Philippe is an experienced founder and startup community leader who has worked closely with communities across Belgium, Southeast Asia and Australia. He is passionate about building ecosystems and exploring emerging technologies with early stage founders.
He co-founded The 1961 Coworking and Art Space, supported Airbnb in its growth and acquisition in Cambodia and has been active with the Techstars APAC Community for several years. As former Head of Programs at Creative Enterprise Australia (CEA), he led the design, development and execution of programs to support entrepreneurs across their journey from start to scale: community, coworking, incubation, acceleration and investment.
Philippe is a partner at Innovation Architects, an ecosystem-focused innovation consultancy that partners with industry, academia and governments on strategy and delivery of entrepreneurship, venture building, market access, business growth and investment initiatives.