Freeke Heijman is a senior innovation ecosystem builder with an impressive track record of starting and scaling the Dutch Quantum Ecosystem approach of Quantum Delta NL. She is now starting a global consultancy practice targeting startups and corporates, governmental programs and investors on their innovation strategies in the field of advanced computing and deeptech. TNO, NATO and several scale-up companies are among her current clients. She has served as co-chair of the WEF Global Future Economy for the last 2 terms.

She has broad international experience in developing ecosystems, for the last 10 years specialized in quantum technologies as a co-founder and director of Quantum Delta NL and House of Quantum. She has been active in the field of Quantum since 2013 as a special advisor to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and Director of Strategic Development at QuTech, the renown quantum R&D center in Delft. Before that, she worked in European and national space, industrial and innovation policies including in the role of head of unit at the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. She graduated at the TU Delft Policy Analysis and Systems Engineering department in 1999 and started her career at KPN Research. Her passion is to drive innovation at the crossroad of academia, business and government.