Emile Voest

Independent director
Emile Voest - Independent director at the board of Directors of Sanofi and Member of the Scientific CommitteeEmile Voest, Independent director

At a Glance

Date of birth

August 20, 1959

Nationality

Dutch

First elected or appointed

May 2022

Term expires

General Meeting 2025

Education and Business Experience

Emile Voest is currently Chairman of the Board of Cancer Core Europe, a collaboration of seven top comprehensive cancer centers in Europe and was Executive Medical Director of the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) until 2021. Since then, he has been the founder of Mosaic Therapeutics and Strategic Advisor. 

He is also Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Utrecht (UMC) since 1999 and leads his research group at the NKI and Oncode Institute. He has founded and leads several innovative precision medicine initiatives in oncology. He is co-founder and non-executive board member of the Hartwig Medical Foundation (large scale DNA analyses), is a board member of the Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment and leads several innovative precision oncology clinical trials. Over recent years, he also played several leadership roles in medical societies such as ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology) and ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology).

Emile Voest obtained a PhD in medicine from the University of Utrecht.

Contact information

46, avenue de la Grande Armée - 75017 Paris (France)

Emile Voest on LinkedIn

Directorships & Appointments

Inside the Sanofi Group

Independent director

Member of the Scientific Committee

Outside the Sanofi Group

Mosaic Therapeutics: Founder and Strategic Advisor

Cancer Core Europe: Chairman of the Board

Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment: Board Member

Hartwig Medical Foundation: Member of the Supervisory Board

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Frédéric Oudéa - Chairman of the Board of Directors

Frédéric Oudéa

Chairman of the Board of Directors