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Jochen Sagadin

Senior executive / CEO with more than 20 years experience

About Me

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with more than 20 years of experience leading and transforming large, multi-site corporate structures and healthcare organisations in Central Europe. Proven track record in hospital group scaling, M&A, operational restructuring, profitability improvement, and complex investment programs. Deep expertise in strategic management, healthcare strategy, corporate governance, quality management, and international accreditation (JCI, ISO, EFQM). Strong financial acumen with consistent EBITDA growth and value creation. Strong intrinsic motivation to build, improve and create value.

Jurisdiction

Regions: Europe, Asia, Americas, Oceania, Africa

Notable Employer

  • CEO at Group Mediterra a.s., Prague
  • Assistant to the Board / Project Lead at VAMED Management und Service GmbH & Co KG / SANTESIS GmbH, Vienna
  • Head of Central Operations at VAMED-KMB Krankenhausmanagement und Betriebsführungsges.m.b.H., Vienna

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
CEONotableGroup Mediterra a.s., Prague
2008 - 2025

Main activity of the company • Private hospital group structured as a joint-stock company, comprising six hospitals and two outpatient clinics operating under a holding structure with separate legal entities and governance bodies, delivering comprehensive care including prevention, acute care, rehabilitation, physical therapy, and long-term care. Personal responsibilities and tasks/projects • Full P&L responsibility and strategic leadership of the group, CEO of the holding organisation • Chairing the supervisory boards of the subsidiaries (=hospitals). • 2024: Legal and organisational merger of the Group Mediterra hospitals and subsidiaries Mělník and Neratovice, resulting in a significant improvement in both quality of care and profitability. • Since 2019: Leadership of a €25m investment and reconstruction program at the Mělník hospital—one of the largest private healthcare investments in the Czech Republic—driving a fundamental transformation of the treatment portfolio and organisational structure. • Since 2015: Successful introduction and scaling of medical tourism as a strategic growth pillar; by 2025, €1.5m revenue with ~40% EBITDA margin. • Comprehensive organisational transformation, including streamlining of medical and administrative processes and systematic efficiency gains. • 2014: Group-wide legal restructuring (1 holding company and 9 subsidiaries); conversion to a joint-stock company, spin-off of management functions, revaluation of shareholdings, and consolidation under Group Mediterra a.s. • Execution and integration of multiple M&A transactions. • 2013: Strategic restructuring of the service portfolio in response to Czech healthcare reimbursement reforms; overcompensation of reimbursement cuts and increase of profitability Achievements • Group Performance (2025) and development: • Revenue: €112.9m (2008: €24m) • EBITDA: €17.5m, margin 15.5% (2008: €1.9m, margin 7.9%) • EBITDA CAGR: ~14% • Beds: 1,150 (2008: 450) • Successful JCI accreditation of all hospitals within the group. • Multiple national awards for Highest Patient Satisfaction and Highest Employee Satisfaction in the Czech Republic and award as “Most Profitable Hospital in the Czech Republic.”

CEOVAMED CZ, s.r.o., Prague
2007 - 2013

Main activity of the company • Provision of comprehensive facility management services to the Group Mediterra hospitals Personal responsibilities and tasks/projects • Oversight of operational performance, contracts, and service quality. Achievements • Establishment of the company incl. outsourcing of the facility management services from Group Mediterra to VAMED CZ, s.r.o.

Assistant to the Board / Project LeadNotableVAMED Management und Service GmbH & Co KG / SANTESIS GmbH, Vienna
2006 - 2007

Main activity of the company • Provision of comprehensive facility management services to the hospitals of the VINZENZ Group Personal responsibilities and tasks/projects • Establishment and development of SANTESIS Technisches Gebäudemanagement & Service GmbH. • Led the outsourcing of the technical and infrastructural hospital management for 6 hospitals (~2,000 beds) of the Vinzenz Group into SANTESIS. • Built the company into a fully operational and profitable entity, including: • Corporate strategy definition and organisational design • Workforce transfer and development • Implementation of management, financial, legal, and HR processes • Design of controlling and reporting systems • Selection and rollout of IT systems for technical facility management • Implementation of quality management systems Achievements • Formation and establishment of the company SANTESIS • Definition of the strategy of the company incl. measures for implementation • Building the company from scratch incl. organisational structure, process organisation, limits of authority and strategic management cycle • ISO 9001:2000 certification

Head of Central OperationsNotableVAMED-KMB Krankenhausmanagement und Betriebsführungsges.m.b.H., Vienna
2003 - 2006

Main activity of the company • Provision of comprehensive facility management services to the Vienna General Hospital (2500 beds) Personal responsibilities and tasks/projects • Leadership responsibility for 70 employees and associated budgets. • Implementation of short- and mid-term corporate strategies. • Continuous optimisation of internal processes with a strong focus on customer satisfaction. • Identification and realisation of efficiency improvements in maintenance and operational strategies. • Led major transformation initiatives including: • Organisational restructuring and centralisation of operational functions • Establishment of a Central Business Management unit • Development of a process-oriented management and controlling system • Introduction of strategic planning and performance controlling • Implementation of the EFQM excellence model Achievements • Successful re-organisation of entire company, implementation of a competence-centre and performance-centre model • Change of the reimbursement system between VAMED-KMB and the City of Vienna (150 mio EUR p.a.) from a hourly-rate model to a lump-sum model incl. a progressive annual savings mechanism • ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485:2003 certifications • Implementation of the EFQM excellence model

Research AssociateMontanuniversity Leoben, Leoben
1998 - 2003

Main activities • Research and Education Personal responsibilities and tasks/projects • Research and teaching in plant management, quality and process management, controlling, and project management. • Managed approx. 15 industry projects (e.g. BMW Motors, Siemens- Matsushita, Philips, Böhler Edelstahl, Flextronics). • Author of approx. 20 scientific publications. • Author of the book: “Die lernende Instandhaltungsorganisation – Ein Anwendungsmodell am Beispiel der Stillstandsreduktion”, Deutscher Universitätsverlag, Wiesbaden, 2002 Achievements • Successful, evidence based completion of numerous productivity increase- and performance enhancement projects

Education

Masters of Material SciencesMontanuniversity Leoben
1990 - 1998
Doctorate of Industrial Business SciencesMontanuniversity Leoben
1998 - 2003
Masters of International Hospital ManagementFrankfurt School of Finance and Management
2007 - 2008

Skills

Core skills10
Interests5
Languages3

Skills

General Management
Turnaround Management
Profitability Increase
Crisis Management
Healthcare Management
Strategic Management
Governance
Value Creation
Strategic Management
Change Management

Interests

Leadership
People Management
People Development
Organisational Development
Business Development

Languages

English
Czech
German