The importance of a value based health care system

Rodolphe Eurin,  CEO Hopital de La Tour 

Rodolphe Eurin graduated in Physics (BSc.) and Industrial Management (MSc.) from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) and has an MBA from IMD in Lausanne.

He has broad experience in health care at international level, having worked in pharma for F.Hoffmann-La Roche at the headquarters in Basel and later in medtech for Medtronic as part of the EMEA management team for the Spine & Biologics division. He also lead the Spine & Neurological division for Medtronic in Scandinavia before changing to the world of hospitals and health care delivery. He was the COO of a group of private clinics before taking the lead of La Tour Medical Group as CEO at the end of 2018. He is passionate about patient-centric care and the optimization of outcomes as differentiating factors of the future for healthcare institutions.

Mauro Poggia,   Member of the Council of State of Geneva, in charge of the department of security, employment and health (DSES)

Member of the Council of State of Geneva, elected in 2013 and again in 2018, Mauro Poggia is currently in charge of the department of security, employment and health (DSES), after having held office, during his first term, in the department of employment, social affairs and health (DEAS). For a short spell between 2018 and 2019, he also had responsibility for the service handling bankruptcies.

Up until 2013, Mr. Poggia practiced law for several decades at the Geneva bar, specializing in all matters related to health and health insurance. For fifteen years, he chaired the Swiss Association of insured persons in Geneva (Association suisse des Assurés – ASSUAS). Mr. Poggia was a member of the Geneva Grand Council from 2009 to 2013 and a national councillor from 2011 to 2013. He chaired the Latin Conference of Health and Social Affairs (CLASS) in 2017 and 2018.