november-2010

Angel
of the
south
In her 20-year journey from social worker to
medical sector innovator and now angel investor,
Véronique Castelo has proved herself a business
force to be reckoned with. Scott Berman meets
this “exemplary entrepreneur”
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BUSINESS PROFILE \\\
When Véronique
Castelo created her
first company more
than 20 years ago,
she didn’t spend a lot of time dreading the
risks. She was too busy doing her homework,
crunching the numbers, doing more
homework and then forging ahead. And the
Nice resident must have been doing
something right – she went on to become
one of France’s leading entrepreneurs in the
field of medical devices.
Why high tech? “Tech is a very interesting
and exciting world. It’s something that’s
moving all the time. There are always new
improvements, greater performance, faster
Tech is an exciting world
that’s moving all the
time… there’s always
more of something
service, better products – always more,
more, more of something,” she chuckles. And
she finds that keeping up – indeed ahead –
of that wave is stimulating: “It’s a challenge
to understand and build something around
that.” The mother of two was born in
Morocco of Italian and Portuguese parents,
but has lived in Nice since she was a toddler.
She adores the city and its province of Côte
d’Azur, and when not working, she enjoys
time with her family as well as “boating,
running, reading and the arts.”
Brussels Airlines b.there! magazine November 2010 69