Vincenzo Ventricelli

Vincenzo Ventricelli, Chief Executive Officer of Philips Middle East, Türkiye and Africa (META), started his tenure at Philips 25 years ago in Italy. Drawing from his deep multi-regional experience across the Personal Health (consumer) and Health Systems (health tech) business, Ventricelli helps to create solutions that make a meaningful difference to the healthcare community. Ventricelli is inspired by Philips’ goal of improving 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030, which drives him to continue to realize growth across META with fit for purpose teams and solutions that hold Philips’ customers and partners at its core. Vincenzo Ventricelli was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Philips Middle East and Türkiye in 2020, which was expanded to include Africa from January 2021, as lead for the full META region. As a passionate business leader, with a proven track record, Ventricelli focuses on realizing the region’s strategic objectives to drive growth for Philips META. He also plays an active role in helping the brand create meaningful solutions for its customers and partners, in support of Philips’ global ambition of improving 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030. Ventricelli joined Philips in Italy, 25 years ago, where he took on various sales and marketing responsibilities; each priming him for his role as Marketing Director for Central & Eastern Europe ten years later, from 2006. From here, Ventricelli focused his energy on the Philips Consumer Lifestyle business based out of Dubai. First as Marketing Director for Philips Consumer Lifestyle, Middle East & Africa (2008), which catapulted him into the sales department as Senior Sales Director for Philips Personal Health Middle East and Türkiye (2011), before he became Market Leader for Philips Personal Health for Middle East and Türkiye (2015). His role included driving Philips’ Personal Health Strategy, which saw increased brand preference in the region, which in turn secured double digit business growth. In 2018, Ventricelli was appointed as Health Systems Market Leader at Philips Middle East and Türkiye. In this role, he built a strong team and accelerated Philips’ Health Systems transformation into a solutions business. Ventricelli holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Bocconi University of Milan. He has three children, and lives in Dubai where he enjoys reading, or playing tennis and beach sports.