
Julie Winand
Julie Winand is Chief Operating Officer at position-meta, a role she took up in September 2025, and is based in Namur. Since April 2024 she has also been the founder of WinAndGrow.
She joined QUALIblood in August 2023 as Chief Business Development Officer and served as its Chief Executive Officer from April 2024 to August 2025. Before that she spent more than five years at THERAVET S.A, first as a director from January 2018 and then as CCO from June 2020. She was a business manager at Novasep between March 2017 and January 2018, and worked at BONE THERAPEUTICS S.A. from December 2013, initially as a quality control officer and from March 2015 as a project manager. Earlier she was an R&D analyst at QUALITY ASSISTANCE S.A., held an internship at ProGenosis and taught synchronised swimming at Rovande.
Winand completed a master's degree in biology at the Université catholique de Louvain in 2009 and a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology there in 2013, during which time she was also a junior lecturer at Cefochim.
Career
POSITION METAChief Operating OfficerSep 2025 – Present
- WinAndGrowFondateurApr 2024 – Present
- QUALIbloodChief Executive OfficerApr 2024 – Aug 2025
- QUALIbloodChief Business Development OfficerAug 2023 – Apr 2024
THERAVET S.ACCOJun 2020 – Aug 2023
THERAVET S.ADirectorJan 2018 – Jun 2020
- NovasepBusiness ManagerMar 2017 – Jan 2018
- BONE THERAPEUTICS S.A.Project ManagerMar 2015 – Mar 2017
- BONE THERAPEUTICS S.A.Quality control officerDec 2013 – Mar 2015
- QUALITY ASSISTANCE S.A.R&D analystJul 2013 – Dec 2013
- CefochimJunior LecturerSep 2009 – May 2013
- ProGenosisInternshipJan 2009 – Jun 2009
Université catholique de Louvain#9factoryPhD studentAug 2009 – Jul 2013
- RovandeSynchronized swimming teacherSep 2005 – Jun 2009
Université catholique de Louvain#4schoolDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology2009 - 2013
Université catholique de Louvain#4schoolmaster, Biology2004 - 2009
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