Erudite

Building the future of healthcare

When clinical expertise meets digital innovation

We’re reinventing healthcare with service-embedded solutions, creating the tools we wish we had when we were practicing full-time. Our products are built with the same rigor we apply to prescribing, because that’s how trust is earned.

Unified Medicine, pharmaceutical precision

We apply pharmaceutical-grade validation to our comprehensive health solutions. This includes randomized trials, biomarker tracking, documented outcomes, and regulatory compliance. Why? Because patients deserve effective treatments.

Leadership built on complementary expertise

Brothers Louis, an MD and biomedical engineer, and Charles, a bioengineer, combine their medical and technical expertise to drive healthcare innovation. Together, they lead a 130-person team across the Benelux region with a shared mission: making evidence-based healthcare more accessible, intelligent, and effective.

Meet our team

Our brands

Nutriphyt is a trusted Belgian company offering natural, science-based health products. Each formula harnesses nature’s intelligence, uniting pure nutrients in precise synergy to support cellular health and overall well-being.

Since 1933, Laboratoires Trenker has been the trusted choice of both healthcare professionals and patients. As Belgium’s market leader across multiple categories, Trenker’s innovative medicines and supplements help people of all ages live healthier and better lives.

Alline is Belgium’s leading beauty-from-within supplement brand. It is trusted for its clinically proven ingredients that deliver visible results for hair and skin health. As the market leader, Alline has built its reputation on rigorous ingredient selection and scientific validation.

Our core team

Louis Declerck

CEO

Louis is trained as an MD (pre-specialisation Neurosurgery) and Biomedical Engineer, holding an MBA at Warwick Business School. Louis Declerck brings a rare blend of clinical and financial expertise to the boardroom. Before founding erudite.health, he strengthened his business instincts at Fund+, a leading life sciences investment fund where he gained hands-on experience in deal-making and asset management.

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Charles Declerck

COO

Charles is a Bioscience Engineer, specialized in Cell & Gene Biotechnology, graduated from Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business and Bayes Business School (Formerly Cass Business School). He has an analytical mindset complemented with economic competencies intending to evaluate and push businesses in the Medtech/Biotech industry.

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“Our systemic approach combines clinical rigor with therapeutics, guided by evidence, powered by AI, and supported by our own labs and production facility in Belgium.”

Barbara De Saedeleer

CFO

Barbara De Saedeleer has built a remarkable career as one of Belgium’s most influential executives across the fields of strategy, finance, and corporate governance. In her current role as Chief Strategy Officer at Erudite.Health, she combines sharp strategic insight with a decisive leadership style in a sector where health and technology are becoming increasingly intertwined. Earlier in her career, Barbara served as Chief Financial Officer at Omega Pharma for over a decade, where she played a pivotal role in shaping the financial strategy of one of Belgium’s most prominent pharmaceutical companies. Alongside her executive responsibilities, Barbara also contributes her expertise as an independent board member. She currently serves on the boards of real estate company Montea and industrial group Recticel, and previously held a board mandate at Beaulieu International Group. Her career stands as a compelling example of what leadership at the highest level looks like in practice.

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“The pharmaceutical sector requires a balance of scientific innovation and financial discipline. Only companies that combine evidence-based product development with a strategic growth agenda can create sustainable value for patients and investors.”

Valerie Silvert

Global Commercial Director

Valerie Silvert is responsible for developing and executing the organization’s commercial strategy and fostering sustainable client relationships. She has a strong background in commercial and marketing roles at multinational companies such as Colgate, Sanofi, and Kellogg’s, as well as management positions at Blue Chip, Apple, and VMware. Valérie uses this broad background to deliver customer-focused solutions.

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Steven Van Nieuwenberg

International Business Developer

Steven Van Nieuwenberg will lead erudite.health’s global expansion by cultivating strategic partnerships to ensure sustainable growth. He brings over 25 years of international expertise (14 years in OTC) and experience working in 80 countries, offering vast cross-cultural knowledge and a proven ability to adapt to diverse market dynamics. His blend of strategic insight and strong relationship-building skills is pivotal in expanding erudite.health’s presence and ensuring its long-term global success.

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Veerle Peeters

Global HR Director

Veerle Peeters has over 20 years of experience at companies such as Nuance Communications and Omega Pharma. She brings an evidence-based approach to human resources, focusing on streamlining HR policies and strategically integrating entities. Her expertise spans both the “hard” (compensation and benefits, legislation) and “soft” (talent development, well-being) aspects of HR, combining an analytical mind with ethical leadership.

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Stijn Deryckere

IT Systems Engineer

Stijn Deryckere holds an essential position as IT support specialist at erudite.health. He ensures operational stability and the smooth running of daily activities. His responsibilities include system management, data security, and resolving technical issues. Stijn’s extensive technical knowledge stems from his years of experience in the IT sector.

