Philippe is a French citizen working in Switzerland. He is a TEDx and inspirational speaker, a digitalisation activist, a futurist and a mentor/coach with a proven record of accomplishment especially in the IT, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical industries.He is regularly speaking at major events in Europe but also in Asia where he became an Industry Advisor for IoTSG, the Singapore based biggest special interest group around the Internet of Things in South East Asia, beginning of 2018. Philippe recently received an “Oversea Think Tank Expert Award” granted by Chinese government officials during the 3rd World Intelligence Congress held in Tianjin in May 2019. He is also an official mentor at the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women since beginning of 2018 as well as an Advisor for Antler, a Singapore based incubator and VC company, in their new branch in London since March 2019. While being quite knowledgeable on most of the new digital trends where he got also a certification on Artificial Intelligence from the University of Helsinki, Finland in summer 2018, Philippe is a big supporter of sustainability and an adept of Pr. Gunter Pauli’s Blue Economy. He is always putting the Human at the center of the discussion and trying to keep digital transformation, nature and humanity aligned. Before that he spent about 30 years in various positions in big corporations in Basel, Switzerland including also an 18 months expat assignment in the USA in 2002-2003.
What is the pop in your job? What drives you? What is your passion? "I am actually quite excited about Digital Transformation and all the amazing development and innovation happening in the industries but also in our daily lives in that area. I am a big supporter of networking and sharing information and experiences from all over the World. At the same time I have a passion for sustainability and circular economy topics and I am trying to keep that in mind to drive digitalisation and technologies to better serve humans and not the other way around."