Experience from across the healthcare value chain

HCI is led, advised and supported by people and organisations with experience across healthcare, policy, regulation, supply, digitalisation and sustainability.

Leadership Team

Founding Members established HCI to create a neutral place for questions that cross organisational and sector boundaries. Their combined experience gives the Institute an end-to-end view of the healthcare chain.

Monika Derecque-Pois

Monika Derecque-Pois

Founder and Chief Executive

Former Director General of GIRP; former President and Board Member of EMVO.

Charles Gloor

Charles Gloor

Founding Partner, Birgli Ltd

Founder and former Head of Movianto; experienced global non-executive director and trustee.

Andrew Bonser

Founder and Director, Numaris Corporate Affairs

Former Senior Vice President at Cencora, with previous senior roles at WBA, Pfizer and Intuitive Surgical.

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Lukas Pachinger

Biopharma Executive

More than 25 years of experience in international finance, supply chain and digital transformation.

Martin FitzGerald

Martin Fitzgerald

Founder. Managing Director FBS Ltd

Former Director, Digital Health and Public Policy Healthcare, GS1 former Deputy Director General of GIRP.

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board strengthens HCI’s work with independent expertise and perspectives from across the healthcare value chain. Members help inform priorities, challenge assumptions and test whether research, methodologies and practical outputs remain relevant to policy, regulatory and operational realities.

Henry Ames

Henry Ames

General Manager, Supply-Chain Work-Management, ZoomLogi

Advisory Board member supporting HCI’s supply-chain and operational perspective.

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Maarten Van Baelen

Healthcare Policy and Advocacy Executive

Connects science, strategy and EU health systems.

David Earnshaw

David Earnshaw

Public Policy and Communications Professional

Senior European policy experience, with senior roles at the European Parliament, GSK, Oxfam, MSD and Burson (CEO and Chair 2002–2016); Senior Adviser at BOLDT BPI.

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Stephan Gotthardt

Senior Supply-Chain, Transformation and Restructuring Executive

Former SVP EU Supply Chain at Teva and Managing Director of Merckle GmbH.

Nina Heinz

Nina Heinz

Senior Logistics and Life-Sciences Supply-Chain Executive

Advisory Board member supporting HCI’s logistics and life-sciences perspective.

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Gregory van Lier

Independent Researcher

Strategic science, climate and EU policy expert.

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Eduardo Pisani

Public Affairs, Health Policy and Market-Access Executive

Advisory Board member supporting HCI’s policy and market-access perspective.

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Milena Richter

Public Affairs Leader

Extensive EU and pharmaceutical-policy experience.

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Annabel Seebohm

Founder and Chief Executive, Health4.EU

Former Secretary General of COCIR and CPME.

Prof. Dr. DI Christa Wirthumer-Hoche

Regulatory-Affairs Expert

Former Head of the Austrian Medicines Agency and former Chair of the EMA Management Board.

Members

HCI members contribute evidence, expertise and operational experience to questions affecting the healthcare value chain as a whole. Membership connects organisations from different parts of the chain around work that no single member could complete alone.

Our Structure

HCI is established as an AISBL in Belgium. Its statutory bodies provide formal oversight; its leadership and secretariat guide the programme and administration; the Advisory Board brings independent challenge; and working groups develop the thematic work with members and invited experts.

Part of HCI
Role
General Assembly / Board
Formal governance and oversight — exact naming to be confirmed against the statutes.
Leadership and secretariat
Programme direction, operations, administration and external engagement.
Advisory Board
Independent advice, challenge and relevance testing.
Working Groups
Evidence, analysis and practical outputs across PACS, ESG and DIGI.
Members and invited experts
Experience, evidence and perspectives from across the healthcare value chain.