People: Agfa-Gevaert NV (AGFB.BR)

Mr. Luc Thijs is Member of the Executive Committee and President - Agfa HealthCare of Agfa-Gevaert NV. He obtained a Masters degree in Commercial and Consular Sciences (1987), as well as a Masters degree in Commercial and Financial Sciences (1988) at the School of Economics (EHL) in Diepenbeek, Belgium. In 2004 he complemented his education with the Advanced Management Program at Insead in Paris. After a brief period at Bekaert Textiles, he started his career at the Company's Medical Division in 1990. He took up consecutive general management roles for Agfa HealthCare in Asia Pacific, Latin America and Italy. As from 2006, he was in charge of Agfa HealthCare's global Imaging Division. Since 2009, he led Agfa HealthCare's Growth Markets region, comprising Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and the CIS countries. In April 2011 he was appointed President of the Agfa HealthCare business group and became Member of the Executive Committee.