Frans van Houten
Philips
Frans van Houten is CEO of Royal Philips, a position he has held since April 2011. As CEO, he is also Chairman of the Board of Management and the Executive Committee.
He drives Philips’ strategy to provide healthcare technology solutions in support of seamless, patient-centered care across the health continuum. This starts with healthy living and prevention, precision diagnosis, and personalized treatment, through to care in the home – where the cycle to healthy living begins again.
Frans first joined Philips in 1986 and has held multiple global leadership positions across the company on three cont