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At Healthium, we nurture a diverse and inclusive workforce led by our seasoned Senior Leadership Team and Board of Directors, with decades of experience and extensive industry knowledge.

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Akshay Tanna

Chairman and Non-Executive
Nominee Director

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Anish Bafna

Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director

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Ajay Gupta

Non-Executive
Independent Director

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Ashwani Puri

Non-Executive
Independent Director

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Shalini Kamath

Non-Executive
Independent Director

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Mayank Mishra

Non-Executive
Nominee Director

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Mohammed Azeez

Whole-time Director and
Chief Operating Officer

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Anish Bafna

Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director

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Sudeep Dhariwal

Group Chief Financial Officer

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Rajnish Damani

Group Chief Operating Officer

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Vinod T. Varghese

Group Chief Human Resources Officer

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Mohammed Azeez

Whole-time Director and
Chief Operating Officer

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Dr. Ashok Moharana

Head - Clinical Affairs

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Phani Gujjari

Chief Operating Officer (QNPL) and
Group Operations Excellence Head

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Pranav Kumar Sharma

Strategic Business Unit Head – Advanced Surgery

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Anoop Penupolu

Head Arthroscopy

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Anuj Shah

Head – International Business

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Pratap Pokale

Head - Quality

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Kailash Joshi

Head – Commercial Excellence and Learning & Development

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Rajiv Poddar

Head - Strategy and M&A

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Anish Bafna

Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director

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Sudeep Dhariwal

Group Chief Financial Officer

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Mohammed Azeez

Whole-time Director and
Chief Operating Officer

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Pallavi Karkera

Company Secretary and
Compliance Officer

Akshay Tanna

Chairman and Non-Executive Nominee Director

Akshay Tanna is the Partner and Head of India Private Equity at KKR, based in the Mumbai office. He joined KKR in 2023, following a distinguished career with TPG, where he spent over 13 years and served as a Partner in its India office. Earlier in his career, Akshay worked in investment banking as an Associate in the Financial Institutions Group with Deutsche Bank in New York and also held positions at Merrill Lynch in both New York and London. He earned his BS in Economics, Magna Cum Laude, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Anish Bafna

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

Anish Bafna is the CEO & MD of Healthium Medtech. He has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IMDR, Pune. Coming with significant experience in the healthcare industry, he previously worked with Baxter Healthcare (Asia) Pte Ltd as General Manager, Emerging Asia. At Healthium, he manages the overall operations and resources.

Ajay Gupta

Non-Executive Independent Director

Ajay Gupta is the Non-Executive Independent Director of Healthium Medtech. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Leland Stanford Junior University. He has over 28 years of global management consulting experience and has served as a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company.

Ashwani Puri

Non-Executive Independent Director

Ashwani Puri brings extensive expertise in audit, accounting, investment advisory, valuations, financial restructuring and risk management. With a focus on corporate governance, strategy and shareholder value, he has served in key leadership roles, including Chair of the Audit Committee for Titan Company, Coforge and Aditya Birla Finance and as a board member for JK Tyres and Aviva Life Insurance. A Fellow Chartered Management Accountant (UK) and Chartered Accountant (India), his advisory experience spans organisations such as Bonfiglioli Transmissions Pvt. Ltd. and NSOL India, where he has driven strategic and operational excellence.

Shalini Kamath

Non-Executive Independent Director

Shalini Kamath, an accomplished Independent Director, serves on the boards of Abbott India, Borosil Glassworks, Johnson Controls-Hitachi, Maple Infra InvIT (CDPQ) and Ambit Finvest. She has held key HR leadership roles at Chevron Texaco, Star India, KPMG and Ambit Holdings, driving strategic people solutions and organisational transformation. An MBA graduate from Edinburgh Business School and trained at Harvard Business School, Shalini is a certified Leadership Coach and a passionate advocate for social causes, recognised with multiple awards for her contributions.

Mayank Mishra

Non-Executive Nominee Director

Mayank Mishra is a member of the Asia Private Equity team at KKR, where he has played a key role in several high-profile investments including Healthium. Mayank joined KKR in 2017, bringing with him a wealth of experience from his time at Moelis & Co., where he focused on mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare and technology sectors. Prior to that, he worked at UBS Investment Bank in Mumbai. Mayank holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.

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Mohammed Azeez

Whole-time Director & Chief Operating Officer

Mohammed Azeez holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science from Bangalore University and a Master’s degree in Science, specialising in Microbiology from Bangalore University. Prior to joining Healthium, he worked with United Medical Industries Co. Limited as a microbiologist, quality control supervisor and a quality assurance manager. He oversees all daily operations and sets strategies for overall production planning for both export and domestic business.

Sudeep Dhariwal

Group Chief Financial Officer

Sudeep Dhariwal is the Group Chief Financial Officer of Healthium Medtech, with over 24 years of extensive experience in strategic, operational and financial roles across multiple renowned global MNCs, including Cepheid-Danaher where he was the Vice President - Finance for APAC, Perfetti Van Melle, Reckitt Benckiser, Nokia, Mars and Medtronic. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Certified Treasury Manager and Commerce graduate from Delhi University.

Rajnish Damani

Group Chief Operating Officer

Rajnish Damani leads Manufacturing, R&D and Supply Chain at Healthium Medtech. An engineering graduate from BIT Mesra, he brings over 32 years of experience across industries including Automotive, Healthcare and Aviation. Prior to Healthium, he was Executive Director - Manufacturing at Bridgestone India. Rajnish has also worked with GE, Cummins and Hindustan Motors, setting up and managing large-scale operations across India.

