Independent member
Date appointed to Board
26 April 2016
Education
Master Applied Language Studies Dutch, English, Spanish, Ghent University, Belgium
Experience
Françoise Chombar is co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Melexis, a producer of smart sensor and driver semiconductors for automotive, industrial, durable consumer and health applications. She served previously as planning manager at Elmos GmbH and operations manager and director at several companies within the Elex group. Françoise was a mentor in the Belgian women's network Sofia for 17 years and is committed to STEM and gender balance advocacy, for which she received a Flemish Community Honour in 2019. In 2012, she was granted an Honorary Ambassadorship for Applied Language by the University of Ghent. In 2018, she received the title of Science Fellow by the VUB, University of Brussels.
External appointments
CEO and Director, Melexis NV, Belgium
Chairwoman, Flemish STEM Platform, an independent advisory group to the government of Flanders
Independent Director, Soitec S.A., France
Expiration of mandate
Annual General Meeting of 2022
Member of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee since
26 April 2018