Niels Roest

Niels comes from worlds in which every decision counts: he worked as a special operator with the Dutch Defence and the Police. There he learned that technology is a tool and that human judgement remains decisive. That conviction runs through all his work: technology should free people up, not replace them.

His involvement in healthcare comes from his work at RevalidatieSucces. There he saw first-hand how, during their recovery, people had to arrange for themselves what care should have connected, how information did not travel with them to the next care provider, and how little people sometimes felt heard, even though that directly affected their recovery. He wants to change that: care in which a person's story and data move along with them, and in which the person is not the link themselves.

He is a serial entrepreneur: founder of RevalidatieSucces (2014–2018, Entrepreneur of the Year 2017), Unlimited You (2020–2021, leadership programmes based on Special Forces methodology) and Unlimited Mind (2021–2024, a training institute for public safety and law enforcement). He trained in education at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.

At PCD CareHub, Niels has been Chief AI & Innovation Officer since November 2025 and Chairman of the Board since January 2026. He builds pcdOS, the AI platform behind the CareHub ecosystem, and set up the PCD Investor Portal. As Chairman he safeguards the strategic direction of the ecosystem; as CAIO he is responsible for the AI platform that portfolio companies use, from prompt engineering to deploying AI agents in care workflows.

His principle: use AI where it adds value, keep human control where it matters. He publishes on AI in healthcare, with an emphasis on explainability and data sovereignty, and represents PCD CareHub at conferences and in public discussions.