Mission of BUDA
BUDA’s mission is to develop academic business development training, market research & customized workshops that ensure the future quality of your academic business development activities. We furthermore aim to include you into our business development community hence giving you both the tools as well as the social network that you can leverage to improve your academic valorization efforts and the launching of new business.
Governance of BUDA
VUB
The VUB Business development academy is affiliated with the TechTransfer office of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
The institute is financed through the Industrial Research Fund of the Flemish government and therefore under the strategic and financial control of the Industrial research fund board of the VUB, under the direct supervision of the Vice-rector Innovation and Industry Relations of the VUB prof. Dr. Ir. Hugo Thienpont.
The IOF board also serves as the sound board for the VUB BUDA Board of directors.
Board of directors
The Board of Directors oversees the strategy and results and of the institute.
The composition of the board not only reflects our connection to our mother university and our openness to society, but also the involvement of the international business world and our alumni association.
Board members
Daily management
The daily management of the institute is in the hands of dr. Geoffrey Aerts who is appointed as the director of the institute.