About the Falck Foundation
The Falck Foundation is a non profit organization with the expressed purpose to targeting optimisation in global quality, and improving cost containment in pre-hospital care, the essential chain in the healthcare process by fulfilling all kind of research into:
- Analysis and improvement of the different pre-hospital settings
- Optimising cost-containment of pre-hospital care
- Functions in pre-hospital care
Governing council
The Falck Foundation is governed by a Governing Council .The Governing Council acts as the executive body of the association and represents the latter in and out of court.
Members of the Governing council are:
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Anders Delcomyn Larsen
Anders Delcomyn Larsen
Senior Vice President, Emergency Medical Services
| Born | 1956 |
| Education | Laboratory Technician |
| Specialised Technical Degree | |
| Diploma of Leadership | |
A long list of relevant courses and |
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| Quality Management | |
| Labour Psychology/ Labour Leadership/ Labour Law | |
| Safety Management | |
| Career | |
| 2007 | Senior Vice President, International Emergency, Falck |
| 2007 | Technical Director, ‘Falck Teknik’ |
| 2000 - 2007 | CEO, GPV PCB Division |
| 1994 - 2000 | Central manager (Operational Manager, North of Jutland County), Falck |
| 1980 - 1994 | Printca A/S: Supervisor (responsible for production og operational skills) |
| Head of Laboratory | |
| Laboratory Technician | |
| Laboratory Trainee | |
| 1978 - 1979 | Military Service, Flyvestation Aalborg |
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Jan Christiaen
Jan Christiaen
Director and Vice President
| Born | 1961 |
| Education | 1986 awarded degree of Doctor of Medecine from Antwerp University Institute |
| Passed the written exam for the achievement of the “European Diploma of Intensive Care Medicine" | |
| Secondary Education | Latin Sciences at O.L.V. van Lourdes College in Edegem |
| Open student | Royal Antwerp Aviation Club; pilot licence B; Bep. C (practical) |
| Helifly Helicopter pilot, limited licence B. | |
| Career | |
| 1998 to present | Chairman of the Board of the “Ambuce Rescue Team” |
| 1992 - 2006 | Anesthesiologist in the intensive care unit, surgery theatres and emergency care unit of the Sint Augustinus Hospital in Antwerp. |
| 1995 | received as a Medical Specialist in Anesthesiology the extra title of specialization in emergency medicine and also in the specialization in intensive care medicine. |
| 1992 - 1998 | Coordinating Head of Emergency Services at Sint Augustinus Hospital in Antwerp |
| 1991 - 1992 | Responsible for trauma care at the emergency services as well as the intensive care units of Antwerp University Institute. |
| 1991 | Anesthesiologist at the Sint Camillus Hospital in Antwerp (Intensive Care). |
| 1986 - 1991 | Medical specialist training in anesthesiology at Antwerp University Institute (54 months) and at the General Hopital Stuivenberg. |
Other Activities
- Chairman of the S.A.V.A. in Antwerp: 1988 - 1990
- Chairman of the N.V.G.A.: 1990
- Executive secretary of the N.V.G.A.: 1988 - 1990
- Council member of the K.G.K.A.
- Acting council member of the V.B.S.: 1989 - 1990
- Organisor of the Poster Session during the Medical Days of Antwerp: 1988 - 1990
- Medical repatriations: Eurocross-Eurocall
- Medical escort on High Care domestic transports (Heli-samu, Ambuce)
- Member of “European Society of Intensive Care Medicine”
- Member of “S.I.Z.”; Belgian Union for Intensive Care
- Member of the “BeSeDIM”; Belgian union for Acute and Disaster Medicine
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Ole Qvist Pedersen
Ole Qvist Petersen
Senior Vice President, Emergency Medical Services
Joined Falck in 1989
| Born | 1952 |
| Education | MSc (Political Science), University of Aarhus 1979 |
| Career | |
| 2004 | Senior Vice President, Rescue & Safety Denmark, Falck |
| 2001 - 2003 | Vice President, Falcks Redningskorps |
| 1989 - 2000 | Head of Secretariat, Management Secretariat, Falcks Redningskorps |
| 1983 - 1989 | Head of Section, Mayor’s Department, Municipality of Aarhus |
| 1979 - 1983 | Head of Section, Department of the Ministry of Housing |
| 1984 - 2000 | External Senior Lecturer, Institute of Political Science, University of Aarhus |
Offices held
- Chairman of the Board for Public-Private Partnerships of Confederation of Danish Industry (DI)
- Chairman of the Board of Directors for Falck DRF Luftambulance A/S
- Deputy Chairman of Falck Hjælpemidler A/S
- Member of the Review Committee for the ABT-Foundation for Welfare Technology and Cost Saving Work Processes in the Public Sector (appointed by the Danish Minister of Finance)
- Member of Board of Directors for Agro Business Park A/S
- Member of the Board of the Danish Municipal Think Tank
- Appointed Member of Committee for Management Policy, Danish Lawyers and Economist Association (DJOEF)
- Member of the Review Committee for the ABT-Foundation for Welfare Technology and Cost Saving Work Processes in the Public Sector (appointed by the Danish Minister of Finance) (2008-..)
Medical advisory board
The work of the Medical Advisory Board is essential to the Falck Foundation. The members of the Medical Advisory Board make recommendations to the Governing Council about the funding of research projects.
Members of the Medical Advisory Board are:
- Dr. Jan Christiaen
- Dr. Louis Garcia
- Dr. Joost Bierens
- Dr. Omar Al Sakaf
- Prof. Dr. Maaret Castrén
- Prof. Dr. Marc Sabbe
- Prof. Dr. Philip Anderson
- Prof. Dr. V. Anantharaman
Falck Group
The Foundation is founded and sponsored by the Falck Group.
