tram trinh
C-Suite Executive & (Independent) Board Director
Driving P&L growth and international sales expansion
B2B Health | Food |Tech and Impact
C-Suite Executive & (Independent) Board Director
Driving P&L growth and international sales expansion
B2B Health | Food |Tech and Impact
ABOUT HER
Tram Trinh is a multicultural results-driven entrepreneurial C-level executive and independent non-executive board director with over 25 years leadership experience in Health & MedTech powered by AI and SaaS technologies across North America, Europe and Asia. She demonstrated success in driving driving International P&L corporate growth, strategic initiatives, aligning corporate governance with growth strategies, executing turnaround plans, and fostering stakeholder partnerships. She knows how to translate corporate vision and mission into division-level, regional strategy within fast-paced, complex matrix and regulated environments, ranging from public Fortune 500 to private midcap and SME companies.
She blends corporate governance, financial, legal and operational expertise at the service of company's value creation, in addition to a relentless talent to build strong relationships with every stakeholder at all levels, which makes a difference on the company and boards that she serves.
As an inclusive leader, she has been interviewed and featured in four innovation chapters of “The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders: Unleashing the Power ofAll of Us” a book released by Korn Ferry in 2020. As a Healthcare Mentor, she has consistently received a rating of 9+ out of 10 by Endeavor Global network scale-up CEOs. Educated in Western and Anglo-Saxon environments, she is a lifelong learner capable of stepping out of her comfort zone.
She is passionate about inclusion and giving back to the next generations and currently serves as an independent non-executive member of
- GCRI Europe Leadership board: GCRI is a Non-Profit Civil Society Organization, Global Center for Risk and Innovation, member of World Bank and IMF, which also holds a Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to mitigate water, food and energy security risks through technology and industry multilateral partnerships.
- Asterion Ventures, a community of successful exit entrepreneurs who invest together with multi-generational European families in the most promising early-stage climate tech startups in Europe.- IBA International Bar Association's Environment, Health and Safety's Committee, as Health & Safety Officer and appointed to the AI Presidential Task Forceto advise on health and safety regulations in AI development.
- LPEA Luxembourg Private Equity Association iNED Club committee member- The Sabi.co Advisory Board
She joined in September 2024 the pool of independent Mediators on Dispute Boards - ICC International Chamber of Commerce Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution
A decade ago, she founded Vitanlink, a private angel investment and acceleration holding dedicated to co-founding, co-investing, launching and scaling SMEs from the ground up in MedTech, HealthTech and AI SaaS IoT technology fields. She provided strategic advisory, investment, board-level leadership services to 50+ CEOs and Boards. During vitanlink's journey, she built a strong interdisciplinary& international partners’ network from research, academic to industry, accelerators (Canada Trade Agency e-Health, Eyefocus, Endeavor Global, Mobile World Foundation e-Health, EPFL Innovation..) or NGO (EU Commission PCP projects, Unesco Telemedicine.) , private equity, venture funds and single family offices to guide portfolio companies at critical inflection points at the operational or at the board level.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
As the CEO of Welch Allyn france, subsidiary of Welch Allyn Family-owned group (NYSE:BAX) and a member of the EMEA Executive Management Board, Tram orchestrated the preparation, sale and transition of an entire subsidiary into a new distribution structure, restructured operations and positioned the company for a later $2B acquisition by Hillrom then Baxter.
As an Executive EMEA Board-level member, she drove pricing strategy and operational efficiencies across EMEA, laying the groundwork for a
successful spin-off to Carlyle of the $3 Billion division. She was awarded twice in 2002 and 2005 the Johnson & Johnson standards of leadership achievement. In her early career, she was an auditor at EY in Vietnam, Cambodia and France.
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 equipps 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
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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