Meet the Board

Creating a positive impact on our surroundings

Dr. Sushil Kanubhai Shah

Designation: Chairman & Executive Director

Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine and Surgery and Ph.D Medicine in Pathology and Bacteriology from University of Bombay.

Experience: More than four decades of experience in Pathology business

Mr. Sushil Shah is the Founder of the Company and has been a Director on our Board since 2005. He was awarded the Maharashtra Gaurav Award by the Government of India and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Six Sigma Healthcare Excellence Awards. He was also awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award by the Indian Solidarity Council and the Rashtriya Chikitsak Ratna Award by the National Education & Human Development Organization.

Ms. Ameera Sushil Shah

Designation: Promoter & Managing Director

Qualification: A Degree in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and the prestigious Owner-President Management (OPM) Program at Harvard Business School.

Experience: More than two decades of experience in Pathology business

Ms. Ameera Sushil Shah has been a Director on our board since 2008. A global thought leader in the Healthcare industry, she has played an instrumental role in changing the Pathology industry landscape in the country; from being a doctor led practice to a professional corporate group in an extremely unregulated, competitive, and fragmented market.

Over the two decades, Ms. Shah has built the organization across the board, and has been a dynamic driving force behind the entire corporate transformation and the sustained growth of Metropolis. Due to its unique growth model and competitive advantage, Metropolis has attracted three rounds of investment by reputed private equity investors. Under the leadership of Ms. Shah, Metropolis was successfully listed at the stock exchanges in 2019 and within three years of its listing, we cemented a position of trust with international and domestic investors by posting industry leading performance every quarter and delivering good returns on their investments. Upholding the highest standards of corporate governance and business ethics, Metropolis has built exceptional value for all our stakeholders.

Ms. Ameera Shah is the recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in healthcare category for the year 2021 from Ernst & Young. Ms. Shah is one of the three women to ever receive this award in the past 20 years and the youngest woman ever to receive this award. She has been named amongst ‘Asia’s Power Businesswoman’ (2020) by Forbes Asia, ‘Fifty Most Powerful Women in Business’ by Fortune India (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) and Business Today (2018, 2019, 2021). She has been bestowed with multiple awards for her outstanding performance & excellence in diagnostics business and entrepreneurship from various reputed organizations.

Ms. Ameera Shah is an eminent industry spokesperson and has been a speaker in various National and International forums, industry events and conclaves. She has been an active member & has served senior level positions in key industry bodies that drives policy decisions at the Center. She is currently serving as a Vice-President of NATHealth (Healthcare Federation of India).

Ms. Shah was an Independent Director for Marico, Kaya in the past and is currently on the board for reputed Indian companies such as Torrent Pharma, Shoppers Stop. She is also an Advisor to Baylor College of Medicine, Texas. She is also on the global Advisory Board of AXA, a Paris headquartered company with USD 700 bn asset under management.

Mr. Vivek Gambhir

Designation: Non-Executive Independent Director

Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in both Science and Arts from Lafayette College, Pennsylvania; Holds Master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard University.

Experience: More than ten years of experience in Operations and Strategy

Vivek Gambhir is currently associated with Imagine Marketing India Private Limited (BoAt Lifestyle) as the Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining BoAt Lifestyle, he worked with Godrej Consumer Products Limited & its associate companies. He was also a founding member of Bain’s consulting operations in India and led the firm’s FMCG practice in India. He has been a Director on our Board since September 2018.

Mr. Sanjay Bhatnagar

Designation: Non-Executive Independent Director

Qualification: Master’s degree in Engineering from Stanford University and Business Administration from Harvard University.

Experience: More than 16 years of experience in project development, marketing, and operations management

Sanjay Bhatnagar has served as the Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in India and as a Board member of the US India Strategic Partnership Forum. Prior to joining the Company, he has worked with Enron India Private Limited, WaterHealth International Inc. and the THOT Capital Group LLC. He has been a Director on our Board since 2018.

Mr. Milind Sarwate

Designation: Non-Executive Independent Director

Qualification: Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, Company Secretary and a CII Fulbright Fellow (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Experience: 31 years of executive experience with long stints as CFO, CHRO (Marico & Godrej). 16 years of non-executive directorships on listed company boards.
Awarded ICAI CFO Award (2011), CNBC TV-18 CFO Award (2012) & CFO India Hall of Fame induction (2013)

Mr. Milind Sarwate is the Founder & CEO of Increate (https://increate.in/). He provides advice and mentorship in business and social value creation, governance, and capability-building. Mr. Sarwate has been a Director of the Company since 2018. He has been serving as an Independent Director in both listed and unlisted companies, with a focus on audit committee roles. He is currently on the Board of companies such as Asian Paints, Mahindra Finance, Nykaa, Hexaware, OmniActive Health, and Eternis. His previous Board memberships include Mindtree, International Paper, House of Anita Dongre, and CARE Ratings. Besides Directorships, he is also an Advisor, Mentor and ESG Contributor.

He invests in promising businesses and social enterprises and recently set up a not for-profit Company, Increate Foundation. He is currently an Advisory Board Member for a School Support NGO – Educo.

Ms. Anita Ramachandran

Designation: Non-Executive Independent Director

Qualification: : MBA (Finance) from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute

Experience: More than 40 years of experience as a Management Consultant

Anita Ramachandran began her career in the Management Consultancy division of AF Ferguson & Co (the KPMG network company in India then) in Mumbai in 1976 as the first woman consultant in the firm and worked in a wide range of areas from finance, industrial market research, strategy, and human resources consulting. She founded M/s. Cerebrus Consultants in the year 1995 to focus on HR advisory services, which has now established itself as a specialist firm in the HR field. Anita has worked with over 350 companies in South Asia on a range of HR issues. Her wide general management consulting experience and insights on HR has enabled her to be a strategic advisor to many family groups. She supports many organizations in the social sector through pro bono professional work and remains deeply committed to working with women.

Mr. Hemant Sachdev

Designation: Non-Executive Director

Qualification: BA (Political Science) from Delhi; An alumni of Harvard Business School

Experience: More than 20 years of experience

Mr. Hemant Sachdev is a BA in Political Science from Delhi and an alumni of Harvard Business School. He is a first generation entrepreneur and has over 2 decades of experience. He has his business interests in Retail, Distribution and Education.