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ASI captures Thorbjoern Schoenbeck as new CEO

Collin Arocho
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After three and a half years of rapid growth with CEO Hans Brouwer and CFO Steven Tan at the helm, Nikhef spinoff Amsterdam Scientific Instruments will enter its next growth phase with a new captain: Thorbjoern Schoenbeck.

Amsterdam Scientific Instruments (ASI) will have a new skipper. The Nikhef spinoff, which specializes in advanced camera systems for electron microscopes, x-ray and optical photons, has announced that Thorbjoern Schoenbeck will assume the role of CEO, effective immediately. As part of this shift in leadership, his predecessor Hans Brouwer and Steven Tan, who co-managed ASI, will move to take their seats on the company’s executive board. “This is great news for the company, as our departure has always been intended,” explains Tan. “Now as ASI enters into its next phase of growth and its ambitious expansion strategy, this change is exactly what’s needed to elevate the company to the next stage.”

Brouwer and Tan took the reins at ASI in 2017 when their high-tech seed fund Nascent Ventures invested in the academic startup (link in Dutch). In the few years under their tutelage, the company has grown from an academic startup, completing one-off projects for its customers, to a fast-growing specialized product developer breaking into the market.

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