Overview
Stefaan Sonck Thiebaut is the CEO of Fluves, a role he took up in November 2025. Since the same month he has also been CEO of Marlinks. He is based in Brussels.
From February 2021 to August 2025 he was Director General of Innoviris. Before that he worked briefly as a consultant at Oxford University Innovation in late 2020. He joined OpenSynergy GmbH in July 2007 as CTO, became its CEO in July 2010 and held that position until August 2019, and served on the company's board from September 2019 to December 2023.
Sonck Thiebaut holds a PhD in engineering from Stanford University, completed between 1994 and 2001, and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Oxford, which he obtained in 2020.
Career history
In the news
- Taiwan is on our radar this October! Our CEO, Stefaan Sonck Thiebaut, will share how fiber optic monitoring can deliver expanding value throughout the lifecycle of subsea cables. From continuous monitoring to a growing range of cable integrity insights, there’s a lot to discuss. Looking forward to the conversations in Taipei! #asiawea2026 #19thasiaoffshorewindday #OffshoreWind #SubseaCables #FiberOpticSensing #Marlinks
- EngineersDay| Today, we're celebrating the people who make Fluves, Fluves. 💙 With nearly 75% of our team made up of engineers, engineering is at the heart of who we are. Behind every solution we develop, every challenge we take on and every kilometer of infrastructure we monitor, there are engineers asking questions, solving problems, testing ideas and finding better ways forward. ⚙️ Today, on Engineers' Day, we want to say a big thank you to our engineers behind Marlinks, DALI - Pipeline Monitoring and Corrosion. For
- We are looking for a lead of our delivery team in Ghent. An opportunity to work with a great team, exciting products and to shape the future of our company!
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