Because innovation only makes sense when it cares.

We connect the private healthcare sector and the global health ecosystem to create solutions that are more human, more equitable, and more impactful for the world we share.
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WHO IS THE

Caring Innovator?

The Caring Innovator is a consulting practice built on a simple but radical belief: that innovation in healthcare only makes sense when it genuinely cares — about people, about equity, about the world we are leaving behind.

A bridge — between the resources of the private healthcare sector and the mission of the global health ecosystem. Between ambition and impact. Between what is possible and what is needed.

MEET

Sandrine

I am an independent consultant based near Geneva, Switzerland, with 25+ years of senior experience in the healthcare industry — including roles at UCB and Merck Serono, leading Patient Care Solutions — and deep hands-on engagement with global health organisations such as PATH and FIND.

I’m a B Corp Consultant, a certified MEAL practitioner, and IMD-credentialed in Sustainable Business Transformation — but beyond the titles, my commitment to health equity started in childhood, and my dedication to patients has guided every step of my career.

Bridging the private healthcare sector and the global health community is not a career choice — it is a conviction: it is at this crossroads that innovation can truly serve those who need it most.

“It is at this crossroads that innovation can truly serve those who need it most.”

THE

Problem

Health is a fundamental human right. Yet for millions of people, it remains out of reach — not because the science doesn’t exist, but because the systems meant to deliver it are fragmented, unequal, and disconnected from those they are meant to serve.

The healthcare industry has the resources, the science, and the reach to change this.

Global health organisations have the proximity, the trust, and the mission.

Yet turning shared values into shared action remains harder than it should be — and the people who pay the price are those with the least access to care.

THE

Approach

The Caring Innovator takes a patient-driven approach — starting not with products or programmes, but with people.

4 pillars

Patient-Driven Innovation
We start with the patient journey — mapping where barriers truly lie across diverse healthcare systems.
Seeing the Full Picture
We take a holistic, systemic approach — looking beyond clinical barriers to the environmental, social, and structural factors that shape health outcomes.
Cross-Sector Collaboration
We sit at the intersection of two worlds — fluent in the language of the boardroom and the realities of the field.
Impact by Design
We design for impact from the start — building in rigorous measurement frameworks so that results are trackable, credible, and meaningful from proof of concept to systemic scale.

Five areas of expertise. One shared purpose: to make healthcare innovation more human, more equitable, and more impactful.

Bridge Building

Designing partnerships between the private sector and global health organisations that are strategic, values-aligned, and built to last.

Health Equity Strategy

Embedding health equity at the core of your organisation — not as a reporting exercise, but as a genuine driver of strategy and decision-making.

Human-Centred Design & Co-creation

Mapping the patient journey, engaging communities, and designing solutions that are built with people — not just for them.

From Proof of Concept to Scale

Moving beyond good intentions to evidence that convinces the boardroom and matters in the field — measuring impact rigorously at every stage, and supporting you from pilot to lasting, systemic change.

B Corp Pathway

Leveraging the B Corp framework as a structured pathway to embed social and environmental commitments into the core of your business.

Sandrine is part of the B Corp consulting team.

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"'More human, and more impactful."

– Sandrine Piotelat
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