Connecting dots on health map

Andy Ho is integrating Philips' hardware, software and services, and looking for the right local partners in China

For Andy Ho, 55, the fitness-loving CEO of Philips Greater China, the local unit of the Dutch multinational, the treadmill is not just an exercise machine but a metaphor for methodical transformation, be it at a personal or corporate level.

He walks/jogs on the treadmill at a minimum incline of 10 percent or higher and at a moderate speed of 5 km per hour, to ensure the heartbeat rhythm is just right. "It is a more consistent way of working out."