Toon Digneffe serves as Head of Public Affairs and Public Policy – Rare Disease Franchise Europe & Canada at Takeda. Currently, he is also member of the Executive Board of EUCOPE since 2018. Mr Digneffe has extensive experience in pharmaceutical industry, as he has been working in the sector since 2002 in several companies after having spent time in the European Commission and Consultancy at the early start of his career. He worked as Head of Public Affairs for Shire since 2016, before its acquisition from Takeda. Previously, he worked for Baxter International for over 13 years, and for Baxalta, with roles of increasing responsibility at local, regional and global level. Toon holds a Master in Political Science from the University of Leuven, Belgium/ University of Leicester, England and a Post-Graduate Degree in European Studies from the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium. He is co-author of the book by Martin Westlake, “the Council of the European Union”, John Harper publishing.