

tram trinh
C-Suite Executive & (Independent) Board Director
Driving P&L growth and international market expansion
Health | Food |Tech and Impact
C-Suite Executive & (Independent) Board Director
Driving P&L growth and international market expansion
Health | Food |Tech and Impact
ABOUT HER
"I have made the emergence and global growth of personalized health my mission, as it will fundamentally transform human life. My approach is to create bridges between technological innovation and real patient impact."
Tram is a Certified Independent Director and multicultural C-Suite executive with over 25 years of experience in transforming and scaling HealthTech, MedTech, and AI SaaS companies internationally. Specializing in critical transition leadership, she has orchestrated major restructurings, led $2-3 billion acquisitions, and successfully transformed business models across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Governance & Leadership Expertise
As a trusted advisor to CEOs, investors, and boards of private and public companies, Tram excels in guiding organizations (Fortune 500, mid-cap, and startups) toward rapid international growth. She brings a holistic approach combining corporate governance, data-driven market insights, financial expertise, international commercial law, and operational management. Tram brings a range of diverse perspectives to the boardroom: corporate governance, deep market trends and customer insights, financial, international commercial law and general management lenses. She excels in collaborations, brings holistic data-driven customer voices and market insights to the boardroom, encourages a pro-active board mindset with positive risk governance, balancing new market growth opportunities and risk mitigation to protect company's assets, brand and reputation.
Transformational Achievements
Welch Allyn (NYSE:BAX)
As CEO of the French subsidiary and member of the EMEA Executive Board, Tram comprehensively restructured commercial, product, logistics, and service operations. She orchestrated the complete sale and transition of the subsidiary to a new distribution structure, laying the foundation for the subsequent $2 billion acquisition by Hillrom, then Baxter.Johnson & Johnson OCD EMEA (NYSE:JNJ)
As Executive Board member, she led marketing services, pricing strategies, and Lean Six Sigma consulting services for the division, boosting profitability and paving the way for the $3 billion global division spin-off to Carlyle Group. She was awarded twice in 2002 and 2005 the Johnson & Johnson standards of leadership achievement.Entrepreneurial Ecosystem & Innovation
Vitanlink (Founder-President since 2013)
Tram has co-founded 4 companies and co-invested in 8 early-stage startups, mentored 50+ scale-ups from inception to growth, creating cumulative value exceeding €100 million. She collaborates closely with Private Equity and Venture Capital funds for rapid growth and strong governance. She provided strategic advisory, investment, board-level leadership services to 50+ CEOs and Boards, building a strong interdisciplinary international partners' network from research, academic to industry, accelerators, and NGOs to guide portfolio companies at critical inflection points.
She earned an MBA from McGill, an LL.M from King’s College London, an active US Certified Public Accountant license (CPA New Hampshire State Board of Accountancy), a certification in Private Company Governance from the PDA, and the Pearson Financial Times Non-Executive Director Diploma, which equips her with a multidisciplinary perspective on law, finance, business strategy and corporate governance. Tram, born as a French national has lived and worked in 15 cities globally and currently resides in Paris. She speaks French, English, Vietnamese and German.Core Assets & BUSINESS IMPACT
INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP
Female Board Pool Luxembourg 2023-today
Featured in Korn Ferry A. Tapias 2020 book: “The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders: Unleashing the Power of All of Us.”
J&J Leadership Awards 2002 and 2005Top Mentor with an average rating of 9 out of 10 with Endeavor Global Network's Companies CEOs (Endeavor Global Chair Edgar Bronfman Jr, CEO Linda Rottenberg, Catalyst Chairman Reid Hoffmann)
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES
✔️ Restructured the Welch Allyn French operations, positioning the group for a later $2B acquisition.
✔️ Led the Johnson & Johnson EMEA IVD division's pricing strategies and Lean Six Sigma consulting services, boosting profitability, paving the way for the later spin-off to Carlyle of the $3 Billion division.
