Mr. Jan-Willem Scheijgrond currently serves as Vice President for Global Government and Public Affairs at Royal Philips, where he heads up the global network within Philips that is responsible for relations with governments and related stakeholders to address societal challenges in particular in the area of large scale health care transformations. He is also responsible for partnerships with international partners such as the United Nations and International donors. In this role, Mr. Scheijgrond focuses on partnerships that strengthen health systems in support of achieving Universal Health Coverage. Mr. Scheijgrond joined Philips in 2009 as Senior Director in the Corporate Sustainability Office with responsibility for risk and reputation management.
He started his career at the United Nations Environment Program, where he developed best practices guides related to cleaner production for emerging markets. Subsequently, he held a number of sustainability and government affairs related functions at the BLC Leather Confederation, Epson, and Hewlett-Packard.

Mr. Scheijgrond is a member of the Global Finance Facility Investors Group, member of the UHC 2030 Private Sector Constituency and Chairman of the UN Global Compact Netherlands. Mr. Scheijgrond joined Philips in 2009 as Senior Director as part of the Corporate Sustainability Office with responsibility for risk and reputation management.

Mr. Scheijgrond holds a Masters degree in Environmental Technology from Wageningen University, the Netherlands.