STRATEGY • INNOVATION • EXECUTION
Sharper decisions.
Stronger execution.
Real outcomes.
I help corporate innovation teams, executives and founders make better decisions, execute faster, reduce risk and deliver real outcomes - in healthcare and other science-driven, regulated markets.
20+ years
OPERATING EXPERIENCE
4 sectors
HEALTH - MEDTECH -
LIFE SCIENCE - TIC
€B+ portfolios
INNOVATION, GOVERNANCE, RISK, TRANSFORMATION
Independence
NO THEATRE

WHY LEADERS TRUST ME
I have operated inside the system - not from the outside.
Across strategy, finance, risk, innovation, project and portfolio management, digital transformation, regulation and emerging technologies.
I have owned decisions with direct accountability - not just advised on them.
As a management team member, business controller, global risk manager and program manager.
I bring clarity under pressure - in complex, uncertain, high-stakes environments.
Built across global portfolios, transformation programs and investment choices.
I understand where and why innovation fails - and how to realign it.
Across the full lifecycle, from idea to commercialization, under real constraints and regulation.
My decision-making is grounded in rigor - not hype, trends or unchecked assumptions.
Combining quantitative depth, scientific intuition and operational reality.
MY EDGES
What makes the combination rare.
Most practitioners build depth in one domain. My career required credibility across multiple opposing ones -simultaneously, with accountability.
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Opposing Capability Mastery
Finance, Risk & Control < > Innovation & Venturing
Strategy & Governance < > Hands-on execution
Corporate < > Startup
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Direct experience on both sides of decision making:
Writing investment cases < > Approving funding
Leading execution < > Governing stage gates
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Cross-Domain Fluency
Science, technology, strategy, finance, risk, innovation, project/portfolio management, digital/business transformation
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Cross-industry experience
Healthcare (Philips) • Life Sciences (DSM) • TIC & Emerging Tech (SGS) • Banking (DSK Bank) • Corporate Ventures & Startups
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Quantitative rigor + Scientific intuition
Master in Finance (incl. high mathematics, statistics and econometrics) + Biology Major (incl. systems biology, biotechnology, molecular biology)