Philips is a leading health innovation company. As Global Head of Sustainability, Robert leads all Philips’ activities in sustainability where he drives the company’s strategy towards delivering innovative, sustainable healthcare models and embedding sustainable ways of working across the value chain.

In particular, Robert and his team are driving all activities with regards to Philips' environmental responsibility, with a focus on climate action and circular economy, and expanding access to healthcare in medically underserved communities, as part of Philips overall purpose to improve people's health and well-being.

Philips’ business strategy and long-standing commitment to developing and delivering innovative, energy-efficient and increasingly lightweight solutions, resulted in improving the lives of 1.96 billion people in 2024, putting the company well on track to achieve its aim to positively impact 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030.