✔️ Built, advised and invested in startups leading governance overhauls and exit strategies.BOARDS
Public companies
Fmr Non-Executive Advisory Member, TenderHut SA (WSE: THG)
Fmr Executive Member, Johnson & Johnson OCD Regional EMEA Board (NYSE: JNJ)
Private companies
Chief Business officer, Smartcatch, FranceExternal (Mandated by the Board of Directors)
Executive President, Vitanlink, France
Advisory Board Member, The Sabi, Netherlands
Fmr Board Member, Yoni Solutions, Switzerland
Fmr Advisory Member, Thais Health Inc. US
Fmr Advisory Member, Droon France
Fmr Director DreamUp Vision, France
Fmr Executive Director, AI Fintech QuantsUnited
Fmr Executive Board Member, WelchAllyn Inc Regional EMEA Board, US family-owned business
Non-Profit Organizations
Health & Safety Officer Member, Environment, Health & Safety Law Committee of the International Bar Association
Europe Leadership Board Member, Global Center for Risk and Innovation , Toronto, Canada
Fmr Non-Executive Expert Advisory Member, EU CommissionBOARD ASSETS & SECTORS
International Channel & Market Expansion
Innovation creation and Commercialization
Turnarounds
Exit strategies
ESG Risk Governance
EBITDA growth
Cross-functional Project Management
Shareholder relations
Interpersonalmulticultural communication
Sustainability impact investment
Business Process mapping and improvement
Medical Devices & Diagnostics
Digital Health
Woman's HealthWellness Consumer brands
Fintech & Wealth Tech
Venture Capital and Private EquityFamily Offices
Professional Affiliations
ICC International Chamber of Commerce ADR Dispute Boards
IBA International Bar Association
Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence
SMALL CAP Institute for small cap officers and directors
LPEA Luxembourg Private Equity Association
DDI Director Diversity Initiative
Female Board Pool Europe, HQ Luxembourg
Ascend Global Leaders Pan-Asian Leadership NetworkNACD National Association of Corporate Directors
PDA Private Directors Association
- New York Chapter Education Committee Member,
- Diversity Equity and Inclusion Advocate NY Chapter
Technology
Software-As-A-Service
AI Deep Learning
AI Machine Learning
IoT
Blockchain
Cybersecurity
testimonials
The word around town
Edmund Yong
Managing Partner, Accel-X Pte Ltd
'Tram is a great resource person and an activist that asks the most difficult questions that promote entrepreneurial thinking. She will be valuable in any board.'
Singapore, 2024
Guillaume Sarkozy
Chairman Single Family Office, Independent Chair and NED
'Tram has an excellent interdisciplinary network. She has a strategic sense, particularly in terms of development and partnerships.'
France, 2024
Joaquin Azpilicueta
Board Member, Former Corporate EMEA Latin America Senior VP
'[...] Tram is a bright, highly educated, flexible, rounded business woman able to act as a true captain, capable of taking virtually all the fundamental functions of a company, be it sales, marketing, finance,operations, etc. Most of all, Tram has all the personal values that I live by, starting with a calm, courage, passion for what she does, full commitment with truth and reality, integrity, loyalty, generosity, eagerness to win and a serving leadership vocation [...] I have been in contact with her along many years after our time in Welch Allyn and I have witnessed her entrepreneurial and personal evolution. Tram is a priceless board member as she brings a very wide professional experience, a very valuable continuous education and her solid personal values [..]'
Switzerland, 2024Desmond Marshall
Managing Director, Rouge International
'Tram’s dedication to developing, encouraging, and providing exposure for her portfolio companies as an entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and board member is unparalleled.
She is an extremely valuable independent board director, engaged in creating value not only for the best interest of her companies in the health and deep tech fields, but also for other investor peers, private equity, and venture capital funds with a unique international perspective to scale and grasp opportunities, a ‘get things done’ attitude combined with her willingness to constantly test and learn to move the business forward. She has high standards with strong ethical integrity and has a proven track record in both crisis and growth management. I would recommend her for any private equity-backed company board seat.
Hong Kong, 2022Xavier Urtubey
Co-Founder, former CEO and Board Director Thaïs Health Inc, AccuHealth Holding Ltd.
'Tram brings a fresh differentiated perspective in collaborations, with fast access to the right people, companies in target growth markets. This helps to build critical connections to catalyze growth opportunities according to our Strategic Vision on an execution focus. Tram's engagement helped us to create strong relationships and trust from the field to the board level leveraging on her solid global interdisciplinary network both in research, startups, and corporate mid large size fortune 500 organizations.'
US | Canada 2017
Innovation Officer, Embassy of Canada
'Not only she is passionate about developing entrepreneurial communities [..] but also she is excellent at leveraging her network to generate meaningful opportunities' Paris, France, 2017
David Somekh
Network Director,
Health Futures Forum
'Tram is an inspiring thought leader and an excellent facilitator'
London, UK, 2020
Bernard Castells
Hospital MD, President
'I have been working with Tram for more than ten years during which we shared complex situations related to the healthcare sector. What I always appreciate is her ability to think globally and locally [..]'
Bordeaux, France, 2022
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