Gerardus Wilhelmus van Odijk is a Dutch businessperson who has been the head of 6 different companies and currently is Chairman of Bavarian Nordic An and Chairman of Bavarian Nordic GmbH (a subsidiary of Bavarian Nordic A).

He is also on the board of Curaeos Holding BV.

In his past career he was Chairman-Supervisory Board for Merus NV, Senior VP & Director-Northern Europe Area at GSK Plc and Principal at Glaxo, Inc. (a subsidiary of GSK Plc), Principal at Glaxowellcom, Chairman-Supervisory Board of HTL-STREFA SA, Chairman at Curaeos BV and President & Chief Executive Officer for Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe BV.

Dr. Van Odijk received a doctorate from the University of Utrecht.