André Lantin, Managing Director of WCC-WoundCareCenter GmbH, has a practical background: In his clinical work, he repeatedly had to deal with patients with chronic and difficult-to-heal wounds. "Because of their wound healing disorders and the resulting pain, as well as the odor, they were often in despair," he recalls. He blamed two main causes for the serious problem of chronic and difficult-to-heal wounds: inadequate structures in the healthcare system on the one hand, and gaps in the care process for affected patients on the other. Today, stationary wound treatment is usually limited to 1 to 2 weeks. Considerably too short! After all, several weeks or even months usually pass before the wound is properly healed. Lantin: "I no longer wanted to accept this".

As a first step, he attempted to obtain further specialized training in wound treatment, which went beyond the application of dressing materials to cover all areas of the treatment process. While working, he completed further training at Gerhard Kammerlander's ZWM Academy in Graz (Austria) to become a ZWM Certified Wound Manager ("the only manufacturer-independent, high-quality qualification in the German-speaking world for doctors and nursing staff at the time").

2008 gründete er die Gesellschaft für Versorgungskonzepte in der Wundbehandlung (gvw GmbH). Sein Ziel: „die Entwicklung einer spezialisierten, interdisziplinären Versorgung von Patient:innen mit chronischen und schwer heilenden Wunden durch Spezialpflegefachkräfte und Fachärzt:innen in ambulanten Schwerpunktpraxen.“ Im selben Jahr eröffnete unter seiner Leitung das erste zertifizierte WZ-WundZentrum in Deutschland – der Grundstein für die WZ-WundZentren GmbH.

Das Familienunternehmen mit Sitz in Düsseldorf wird von André Lantin als Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter und CEO gemeinsam mit Frauke Lantin als Geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin und COO und Daniela Bopp als kaufmännische Geschäftsführerin CEO geführt.