Ronald de Jong

Since 2014, De Jong has been chairman of the Philips Foundation, an initiative to establish lasting social change and access to health care for disadvantaged communities through innovation and collaboration.

Ronald de Jong studied Business Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam and participated in various leadership programs at such institutions as Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Stanford University, Yale Institute for Global Leadership, and IMD Lausanne. He has been affiliated to Tilburg University since 2015 as a Distinguished Fellow in the Globalization, Aging, Innovation and Care (GAIC) research program.

He teaches lectures and cases on marketing, services, and innovation management at TiSEM’s Marketing Department.

Education

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Master of Science (MSc) Business Administration and Marketing ManagementGradeHonours 1985 – 1989

University of Chicago Designing the customer centric organisation 2006

IMD Business School Leadership and change management for breakthrough results 2007

Stanford University Managing the supply chain for global competitiveness

Harvard Business School Competitive decision making and negotiating

Harvard Kennedy School Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st century

Yale University Jackson Institute for Global Affairs Foundations for leadership for the 21st century 2012