Emile Voest
Emile Voest, Independent directorAt 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 director 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.
He has been 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.
Directorships & Appointments
Inside the Sanofi Group
Independent director
Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Committee
Outside the sanofi group
Cancer Core Europe: Director
Meet the Sanofi Board of Directors
Frédéric Oudéa
Chairman of the Board of Directors
