Ank De Wilde

Ank De Wilde is co-CEO and the chair of Itinera’s Board. As a driven entrepreneur, she possesses extensive expertise and a reliable track record in sustainable innovation and value creation, for both individuals, businesses, and society. Ank co-founded and served as the CEO of Absolem, a mission-driven high-tech engineering company that she led and successfully scaled, achieving successes through her entrepreneurship and thought leadership. In 2023, she sold her share in the company.

She strongly believes in connecting people, organizations, and the environment, challenging traditional paradigms of entrepreneurship, growth, and collaboration. Her experiences with poverty in her youth laid the foundation for her fascination with social systemic thinking, becoming the driving force behind her entrepreneurship and a catalyst for her personal and professional development. This laid the groundwork for her dedication to social and societal systemic thinking and her commitment to finding levers for positive growth: collaboration between visible and invisible actors and structures, civil society, and the business sector.

With her commitment to sustainable development, she strengthens Itinera as a board member, positioning it as the leading think tank that encourages policakers to accelerate the evolution towards a better Belgium. Because that is still urgent and necessary.