Frans van Houten

Frans van Houten is passionate about purpose-driven innovation, entrepreneurship and business transformation to drive customer value and competitiveness. Under his leadership as CEO of Royal Philips, the company transformed into a leading health technology solutions company, leveraging data and informatics to improve healthcare provider results. Mr. van Houten was an initiator of the World Economic Forum Compact for Responsive and Responsible Leadership as well as founder of the Platform to Accelerate the Circular Economy. Post his leadership of Philips, he holds a portfolio of Board and advisory roles and is co-founder and chairman of the Graduate Ventures fund.