Jaap Wieling brings 30 years of experience as an executive and entrepreneur in (bio)pharmaceutical research and development (TNO, DSM, PRA/ICON, Xendo, QPS and BiosanaPharma). He is a seasoned expert in building effective and efficient product and platform development businesses and serves on the board and advisory committee of various (bio)pharmaceutical companies and (biopharmaceutical) service industries. For many years he has been invited university lecturer on pharmaceutical product development. He holds a BSc degree in chemistry, an MSc degree in pharmacology and a PhD degree in Mathematics and Natural Sciences from Groningen University, The Netherlands.