Steven Luys

Steven Luys runs Exail Robotics Belgium since December 2019. His mission is to scale-up an R&D and manufacturing & support team to supply the Belgian-Dutch Marine’s new Minehunter program with the latest generation of stand-off demining drone systems. The newly built factory in Ostend focusses on production and service, while his team now consists already of more than 160 employees reaching a turnover of more than 75 mioEUR.

Steven has more than 30 years of management, sales, marketing and strategy experience in the Aerospace, Defense and Telecom markets. He formerly worked at BMT Aerospace as Chief Commercial Officer. Before, he was a Vice-President at Barco’s and Esterline’s Aerospace & Defense businesses.

Steven Luys has a university degree in electronic engineering at the Ghent University, has an MBA from Vlerick Management School. He also followed the High Studies for Security & Defence course at the Belgian Royal Military Academy.

Steven is a freelance commercial pilot and a flight instructor.