Vinod T. Varghese

Group Chief Human Resources Officer

Vinod T. Varghese is the Group Chief Human Resources Officer at Healthium Medtech. He holds a postgraduate degree in Management from Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi and is a graduate of St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. With over 27 years of experience across industries such as FMCG, Financial Services, IT & ITeS, Industrial Products and EPC, he has led HR functions at organisations including Alstom Transport, 3M, Colt Technology Services, Ernst & Young, HSBC and Shaw Wallace & Company Ltd. At Healthium, he is responsible for driving the people strategy to align talent, culture and leadership with business goals.

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Dr. Ashok Moharana

Head - Clinical Affairs

Dr. Ashok Moharana joined Healthium in 2019 to provide scientific leadership and primarily focus on creating a compliant, scientifically driven organisation. He shouldered responsibilities on clinical evidence generation, engaging and partnering with KOLs and driving innovations in the medtech field by co-creating and developing new products that enhance user-experience for surgeons and result in better patient outcomes. A dynamic and forward-looking professional with over 22 years of experience in the fields of clinical/medical, regulatory affairs, patient safety and change management, Dr. Ashok has been instrumental in providing strategic and transformational guidance to the Life-sciences Businesses in India and the Asia-Pacific region. He has a proven record of successfully driving key cross-functional initiatives towards new product research and product life-cycle management as well as building high performing, proactive and agile teams across different organisations, both at national and international level. Prior to joining Healthium, Dr. Ashok has had a significant tenure with Baxter International Inc., Novo Nordisk, Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, and Dr. Reddy’s Group both in India and the Asia Pacific.

Phani Gujjari

Chief Operating Officer (QNPL) & Group Operations Excellence Head

Phani Gujjari is the Chief Operating Officer of Quality Needles & Group Operations Excellence Head, with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing excellence and plant operations. He has previously held leadership roles at Crompton Greaves, Flowserve, Continental Automotive Systems, Weir Power & Industrial, GKN Driveline, Varroc and LM Wind Power (A GE Renewable Energy Business). He has a Mechanical Engineering degree from IIT-Varanasi, an MS from the University of Toledo and an MBA from D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Boston.

Pranav Kumar Sharma

Strategic Business Unit Head – Advanced Surgery

Pranav Kumar Sharma is the Strategic Business Unit Head - Advanced Surgery at Healthium Medtech. He brings over 26 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Strategy and General Management across leading medtech organisations including Baxter Healthcare and Novo Nordisk. In his previous role as Cluster Head - India, Malaysia and Singapore at Baxter, he drove consistent growth and margin expansion across the region. Pranav holds a Science degree from Delhi University and a Management Postgraduate degree from IMT Ghaziabad.

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Anoop Penupolu

Head - Arthroscopy

Anoop Penupolu leads the Arthroscopy division of Healthium Medtech, which creates minimally invasive arthroscopic products. He has been instrumental in driving R&D and creating the Sironix portfolio of implants, instruments and capital equipment with a focus on innovative product designs that are easy-to-use for doctors, and in creating better patient outcomes. Anoop joined Healthium in 2015, handling new products and the consumex portfolio. In his earlier assignments, he has worked in the FMCG sector and the alco-bev industry.

Anuj Shah

Head – International Business

Anuj Shah is the Head – International Business at Healthium Medtech. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Tech from IIT Bombay. He brings extensive global experience, having previously worked with McKinsey & Company, Abbott Laboratories and A.T. Kearney across India, the US and Southeast Asia. At Healthium, he leads the global market expansion strategy and has been instrumental in driving sales across Asia, Europe and North America while building the OEM vertical worldwide.

Pratap Pokale

Head - Quality

Pratap Pokale is the Head of Quality at Healthium Medtech. He brings over 33 years of leadership experience in Quality and Manufacturing across Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical and Chemical industries. Prior to joining Healthium, he served as President – Manufacturing Operations at Virchow Biotech Ltd. He has also worked with organisations such as Advanced MedTech Solutions and J&J Ethicon. Pratap plays a key role in advancing quality systems, regulatory compliance and operational excellence across the organisation. He holds a postgraduate degree in Organic Chemistry from Pune University.

Kailash Joshi

Head – Commercial Excellence and Learning & Development

Kailash Joshi is the Head of Commercial Excellence and Learning & Development at Healthium Medtech. He brings over 25 years of experience in Commercial Excellence, Business Transformation and Talent Development across global organisations. He has successfully led cross-functional change initiatives across geographies and functions, driving strategic growth and performance. He has worked at GSK as Senior Director and Head of Strategic Insights for LATAM, Middle East, Russia, India and SEA, and has also held leadership roles at Ranbaxy, Nicholas, Abbott, Novartis and Baxter. An Executive Program alumnus of IIM Calcutta, Kailash plays a key role in shaping commercial capabilities and learning strategies across the group.

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Rajiv Poddar

Head - Strategy and M&A

Rajiv is the Head of Strategy and M&A at Healthium Medtech. With over 15 years of experience in Corporate Strategy and M&A, Investment Banking and Private Equity, Rajiv has held progressive leadership roles in leading pharma companies such as Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and Viyash Life Sciences. Previously, he worked for PE fund Helix Investments and ICICI Securities. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and received his Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.

Pallavi-Karkera

Pallavi Karkera

Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

Pallavi Karkera is the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer at Healthium Medtech. Prior to joining Healthium, she was Company Secretary for Toyota Financial Services India Limited, Ocwen Financial Solutions Private Limited and Ozone Propex Private Limited. She is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Mangalore University, a Master’s degree in Commerce from Mangalore University and a Master’s degree in Business Law from the National Law School of India, Bangalore University.