Willem Appelo to succeed Sophie Bechu as Philips’ Chief Operations Officer
07 Juni 2022 - 10:00AM
Willem Appelo to succeed Sophie Bechu as Philips’ Chief Operations
Officer
June 7, 2022
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today
announced that Willem (Wim) Appelo will join Philips’ Executive
Committee, effective July 18, 2022, and succeed Sophie Bechu as
Chief Operations Officer per October 1, 2022. Mr. Appelo will
report to Philips CEO Frans van Houten and work closely with Mrs.
Bechu to ensure a seamless transition. Mrs. Bechu, who joined
Philips in 2016, will step down from her role on October 1, 2022,
after which she will work on project-based initiatives until she
retires at the end of January, 2023.
Mr. Appelo (Dutch, 1964) will join Philips after having worked
as interim Supply Chain Officer, and with private equity firms in
the medical technology industry for the last year. Before that, he
was Vice President Supply Chain Strategy, Innovation &
Deployment at Johnson & Johnson, where he led the Enterprise
Supply Chain Global Strategy and Innovation team across the
company’s three operating segments: Pharma, Consumer Health, and
Medical Devices. Prior to that, Mr. Appelo was Johnson &
Johnson’s Vice President Supply Chain Medical Devices. Prior to
joining Johnson & Johnson, he held various senior positions at
Xerox Corporation, ultimately as President, Global Delivery and
Technology Group, where he was responsible for Xerox’s then
newly-created Global Supplies Business Group.
“I am very pleased that Wim Appelo will be joining Philips as
our new Chief Operations Officer,” said Frans van Houten, CEO of
Royal Philips. “Wim brings a wealth of relevant experience to
Philips, adding in-depth knowledge and understanding of medical
technology and informatics supply chain management, which will help
Philips accelerate its journey to becoming a health technology
solutions leader. I want to thank Sophie for her highly valuable
contribution to Philips and her relentless focus and deep
commitment to establishing Philips’ Integrated Supply Chain
organization since joining in 2016. During that time, she
successfully optimized our supplier base and manufacturing
footprint, continually driving operational excellence with a
customer-first mindset.”
Mr. Appelo’s appointment to Philips’ Executive Committee builds
on last year’s appointment of Shez Partovi, MD, as Chief Medical,
Innovation & Strategy Officer, and member of Philips’ Executive
Committee. Dr. Partovi brings highly relevant
experience to Philips given his prior roles as
neuroradiologist at the Barrow Neurological Institute, Chief
Digital Officer at Dignity Health, and Worldwide Head of
Healthcare, Life Sciences and Medical Devices at Amazon Web
Services (AWS). Philips has continued to strengthen its
senior management across the company with the appointment of 30
experienced healthcare and medical technology leaders over the
past three years.
Additional information on Philips’ Executive Committee can be
found here.
For further information, please
contact:
Ben ZwirsPhilips Global Press OfficeTel.: +31 6 1521 3446E-mail:
ben.zwirs@philips.com
Derya GuzelPhilips Investor RelationsTel.: +31 20 59
77055E-mail: derya.guzel@philips.com
About Royal PhilipsRoyal Philips (NYSE: PHG,
AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company focused on
improving people's health and well-being, and enabling better
outcomes across the health continuum – from healthy living and
prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips
leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer
insights to deliver integrated solutions. Headquartered in the
Netherlands, the company is a leader in diagnostic imaging,
image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and health informatics, as
well as in consumer health and home care. Philips generated 2021
sales of EUR 17.2 billion and employs approximately 79,000
employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. News
about Philips can be found at www.philips.com/newscenter.
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