Managing Directors |
Pierre Mottet | Chief Executive Officer
Pierre Mottet, Chief Executive Officer, joined the company as VP Marketing and Sales in 1987. Throughout his tenure, Mr. Mottet has successfully lead IBA through joint ventures, corporate partnerships and licensing matters, as well as the company’s initial public offering in 1998, two equity increases and several acquisitions.
Pierre Mottet, jointly with Yves Jongen, was nominated 1997 Manager of the Year in Belgium. In addition, Mr. Mottet serves as Director at the Belgian Industry Board and Vice-Chairman at Agoria (Technology Industry Association) and E-Capital. Prior to joining IBA, Mr.Mottet served in marketing and sales for the Information Network Services division of IBM. Mr. Mottet was awarded the IBM Marketing Excellence Award, both in 1985 and 1986.
Mr. Mottet has a Bachelor in Law and a Masters Degree in Business & Technology from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Yves Jongen | Chief Research Officer
Yves Jongen is Chief Research Officer for Ion Beam Applications. After founding IBA in 1986, he served as general manager and co-general manager of the company until March 2000, when he assumed his current role. Founded in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, IBA has become a world leader in particle accelerator technology and its applications, particularly in medical imaging, cancer therapy and sterilization.
Prior to founding IBA, Mr. Jongen served for 16 years as manager of the UCL Cyclotron Research Center, a multidisciplinary organization established by the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL), with several cyclotrons for fundamental and applied research. He holds a dozen patents and is the author of approximately 200 publications in the particle accelerator field and their applications.
Mr. Jongen graduated cum laude from UCL in 1970 as a Civil Engineer in electronics and earned an additional certificate in nuclear sciences. He has received the Georges Vanderlinden prize for science, given by the Belgium Royal Academy, for his work in Physics and Electricity, and shared the magazine Trends-Tendances 1997 Entrepreneur of the year honors for the French speaking part of Belgium with IBA CEO Pierre Mottet. |
