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Gilles CastaigneGC

Gilles Castaigne

EMBA, Finance Director

€890/day
Charleroi, BE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Gilles

Finance professional with 8+ years of experience that just graduated from the Executive MBA at BMI (Louvain School of Management, Belgium).

I have experience in the Life Science industry as I joined iTeos Therapeutics back in 2018, after 4 years spent at EY developing my accounting and controlling skills as a financial auditor. What I really enjoy about biotechs is the entrepreneurial mindset, the continuous changing environment, being closed to innovative science, my (humble) contribution to make the world a healthier place.

Over my years at iTeos, I have been responsible for various functions and projects: Accounting & Controlling, FP&A, Relocation of the company to the US, IPO on Nasdaq, Alliance Management (mainly with GSK), ExCom secretary, etc.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Charleroi (up to 50km)

Experience

  • iTeos Therapeutics
    Director of Strategic Alliances
    July 2021 - Today (4 years and 11 months)
    Charleroi, Belgium
    Job split 80/20 between Alliance Management and Long-term Strategic Planning Responsible for Managing Strategic Alliances, mainly with GSK, acting as coordinator and strategic advisor to the different governance bodies Long-Term Strategic Planning: partner with CFO to think through the different strategic options iTeos has for the future, to enable ExCom & Board discussions that drives decision-making processes. Selected Accomplishments:
    - Kicked off the GSK-iTeos collaboration as Alliance Manager
    - Led the collaboration through challenging time for TIGIT assets, strategically thinking about the best approach to develop our shared asset
  • iTeos Therapeutics
    Associate Director, Finance
    January 2020 - December 2021 (1 year and 11 months)
    Charleroi, Belgium
    In the absence of a CFO for the first half of 2020, I temporarily was part of the ExCom and partnered with the CEO and COO to oversee the finance organization. With the recruitment of our CFO and the IPO in July 2020, I partnered with the CFO to build the finance organization needed as a publicly-traded company and decided to lead the FP&A function as from 2021. I also participated in the ExCom, acting as Secretary and partnering with the CEO for the preparation. Selected Accomplishments:
    - Successfully partnered with CEO and COO to raise $125M as Series B2 Financing (April 2021)
    - Lead the finance organization into the successful IPO on Nasdaq with $230M of proceeds (July 2021)
    - Built the first long-term planning tool for the company
  • iTeos Therapeutics
    Financial Controller
    October 2018 - January 2020 (1 year and 3 months)
    Charleroi, Belgium
    Right hand of the CFO covering all finance functions: Accounting, Controlling, Budgeting, etc. Responsible for Stock Options Plan, partnering with HR. Selected Accomplishments:
    - Relocated the company to the US, with everything that entails (legal, tax optimization, transfer pricing strategy and documentation, finance, banking, investor management, etc.)
    - Preparing the company for a future IPO on Nasdaq from an accounting & controlling perspective (US GAAP conversion)
    - Improved processes across the different finance function

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Education

  • Executive MBA , Administration et gestion des affaires, général
    Louvain School of Management
    2023
    Executive MBA , Administration et gestion des affaires, général
  • Master of Business
    Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve
    2014
    Master of business engineering, Finance, General

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