Filip Van Hulle

I am pharmacist and got my degree at Catholic Research University in the city of Leuven, Belgium.

I also have Professional Diploma as Chemist for drugstores in Netherlands.

I obtained Management degree at Vlerick Leuven-Gent Management School.

I followed numerous courses as Orthomolecular Medicine; Polyphenols and Herbal medicine; Nutrition, Exercise and Sports.  

I have worked in France, Netherlands and Belgium in different positions as broad as community pharmacist and for dietary supplement company.

Prior to joining Kaneka back in 2004 I worked for dietary supplement company and I did many jobs such as building sales argumentation (and training) for sales reps, evaluating and creating scientific documentation plus answering questions from health professionals/consumers, giving lectures for doctors/pharmacists/consumers, writing newsletters, establishing opinion leader network, involved in new product development and regulatory, attending meetings with dietary supplement organization, developing purchasing system and responsible for the purchase of all ingredients and final products, managing production at the factory, etc.

Currently I am General Manager at Kaneka Nutrients Europe. Kaneka is Japanese origin manufacturer and we have been pioneer (since 1977) in natural Coenzyme Q10. After the introduction of Ubiquinol in 2008 our focus has shifted to this active form of CoQ10. I have been involved in explaining about this nutrient to the market and establishing awareness and credibility in different countries and doing work with different scientists.

My hobbies are walking, work in the garden, being in nature and reading books.