• ABOUT HER

    Tram is an entrepreneurial corporate director and former Fortune 50 C-level Executive with over 25 years of leadership in health innovation and technology-driven industries, regulated and highly disruptive environments across five continents. She is recognized for connecting the dots in the boardroom and bringing fresh international collaboration and market expansion lenses, powered by a diverse global network.The breadth and depth of her experience come from having served in executive, advisory, and board leadership positions for varying-sized organizations, public and private, family businesses, and startups. As an inclusive leader, she has been interviewed and featured in four chapters of “The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders: Unleashing the Power of All of Us,” a book released by Korn Ferry in 2020.

     

    Tram currently serves on profit and nonprofit advisory boards, public and private companies dedicated to advancing healthcare, finance, and data security with blockchain and AI technology. She has also engaged as an Independent Director Affiliate member of the Luxembourg Private Equity Association adding governance insights to Private Equity-backed portfolio companies. As the founder and current CEO of her private investment holding Vitanlink, Tram identifies, co-invests, and co-develops emerging growth ventures in partnerships with private equity and single-family offices as an advisor, board member and investor.

     

    PRIOR BOARD EXPERIENCE

    Tram previously served as a member of the board of directors with QuantsUnited, an AI-powered wealth tech company. She was instrumental in recruiting a new CEO, repositioning the company from a B2B to a B2C AI product model, and led the company’s board decisions during the acquisition and transition into Synthetic Neural Labs Inc in 2021.

    She served as an independent lead board director for another emerging growth AI venture DreamUp Vision, where she helped the board connect to and acquire a high-profile acquirer lead in a 4-month timeframe.

    Tram added value as a member of the EMEA Executive Board for Welch Allyn, owned since 2021 by Baxter International Inc (NYSE: BAX). She transformed the market, products, and channel models and closed an initial acquisition of the French entity by a European distributor that paved the way for future acquisitions.

    Tram began her career as an auditor with EY, where she opened key offices in Vietnam and Cambodia before moving to J&J (NYSE: JNJ) Ortho-Clinic Diagnostics. She was awarded twice the Johnson & Johnson standards of leadership awards and she assumed increasing levels of P/L accountability, ultimately serving as a member of the EMEA management board. She expanded the international footprint for the $3 Billions JNJ’s IVD division.

     

    Tram holds an MBA from McGill University. She is currently completing her Master of Laws in International Financial and Commercial Law from King’s College London. Tram is a US Certified Public Accountant [CPA New Hampshire State Board of Accounting] , Certified in Private Company Governance and  

    Private Equity Portfolio Company Governance with US PDA and Non-Executive Director Certified with the Financial Times UK. Based in Paris, she is a fluent in French, Vietnamese, German, and English.

  • Core Assets & BUSINESS IMPACT

    INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP 

    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

    Founding Vitanlink and leading each Portfolio Company to success
    (I) AI health company selected top 5 in SXSW out of 2000 contenders, received a transaction offer $5 M from listed Fortune 100 MedTech and 20% stake within 4-month of incorporation.
    (II) Award-winning co-founded AI fintech company sold to US holding and subsequent oversight of the new organization's global ecosystem of 6 continents and risks post-sale


    Regional Distribution Model change for a $2B family-owned business, paving the way to the future acquisition by a buyer.
    Enabled $70M opportunities detection for J&J OCD in China

    PRIVATE & PUBLIC BOARDS

    Public companies

    Advisory Member, TenderHut SA (WSE: THG)

    Former Executive Member, Johnson & Johnson OCD Regional EMEA Board (NYSE: JNJ)

     

    Private companies

    Chair, Vitanlink, France

    Advisory Member, The Sabi, Netherlands

    Advisory Member, Nium.io, Luxembourg

    Former Advisory Member, Thais Health Inc. US 

    Former Advisory Member, Droon France 

    Former Director, AI Fintech QuantsUnited  

    Former Director DreamUp Vision, France 

    Former Executive Board Member, WelchAllyn Inc Regional EMEA Board, US family-owned business

     

    BOARD ASSETS & SECTORS

     

    International Channel & Market Expansion

    Entrepreneurship

    Culture turnaround

    Corporate & Advisory Board Governance

    Data-driven Technology

    Revenue & EBITDA growth

    P&L Management

     

    Fintech

    Wealth Tech

    Digital Health

    MedTech

    Private Equity

    Family Offices

    Professional Affiliations

     

    LPEA Luxembourg Private Equity Association

    BCFL Business Club France Luxembourg

    Ascend Pan-Asian Leadership Network

    Boardex Ambassador Club

    EY Alumni France

    Financial Times NED Club

     

    IPEL Ivy Plus European Leaders

    NACD National Association of Corporate Directors

    PDA Private Directors Association

    PDA New York Chapter Education Committee Member,

    Diversity Equity and Inclusion Advocate NY & National PDA

    Technology

     

    Software-As-A-Service

    AI Deep Learning

    AI Machine Learning

    IoT

    Blockchain

    Cybersecurity

     

  • testimonials

    The word around town

    Xavier Urtubey

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Thaïs Health Inc

    'Tram brings a fresh differentiated perspective in collaborations with fast access to the right people, companies in target growth markets'

    Washington DC, US, 2017

     

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    Guillaume Sarkozy

    Chairman

    Single Family Office

    'When Tram Trinh sits on a Board she is always active in providing solutions, ideas to support companies’ growth.

    I highly recommend her'

     

    Paris, France, 2020

    David Somekh

    Network Director,

    Health Futures Forum

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

     

    London, UK, 2020

    Joaquin Azpilicueta

    Board Member, Former Corporate Senior VP

    'Tram has all the personal values that I live by: passion for what she does, full commitment with truth and reality, integrity, loyalty, [..] and a serving leadership vocation'

    Lausanne, Suisse, 2020

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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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    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' [..]
    Hong Kong, HK SAR, 2022

    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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