Mr Huub van den Brok is currently working at Royal Philips, a global healthcare technology leader with its regional headquarter in Toa Payoh, Singapore. As Strategic Program Leader and Head of Sustainability for Asia and Pacific, he is accountable to drive key strategic programs for Philips Health Systems across the region – which includes Circular Equipment, Strategic Account Management programs, and leading Sales Excellence. Furthermore, he is leading the Philips circularity agenda by enabling customer equipment trade-ins and responsible repurposing of this equipment, in close collaboration with public/private policy makers, across the Asia-Pacific region. Before joining Philips APAC, he has held various positions in Corporate Strategy in Amsterdam. Besides his responsibilities at Philips, he is a co-chair of the EuroCham sustainability committee in Singapore, where he is determined to put circularity high on the agenda for further development in Singapore and across the region.
Presentation Synopsis
SC9: Driving Sustainability and Circularity in Healthcare
Across the world we are seeing increased challenges in healthcare, from aging populations till high workload in hospitals and an increasing scarcity of resources. At Philips we are collaborating with our customers to overcome these challenges and to improve the lives and well-being of billions of people each year through meaningful innovations.
These innovations go together with sustainability, and we need to ensure that technology is there to last. We are committed to develop products in an eco-friendly way and to collaborate with our customers and partners to reclaim used systems in the field to be repurposed somewhere else.
During the talk, Huub will address the urgencies to change in healthcare and the possibilities that are there to resolve the key challenges facing the healthcare industry.