

Lieven Van der Veken
Lieven is a senior partner and leads QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, globally and in Europe. A doctor by training, he is a member of our Life Sciences Practice and serves clients across Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa.
Lieven has extensive experience in designing and executing ambitious change journeys, with a particular focus on pharmaceutical companies and biotech as well as public health institutions. For many years, he has led McKinsey’s digital and analytics work across the value chain in life sciences, as well as our global team supporting R&D organizations. He has helped some of the world’s most preeminent institutions leverage the full potential of AI and data while fundamentally changing how teams operate, innovate, and collaborate.
Before joining McKinsey, Lieven qualified as a doctor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and completed an MSc and MPhil in neuroscience at Columbia University. He also worked as a fellow with Columbia’s technology transfer office and as an intern with the Belgian Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


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Dr. Rebecca Robbins
Dr. Rebecca Robbins is Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Scientist at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research is focused on uncovering the connection between the quantity and quality of sleep and various dimensions of waking success, from cognitive to physical and emotional health and well being. Dr. Robbins has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and 20 encyclopedia chapters.
Dr. Robbins is Co Author of Sleep for Success!
Dr. Robbins makes frequent television appearances, including the Today Show, Live! with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, and Good Morning America.
Dr. Robbins has held teaching positions at Harvard College, the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and the Weill Cornell Medical College in Doha, Qatar.

Allison Beller
Allison Beller is a partner at Prelude Growth Partners, a New York-based, female-founded consumer growth fund. Prior to joining Prelude, Allison was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co in the Private Equity group within the Asset Management Division, where she worked for over 18 years. Her investing experience covered the Consumer and Services landscape. Allison began her career at Credit Suisse First Boston in the Financial Sponsors group. Allison received a Bachelors of Science in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

