Passed all three levels at CFA InstitutePostgraduate, Business Management, Magna Cum Laude, Postgraduate, Business Management, Magna Cum Laude at Leuven School of Business and Economicsmaster, chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, master, chemistry, Magna Cum Laude at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Github Skills (4)
calculation9
energy9
bioinformatics8
python6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
dseeliger/pmx
Feb 2013 - Aug 2013
Toolkit for free-energy calculation setup/analysis and biomolecular structure handling
Contributions:22 commits in 6 months
pythonfree-energybioinformaticshandlingenergy
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