Robert Metzke

Webit Speaker, Chief of Staff Innovation & Strategy and Head of Sustainability Philips

Robert is an experienced global program and team leader with passion for innovation, strategy, social impact and change leadership. He currently holds a double role as Head of Sustainability and Chief of Staff Innovation & Strategy at Royal Philips.

As Head of Sustainability, Robert has been driving the company strategy towards innovative, sustainable business models. In particular, Robert and his team are leading the Healthy People, Sustainable Planet program, which embeds sustainability thinking across all sectors of the company. In his role as Chief of Staff, he is responsible for initiating and driving strategic initiatives across Innovation, Strategy, Design, IP&S, and Sustainability.

Before joining Philips, Robert worked at McKinsey & Company as consultant where he gained 5 years of experience in strategy and innovation in the high-tech, health-care and public sectors.His background is in journalism, science and academic research (Theoretical Physics). Robert is married, has three children and lives in the Netherlands.