Emile Lens

Over the last decade, Emile has been involved in driving buy and build strategies in the life sciences industry. His primary focus at Synexa is to build a top-class company for scientists to work at, delivering the highest quality services to clients possible. Emile is passionate about working with people and scaling businesses in the life sciences industry.

Emile holds a MSc degree in Economics at Erasmus University. He started his career in investment banking at MeesPierson and ABN AMRO NV, moving later to industry and becoming a board member at Maxeda, a KKR-backed European DIY retail company. He subsequently became an entrepreneur and founded and invested in a number of companies during his career. Prior to joining Synexa, Emile served as board member of Avania, a global medical device CRO, where he was deeply involved in the successful buy and build strategy of the company.