Biotalys NV announced that the annual shareholders meeting appointed Dr. Michiel van Lookeren Campagne as independent director, with effect on 1 June 2022 for a period ending immediately after the ordinary general meeting in 2026. As a pivotal player in innovations in biotechnology, Dr. van Lookeren Campagne held a variety of leadership roles at Syngenta and Bayer. At Syngenta, he was Head of Seeds Research based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and at Bayer CropScience, he headed the research for its BioScience business.

Prior to that, he held scientific research roles at Wageningen University & Research Centre (WUR). He currently serves as the Director Agriculture & Food for CSIRO. He will be relocating back to Europe this summer.