• Introduction
• Mission statement
• Management

Corporate management

Professor Dr. Joost D. de Bruijn, B.Sc., Ph.D.

President & CEO

Joost de Bruijn founded Xpand Biotechnology in 2004 after directing the Bone Tissue Engineering programme at IsoTis SA. He obtained his PhD from Leiden University, The Netherlands and spent part of his time at the Centre for Biomaterials, University of Toronto, Canada. He has ample experience in bone tissue engineering, adult stem cell culturing techniques, and the development of calcium phosphate scaffolds. He holds the Chair in Biomaterials at the Department of Materials of Queen Mary University of London, UK.

Frank-Jan van der Velden

CFO & Business Affairs

Frank-Jan van der Velden holds a MBA degree from the University of Delft, The Netherlands. He co-founded several companies with now up to 100 employees in various business segments in which he acted as marketing manager, product development manager, and managing director.