About
Hans Maenhout holds a masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Ghent, complemented with an executive eduction in International Management from Vlerick Management School (Ghent), Corporate Finance from EHSAL (Brussels) and M&A and Corporate Development from INSEAD (Fontainbleau). Hans started his carreer with Texaco in R&D. Following a number of different assignments at Texaco, including 3.5 years in the USA, an M&A project initiated a move into the financial services industry (KBC Group) and led to a longer term transition management role in one of the portfolio investment companies of the KBC group. He joined a JV of the ArcelorMittal group and the Flemish Region in 2007 to head up a greenfield start up company active in structural lightweight sandwich panels. After the sale of the company, he was mainly involved in M&A projects within the petroleum and energy industry.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 165 investors hold the Investment Director role in VCSift. Hans Maenhout is one of them.
- • 61 investors are based in Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Ghent, Belgium
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