Béatrice de Mahieu is an expert in innovation, entrepreneurship, digitalization and transformation.
Today, she is Deputy-CEO at Finance & Invest Brussels, a public-interest limited company that facilitates and complements the financing chain for value-creating companies in the Brussels Region.

Since starting her career in 1999, Béatrice de Mahieu has worked successively for major telecommunications, technology and media companies (Telenet, Microsoft, Lagardère, etc.), where she has contributed to growth strategies and digital transformation. In 2011, Béatrice de Mahieu started working as a mentor and investor for technology and social impact start-ups, guiding them in their search for investors, strategy development and growth.

Between 2018 to September 2025, she was successively the CEO of Co.Station Belgium (a coworking space and innovation hub for tech start-ups), and CEO of BeCode, a social impact coding and training organization, focussing on up and reskilling of jobseekers and workers.

In addition, Béatrice de Mahieu is currently

  • Non-Executive Director at Trividend, Les Petits Riens Foundation, akkanto, The Shift and Proximus.
  • Member of the Investment Committee at “Vlaio Fonds voor Innoveren en Ondernemen” and “Miles Ahead”

Béatrice de Mahieu holds a degree in Applied Communication from the “Institut des Hautes Etudes et des Communications Sociales” (IHECS) and is co-author of “Pimento Map: assessing the strength of your business plan” (2014) and “Shiftmakers: l’art du (self) leadership dans les années 2020” (2022).

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