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Sven Deneubourg

Global IT Director

Sven Deneubourg is the architect of erudite.health’s digital transformation. He combines technical expertise with a clear business vision. Sven’s experience spans the food, pharmaceutical, and FMCG sectors, including Puratos, Omega Pharma, and Perrigo. His background enables him to translate business objectives into robust IT strategies and leverage technology as a powerful engine for sustainable growth and operational excellence.

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Bram Ruyters

Global Performance Marketing Manager

Bram Ruyters is a performance-driven growth strategist focused on building scalable revenue systems. With a background as a performance marketer across multiple companies, he has consistently optimized digital channels into structurally profitable acquisition drivers. His expertise spans SEO, SEA, paid media and affiliate marketing — always guided by data, ROI and long-term value creation. In addition, he designs and implements AI-powered applications and automation systems that enhance performance.

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Dominique Tanaka

Global Digital Director

Dominique Tanaka translates erudite.health’s digital vision into successfully delivered projects by employing agile methodologies. He honed his expertise in digital execution and media strategy at firms like TradeTracker and Medianation. Dominique manages multidisciplinary teams that bridge development, marketing, and design. His focus on structured project management maximizes digital output and value delivery.

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Jonathan Lambert

Sales Director

Jonathan brings over 15 years of commercial experience in top FMCG brands to erudite.health. His career spans senior roles at Danone Dairy, Coca-Cola Europacific, and L’Oréal, where he led category management, ecommerce, and key account partnerships. Passionate about creating mutual value through business collaboration, he drives the group’s commercial strategy with energy and ambition.

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Sander Beel

R&D&MA Director

Sander leads research, development, and medical affairs at erudite.health, bringing a rare combination of scientific depth and strategic insight. Holding a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Leuven, he ensures the group’s products are grounded in robust clinical evidence. His expertise bridges the worlds of science and business to deliver health solutions that genuinely work.

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Isabel Vandenberk

Finance Director

Isabel believes numbers tell a story — and she makes sure businesses can read it clearly. With deep expertise in accounting, compliance, budgeting, and forecasting, she has become a trusted partner to the CEO and management team. Her approach is practical and empowering: cutting through complexity to help people make confident decisions and build lasting success together.

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Ellen de Smul

QAQP Director

Ellen ensures that quality, assurance, and pharmacovigilance standards at erudite.health meet the highest regulatory requirements. With a meticulous approach and a commitment to patient safety, she oversees processes across the group’s product portfolio. Her work underpins the trust that healthcare professionals and consumers place in every product that carries the erudite.health name.

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Audrey Dunham

Operations Director

Audrey keeps erudite.health running smoothly behind the scenes. With a background as QA Manager at Labima and Quality Head at Takeda, she brings both precision and pragmatism to operational leadership. She thrives on building systems that scale, improving processes across the supply chain, and ensuring every product reaches the customer with the quality and consistency it deserves.

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Stéphanie Tanghe

Marketing Manager Nutriphyt

Stéphanie drives the marketing strategy for Nutriphyt with creativity, commercial focus and a strong foundation in communication. Her background as a marketing & product specialist at Ursapharm Benelux and as public relations, advertising and event manager at Yves Rocher Benelux gave her a sharp instinct for brand positioning, reputation management and stakeholder engagement.

With a solid understanding of both strategic marketing and hands-on communication, she knows how to build credible brand narratives across multiple channels, from healthcare professional communication to consumer campaigns and media relations. She translates complex health benefits into clear, compelling stories and ensures consistent messaging across different touchpoints. By connecting science with storytelling, she strengthens both professional trust and end-user engagement.

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Arnaud Lefebvre

Marketing Manager Trenker

Arnaud leads marketing and communications for Trenker, with responsibility across medicinal products, medical devices, and food supplements. He combines scientific credibility with strong brand instinct to build trust with both healthcare professionals and consumers. His work ensures that Trenker’s legacy of quality and innovation is communicated with clarity, consistency, and relevance in an evolving health landscape.

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Our carefully formulated values

We simply love what we do at erudite.health. It fuels our teams to be able to develop the next generation of intelligent, complementary medicine.

Stay curious. Keep searching. Because we believe that we don’t know. Yet. We check predictions against evidence from observation. And we never stop asking.

Never settle. We are committed to striving for excellence and growth. Our company, brands and the teams we work with, all share the same desire: they play to win. Play along.

Your personal health is sacred and irreplaceable. There’s nothing we respect more. So, we put people first in everything we do. That is our promise to our team, partners, health care professionals and patients.

Medicine, healthcare and well-being all rely on trust, skills, and knowledge. This is the core fundament of our company and the category in which we work. Trust fuels everything we do, say, produce and develop. We will not compromise on trust.

