• 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 2005

     

    Top 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 Commission

    Anti-Superbugs PCP Project

    BOARD 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 Health

    Wellness Consumer brands

    Fintech & Wealth Tech
    Venture Capital and Private Equity

    Family 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 Network

    EY Alumni France

    Financial Times NED Club

     

    NACD 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

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    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

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    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

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    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, 2024

     

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    Desmond 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, 2022

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    Xavier 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

     

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    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

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    David Somekh

    Network Director,

    Health Futures Forum

    'Tram is an inspiring thought leader and an excellent facilitator'

     

    London, UK, 2020

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    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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