Clarity, Structure & Better Decisions
I help healthcare, life sciences and scaling organisations cut through complexity based on strategic insights & aligned priorities, and implement operating structures & effective governance, on a path to excellence & growth.
Value creation in the ecosystem of scaling healthcare and life-sciences organisations
Why scaling businesses
Why Healthcare, Pharma & MedTech
I work with scaling organisations because rapid growth exposes gaps in governance, decision-making and operational execution that determine long-term success.
Drawing on my experience in strategy, organisational design and evidence-based decision support, I help leadership teams align priorities, strengthen operating models, and execute at pace — ensuring growth is sustainable and momentum is preserved.
I focus on healthcare and life sciences because the sector operates at the intersection of science, regulation and patient outcomes — where complexity is high and the cost of poor decisions is real.
My experience across evidence generation, analytics and organisational design enables me to help leadership teams bring disciplined clarity to strategic choices, translate them into actionable plans, and create organisational structures that reliably deliver results.
Tailored Scaling Solutions for
Insights, Excellence and Governance
My work sits at the intersection of strategic insight, operational excellence, and modern governance — enabling better decisions, building stronger teams, and providing structure for sustainable growth.
Generating Strategic Insights
Orchestrating Excellent Delivery Performance
Integrating Effective Governance
Provide clarity and reduce complexity by turning data into actionable insights
Provide structure, conditions, and capabilities to perform and deliver operational excellence
Enabling confident high-quality decisions and oversight for sustainable growth
Examples where we can add value:
Examples where we can add value:
Examples where we can add value:
Competitive Market Analysis
Real-World Evidence Analysis
Therapy Care Pathways Design
Articulating USPs & Value Proposition
Therapy Adoption Barrier Assessment
Performance Dashboard Design
Implementing VBHC Initiatives
Customer & Employee Engagement Assessment
Business Model Innovation
Strategy & Investor Pack Design and Business Case Challenger
Health Care Unit Capability & Performance Scan
Scalable Organization Design
Performance Dashboard Design
Meeting Cadence Deployment
Employee Performance & Development Cycles
Managed Services & Solutions Operations
PMI & Transformation Management
Cascading Objectives To Individual Goals
Strategic Partnerships Implementation
Talent Pool Mentoring & Coaching
Governance & Board Readiness Assessment
Composing Your First Board
Board Committee Charter Design
Skills & Attributes Mapping
Board Information Pack Development
Risk & Opportunity Assessment
Risk & Resilience Management
Fractional Governance Officer Support
Board Observer Mandates
Independent Board Member Mandates
About Joost de Kinderen
As an international healthcare executive with 25 years of leadership across MedTech, Pharma, real-world evidence, and integrated care, Joost de Kinderen brings sound judgment at the intersection of clinical, operational, and financial decision-making, contributing to strategy, risk oversight, and resilience in complex, regulated environments.
Joost has experienced and learned from the good, the bad, and the ugly in different scaling business contexts. He scaled multi-site operations -from inception of a managed services & consulting unit to a mature business unit- in a corporate venture at Medtronic. He has led a Digital Health / CRO startup through turbulence and to an exit by acquisition and integration in a another scaleup at Galenus Health/Cascador Health. As Transformation Leader at Philips he merged and restructured two business units to become more lean, customer-centric, and future-proof.
Joost brings rigor, a calm, analytical, and systems-thinking approach, combined with a strong ethical compass, and experience in working across cultures and stakeholders, including clinical and industry partners. Joost fosters a growth mindset, balances daring and caring, and is currently completing the IMD Board Program to formalise his governance capabilities.He is educated as Economist, Engineer, Executive, Digital and Transformation Catalyst and Board Expert:
Global Executive MBA, IESE Business School, Spain, USA, China
MSc, Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
MA, Business Economics, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Postgraduate Diploma, Digital Business (Distinction), Columbia Business School & MIT Sloan, USA
IMD Board Readiness Program Switzerland (current)
WeGrow Scaleup Mentoring program, IESE Business School, Spain
Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Fluent in English and Dutch, conversational in German and French, Joost is ready to engage scaling businesses on their journey to sustainable success.
How I made impact
Examples of how our advisory or management services made a real impact for our client
Generating Strategic Insights
Context
Approach
Impact
Consumer Electronic multinational - Revie of supply chain footprint to evaluate where to atjust to make it future proof
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Identified optimal distribution center footprint and saving potential
Initiated a network rationalization program
CRO Scaleup - Real-World Evidence research program to provide ipharma sponsors with insights on biologics effectiveness for a respiratory condition
Delivered real-world evidence and strategic insights on therapy effectiveness for 3 main pharma players
Resulting in 6 scientific publications.
Delivered real-world evidence and strategic insights on therapy effectiveness for 3 main pharma players
Resulting in 6 scientific publications.
Largest MedTech player globally - Build an understanding why a newly introduced promising hypertension therapy does not meet market access expectations
Identified key contributors to poor market adoption
Market introduction halted, issues addressed and relaunch years later
Identified key contributors to poor market adoption
Market introduction halted, issues addressed and relaunch years later
Orchestrating Excellent Delivery Performance
Context
Approach
Impact
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Audited hospitals, cath labs and ORs on process maturity and performance, identified improvement potential and managed services leads.
Audited hospitals, cath labs and ORs on process maturity and performance, identified improvement potential and managed services leads.
Corporate venture in MedTech - Launch to Scaleup
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Built and deployed Performance Dashboards,Installed-Base Reviews, and Governance Structures for both internal and client service performance review.
Built and deployed Performance Dashboards,Installed-Base Reviews, and Governance Structures for both internal and client service performance review.
Corporate venture in MedTech - Scaleup to Maturity
Scaled operations from scratch to 30 hospital partnership sites, built onsite teams, achieving engagement scores 10% above company benchmark.
Scaled operations from scratch to 30 hospital partnership sites, built onsite teams, achieving engagement scores 10% above company benchmark.
Integrating Effective Governance
Context
Approach
Impact
Largest MedTech player globally
Prepared Risk Assessments, instituted Business Continuity plans, creating the most resilient site of the largest MedTech company globally.
Prepared Risk Assessments, instituted Business Continuity plans, creating the most resilient site of the largest MedTech company globally.
Political Party
Founded one and chaired two local chapters of a political party, oversaw election program writing, won elections, and negotiated a coalition agreement.
Founded one and chaired two local chapters of a political party, oversaw election program writing, won elections, and negotiated a coalition agreement.
CRO Scaleup
Established and managed Advisory Boards with KOLs to govern international multi-site real-world evidence respiratory research programs.
Established and managed Advisory Boards with KOLs to govern international multi-site real-world evidence respiratory research programs.
How we can scale together
Depending on your individual situation and needs, we tailor our service offering and mode of engagement, which may include:
Advisory
Interim & Transformation Leadership
Fractional CxO support
Governance guidance
Venture support
Independent NED Mandates
Many advisory, entrepreneurship, scaling and governance concepts used in my approach are based on thought-leadership from leading business schools I had the privilege to attend. As needed, we tap into the capabilities from the faculty and community of IMD and IESE.
Looking forward to meet and collaborate
Ready to scale and to bring clarity to your leadership decisions?
Or to exchange thoughts and to discover how to create value together?
Let’s connect !
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