A story of growth

Laboratoires Trenker founded

Rodolphe Henri Trenker established Laboratoires Pharmaceutiques Trenker in Brussels, beginning a legacy of pharmaceutical excellence that would span four generations and 91 years.

Nutriphyt’s vision takes form

Gabriël Devriendt founded Nutriphyt with a pioneering philosophy: to harness nature’s power through scientifically validated, pure nutritional supplements for root-cause healthcare.

Infrastructure milestone

Trenker consolidates operations in a state-of-the-art, GMP-compliant facility in Nivelles, featuring complete R&D, production, and distribution capabilities with sustainable energy integration.

erudite.health founded

Brothers Dr. Louis Declerck (MD, civil engineer, and MBA) and Charles Declerck (bioengineer and cell and gene technology expert) co-founded erudite.health in Kortrijk with a bold vision: to bridge conventional medicine and evidence-based self-care through AI-driven, personalized healthcare solutions.

First acquisition

erudite.health acquires Nutriphyt.

Second acquisition

erudite.health acquires Laboratoires Trenker, uniting 91 years of pharmaceutical heritage with cutting-edge innovation. The combined entity has ~120 employees across the Benelux region.

New offices

Organizational consolidation, AI platform development, and preparation for unified operations. Planning headquarters move to Ghent as a strategic integration hub.

Expansion & transformation

AI platform goes live: Project Spectrum launches, delivering personalized, root-cause health solutions that combine digital tools with pharmaceutical-grade supplements.

The future...

Building Belgium’s leading pharmaceutical platform through continued innovation in AI-driven healthcare, targeted acquisitions, and expansion across Europe. Our goal: making personalized, evidence-based medicine accessible to all.

Our legacy. Your health. The future. From 1933 to 2026, we have delivered 93 years of pharmaceutical excellence, scientific integrity, and patient-centered care. We are now amplifying these values by leveraging artificial intelligence and digital health innovations.

“For over 90 years, our brands have combined the precision of the pharmaceutical sector with the wisdom of nature to help people live healthier lives. Today, we unite this heritage with AI and digital innovation to make personalized healthcare accessible, building a bridge between the past and future of medicine.”

Louis & Charles Declerck, Co-founders erudite.health

Caring for what matters most

responsible business

Responsible business practices are at the core of our operations. We prioritize integrity, transparency, and long-term value in every decision, including those related to our supply chain, product development, and collaborations with partners, physicians, and healthcare professionals. Through strong governance, ethical practices, and accountability, we strive to build trust and contribute positively to the healthcare ecosystem.

planet

We’re committed to protecting the planet through responsible choices and continuous improvement. From reducing waste and optimizing resources to creating durable, well-made products, every step reflects our dedication to sustainability. By collaborating with trusted partners and ensuring transparency, we aim to leave a more robust environment for future generations.

society

Care goes beyond products. Our goal is to create a meaningful social impact. We invest in initiatives that strengthen communities, promote health education, and increase access to reliable information. In partnership with professionals, organizations, and local partners, we strive to build a society in which people feel informed, empowered, and supported in achieving and maintaining well-being.

Connected in high-quality healthcare

Healthcare experts network

Exceptional care starts with exceptional partnerships. Our network includes leading hospitals, research institutions, practitioners, and pharmacies throughout the Benelux region. In collaboration with general practitioners and medical specialists, we develop evidence-based protocols that combine traditional medicine and cutting-edge nutritional science. The result? Accessible solutions backed by real-world practice.

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Strategic M&A philosophy

We create lasting value through thoughtful integration, not just consolidation. Through acquisitions like Laboratoires Trenker and Nutriphyt, we unite complementary brands under a shared vision while preserving their DNA. With our digital-physical model, we strengthen companies with solid scientific foundations, loyal customers, and growth potential. Our goal is to create a sustainable, accessible pharmaceutical healthcare ecosystem across Europe and beyond.

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Supplier collaboration & quality assurance

Excellence in healthcare starts with excellence in sourcing and manufacturing. We only partner with suppliers who uphold the highest standards of quality, transparency, and ethics. Backed by Laboratoires Trenker’s manufacturing expertise and our rigorous quality controls, every ingredient meets pharmaceutical-grade standards. We ensure full traceability and deliver innovative products that healthcare professionals can trust and patients can rely on.

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Distribution partnership excellence

Our distribution strategy is based on strong partnerships with companies that share our commitment to quality and science. We consider our distributors to be trusted advisors and provide them with product knowledge, clinical evidence, and market insights. This ensures that our evidence-based formulations reach the right healthcare professionals and patients at the right time.

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Join us

We currently have no job openings, but our commitment to growth means new opportunities are on the way. Check this page regularly to stay updated.

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