Françoise Chombar
Chairwoman and co-founder of Melexis
Melexis

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SummaryFrançoise Chombar is Chairwoman and co-founder of Melexis. She has been the CEO ofMelexis for 18 years. She has held executive positions with a number of tech companies.Ms Chombar is currently member of the Board of Umicore, the Board of Soitec and theadvisory Board to Byteflies.She is equally president of the STEM platform, an advisory board to the Flemishgovernment, aiming to encourage young people to pursue a Science, Technology,Engineering or Mathematics education.Françoise Chombar’s long-term commitment to actively advocating more STEM and moregender balance is driven by the profound belief in their positive societal impact.AwardsFrançoise Chombar is the recipient of numerous awards including the Vlerick Award, theGlobal Prize for Women Entrepreneurs of BNP Paribas, ICT-Personality of the Year byDatanews, Science Fellowship at the VUB, Honorary Award by the Flemish Communityand the Computable Lifetime Achievement Award.EducationMs Chombar holds a Master’s Degree in interpreting (Dutch, English and Spanish) fromGhent University.

Anna-Riikka Vuorikari-Antikainen
Chief Commercial Officer
Okmetic Oy

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Anna-Riikka Vuorikari-Antikainen has a 30+ years’ track record in the semiconductor business. She has worked for the silicon wafer producer, Okmetic, in several management positions during this time. Okmetic is the market leader in advanced, customized silicon wafers for the production of MEMS, sensors, radio frequency filters and devices as well as power devices.Vuorikari-Antikainen has held the position of Chief Commercial Officer since 2020. Prior to this, Vuorikari-Antikainen was Senior Vice President, in the fields of both Products and Customers and Markets, with a full grasp of product and process development as well as Okmetic’s global sales.Prior to her membership in the Executive Management Group, Vuorikari-Antikainen held positions in quality, planning, and new business development at Okmetic since 1992. She has a Master of Science degree in physical metallurgy and strategies and international marketing from Helsinki University of Technology (today Aalto University).Positions of TrustVuorikari-Antikainen is an active member in SEMI organization, such as SEMI’s Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) and the International MEMS/MST Industry Forum Committee (MEMS) in Semicon Europe.She has been a board member of several Finnish tech companies and keeps contributing to the MEMS cluster in Finland.

Nessa Maguire
CEO
EudaOrg

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Nessa is the CEO of EudaOrg. Nessa holds a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, with a strong research interest in building inclusive cultures. A published researcher, Nessa has fifteen years international experience advising private companies and government bodies in supporting diverse needs across education and the private sector. EudaOrg was established in 2021 by psychologists and experts in organisational change Nessa Maguire and Allison Kuschel, to provide technology and advisory services in diversity, equity, and inclusion to commercial companies and sectoral bodies.