About Us

Sabine has the gift of human connection delivering personal insight and growth.
She studied medicine and trained as a general practitioner, later specialising in food and dietetic sciences as well as occupational medicine, which she still practises.
To support her husband's career Sabine took sabbatical leave and joined him abroad. The growing family moved between countries following dad's career. This gave Sabine a broad cultural exposure, while also allowing her to continue learning about human emotions and interactions. Beyond coaching her family to settle and manage in very different settings, she also volunteered to support underprivileged children and to provide end-of-life support.
Her many trainings and experiences include: Master in Neuro-Linguistic Programing (NLP), coach for Youth At Risk (YAR) Vlaanderen, hospice volunteer, Transactional Analysis (TA), Mindfulness, Vipassana meditation, body language and trauma therapist. Sabine also had several deeply personal experiences, which include a depressive episode, a house fire, life-threatening illness and the pains of growth and self-development. Motherhood of teenagers is another unique and relevant learning school.
Sabine prefers to work with individuals or couples and helps them to recognise feelings and emotions, (re)discover their own resources and (re)set their boundaries. This helps them to feel better, have more choices, and achieve their goals while feeling more happy.

Lode has a passion for understanding and his purpose is to inspire and grow; others and self. He wants to help us create a present with more health and more happiness.

Lode has been privileged to work on this mission throughout his career, thanks to so many people: teachers, friends, mentors, family and others. They have enriched and brought to life his training and experience in multiple roles, including from son to father, from physician to patient, from trainee to executive, from mentee to mentor.

After over 30 years of full-time employment in several inspiring companies, Lode is now continuing his mission as an independent consultant and advisor. He works with individuals (patients, coachees, executives) as well as organisations (for-profit and not-for profit) to achieve this. Lode has also been a proud board member of PFMD since its foundation, and now continues in this role as Independent Director. He graduated from INSEAD's International Directors Program in 2021.

Lode believes that our healthcare ecosystem needs fundamental change to add more quality to our life, not just more quantity. Medicine needs to move from disease charity to health empowerment. He believes that the key lies in a person-centric approach and in personal accountability: it is about me, it is about you, it is not about the average. We are living in a unique time when this change is finally becoming a true possibility. Today my data can be captured, understood and used for better outcomes for me, outcomes that matter to me and my aspirations. It all starts by truly listening to understand the individual experience. And it ends with each of us taking accountability to act for our own health and well-being, for our own decisions and actions.

When Lode studied and practiced medicine in Belgium and South Africa, he quickly realised that good education about health and disease was at least as important as good medicines to help patients achieve the best outcomes. To have a broader impact he then joined the pharmaceutical industry in 1989, and worked to provide good education around certain diseases and new treatment options.
Ten years later, when the internet opened new possibilities to provide quality medical information, he took a one-year sabbatical leave to co-found PlanetMedica, the first Healthcare internet portal in Europe.
He then returned to the pharmaceutical industry, and accumulated about 25 years of Medical Affairs experience, including in senior global roles.
About a decade ago, at UCB, Belgium, Lode took up the role of Chief Patient Affairs Officer , an executive role he piloted in the industry. UCB became and remains an industry leader in patient-centricity. More recently he piloted the same role at Servier, helping this organisation to also start on its journey toward Patient Centricity.
In December 2016 he joined Doctors Of The World as medical coordinator and consulting physician for the Winter Plan. He also cofounded Corvalus, a coaching and consultancy company around core values.
Lode considers the internet, social media and true stakeholder partnering central to improving education and awareness on health and disease. He also advocates that a true understanding of the patient experience is the foundational key to improve health care for all.