René Kuijten is one of the initiators of Oncode Institute and is partner and Head of EQT Life Sciences (previousy LSP) within EQT, a global private equity and venture capital investment firm. After his training as a physician in Utrecht he obtained a PhD degree as a WHO fellow, based on cancer research performed at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his MBA from INSEAD and was a consultant at McKinsey & Co. in Amsterdam, Zurich and Brussels from 1992-2000, a.o. leading their healthcare practice. In 2001 he joined LSP (now EQT Life Sciences) and has founded and supported many life science companies. René also serves as a member of the steering committee in the Dutch Topsector Life Science & Health, is on the advisory board of health care insurer Menzis, and on the advisory board of Utrecht Life Sciences, University of Utrecht.