Delphine Heenen

Delphine Heenen is the managing director and one of the founders of the Belgian public interest foundation KickCancer, the mission of which is to foster fundamental and clinical research in the field of paediatric oncology. KickCancer is achieving this objective by funding research, advocating an innovation-prone regulatory, economic and cultural environment with the European institutions and the pharmaceutical companies, empowering patients and raising awareness.

Delphine is also a member of Childhood Cancer International – Europe’s Regional Committee and plays an active role in their European Affairs as well as Research & Innovation Pillars. 

She is the (step)mother to four boys, one of whom was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 9. It is the lack of innovative treatments offered to her son which drove her and her family to found KickCancer. Before KickCancer, Delphine had a career as international corporate lawyer, strategy consultant and legal advisor to a private investment funds dedicated to renewable energies.