Patrick Leysen is an entrepreneur and innovator who has been recognized as one of Belgium’s next generation business leaders. Patrick has had an unusual career trajectory, having studied hospitality management before joining food retailer Delhaize in his early twenties. He became the company’s youngest ever store manager at the age of 22. He then jumped into the world of logistics, taking on the role of South-East Asia Manager for Ahlers Group. After two years in Asia and the Middle-East, he returned to Delhaize Group to become responsible for its E-Commerce Supply Chain department in Belgium. At 28 he co-founded e-commerce start-up Parcify, a parcel delivery platform, which was subsequently acquired by bpost. Today Patrick is Vice President of bpost’s innovation incubator the Future Lab.