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tram trinh

INDEPENDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | BOARDS | ADVISOR

Governance | International Markets Expansion | Tech & Health Innovation

    • 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 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. Education Committee

      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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      Sandrine Caduc

      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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