Marie-Paule Derde was born in Aalst (Belgium) in 1955. She is the Head of Biometrics in Veeda. She has a PhD in Pharmacy and is also a recognized Industrial Pharmacist. She worked at the “Vrije Universiteit Brussel” (VUB) for 10 years in the Departments of Analytical Chemistry and Biostatistics. 

She founded DICE in 1989 and has been the General Manager since. Mrs. Derde is also visiting lecturer in the Master Program in Medical and Pharmaceutical Research (VUB), the Pharmed Program in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Medicine (ULB), and the Interuniversity Program in Industrial Pharmacy, as well as statistical consultant at the Department of Reproductive Medicine of the VUB. She is the author of over 100 publications and 2 software packages in the fields of Chemometrics and Clinical Research.