Malvinder Mohan Singh is a leading entrepreneur and one of the most recognizable names in the healthcare sector. Currently, Executive Chairman at Fortis Healthcare Limited & SRL Diagnostics Limited, Malvinder has laid the foundation for a world-class healthcare ecosystem in India. He is also the Chairman at Religare Enterprises Limited, one of India’s leading diversified financial services groups.

As Executive Chairman, Fortis Healthcare Limited, he has strengthened the fabric of the organization, and enabled it to move ahead in realizing its purpose of saving and enriching lives and expanding access to high quality healthcare at Indian price points. He remains a strong believer in the India growth story, and under his leadership both Fortis and SRL are committed to transforming the Indian healthcare landscape by taking the next leap in clinical excellence and patient-centric care.

An intrinsic risk-taker and an optimistic entrepreneur, Malvinder is well-known for his ability to build businesses with impeccable focus on value creation and positive outcomes. He was instrumental in the creation and listing of the Religare Health Trust (RHT) on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX). With this vehicle, he created a perpetual source of funding for the business and helped Fortis to transition to an asset light business model. Previously, Malvinder was Chairman, MD and CEO of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. and Chairman of the Board of Parkway Holdings. Through his strategic and bold business decisions he has helped unlock significant value for all shareholders in Ranbaxy, Parkway Holdings and Fortis’ international assets.

To fulfill the dream of a healthy nation, Malvinder has sown the seeds for curative and preventive healthcare for the underprivileged through Fortis Charitable Foundation, where he is a founder trustee. He passionately supports programmes that lay focus on women and children along with initiatives related to disaster-relief.

Recognized as a successful, young business leader, Malvinder represents India on entrepreneurship and healthcare at the World Economic Forum (WEF). He has been the youngest and the only person from Asia to Chair the healthcare Governance Council at WEF. He was also a member of the first batch of the Young Global Leaders, an initiative by WEF. At present, Malvinder is a member of the Board of Visitors at the Fuqua School of Business (Duke University, USA). He is currently an active member of the India-UK CEO’s Forum and the India-Africa Business Council. Until recently, from 2010 to 2016, he was also the co-chair of the India-Malaysia CEO’s Forum.

In India, Malvinder is the Vice President at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). He is also the Chairman of the Swastha Bharath Task Force, set up by FICCI, that is working towards fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals in healthcare. Malvinder is also the Chairman of the Services Council of Confederation of India Industry (CII) and member of the National Council.

As a healthcare entrepreneur, Malvinder has been conferred with numerous national and international awards over the last 15 years. A Doon School alumnus, Malvinder graduated in Economics honours from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. Later, he went on to earn an MBA degree from Fuqua School of Business, Duke University in USA.

Shivinder Mohan Singh, currently the Non-Executive Vice Chairman of Fortis Healthcare, has had a distinguished career as an entrepreneur and business leader, who, in a short span of under two decades, transformed the way private healthcare is delivered and shaped its evolution as an important and credible partner in India’s growth.

Shivinder was driven by the twin needs to create significant impact in the domain of healthcare delivery and by his vision, to bring world class standards of care delivery, at affordable prices, for the benefit of the people of India. His credo of “saving and enriching lives”, on a foundation of clinical excellence and distinctive patient care, continued to guide the evolution of Fortis as it took its rightful place as an acknowledged leader in healthcare delivery. During his executive stewardship of the organization, Fortis used several innovative formats to achieve unprecedented growth, combined with an unrelenting focus on clinical quality and standardization. Shivinder, simultaneously, also created a powerful platform for community outreach and CSR that included focus on helping the girl child, provision of medicare to under privileged children and contributing actively to the alleviation of pain and suffering during natural disasters.

Shivinder has played a prominent leadership role on several prominent industry platforms, including FICCI and Nathealth. He is credited with conceptualizing and leading the formation of Nathealth, India’s most prominent healthcare sector industry platform. He continues to be on the Board of Visitors of Duke University Business School, a Board Member of Aspen-Ananta Centre India, Governing Council Member of AIMA and member of the Advisory Board of AIESEC India, the world’s largest student-run organisation and a platform for young people to explore and develop their leadership potential for a positive impact on society.

In September 2015, Shivinder, in response to a higher calling, took a personal decision to take on full-time responsibility of SEWA at a Spiritual organisation that he has been associated with since his childhood. To Shivinder this was a logical next step - from saving and enriching lives he was inspired to do more direct service and give back to society. Consequently, he stepped down from his executive role at Fortis and transited to a non-executive role, as Vice Chairman, on the board of the company.

Mr. Sunil Godhwani in his capacity as a Whole-Time Director, Religare Enterprises Limited (REL), is a guide and mentor to the various group businesses of Religare. Till recently in his executive capacity as the CEO of REL, was responsible for leading and managing all the businesses. He joined Religare in 2001 and prior to that has a rich and varied experience as an entrepreneur in his family business. During his tenure at Religare he was instrumental in transforming the platform from a mono line broking led business to a diversified and well regarded financial services group.

Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Sunil pursued his higher studies internationally. He received a B. Sc. Degree in Chemical Engineering and a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Finance from Polytechnic Institute of New York.

Harpal Singh is currently the Mentor & Chairman Emeritus and a member of the Board of Directors of Fortis Healthcare Limited. He is also on the Board of Fortis Clinical Research Limited, Religare Enterprises Ltd., and SRL Diagnostics Ltd. Harpal Singh is recognized as a thinker and speaker on healthcare and other issues on the social agenda. He has a diverse and wide-ranging experience (of over 40 years) in the corporate sector. In the last decade he has substantially been engaged with the not for profit sector. He is Founder and Chairman of Nanhi Chhaan Foundation. He holds senior board level positions in National and International organizations. He is also Director of Impact Projects Private Ltd and was Non-Executive Chairman of India’s largest Pharmaceutical Company, Ranbaxy. He is and has been associated with school education for over 30 years and has served at the Board level with some of India’s most renowned schools which include The Doon School, The Scindia School, The Shriram School, The Yadavindra Public Schools and Salwan Public Schools. He was a member of the National Round Table on School Education, a member of the Executive Committee and of the Governing Council of Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), a member of the Board of the Delhi Red Cross Society, a member of the Board of Governors of NIIT University, a member of India-UK Round Table and India-US Strategic dialogue. He is a Trustee of Indian National Association for the Club of Rome. He is a Member of the Board of Wadhwani Initiative for Sustainable Health (WISH). He was a member of the Board of Governors of IIT, Indore. In recent years, Mr. Singh’s involvement with the world of children has been compelling. He chairs Save the Children India which now works in over 20 States of the country addressing the needs of some of India’s most disadvantaged children including child survival, rights, health and education. Through his own NGO, the Nanhi Chhaan Foundation, he focuses efforts on the girl child, on the environment and on inter-faith harmony. He has served for over six years on the International Board of Save the Children and is currently its Vice Chair. Save International operates in over 120 countries helping children and mothers in emergencies and in ameliorating the lives and futures of children in distress and who suffer disadvantages for a variety of reasons. In 2015 Save International helped over 55 million children worldwide. He is an alumnus of The Doon School and an (Hons.) Graduate in Economics from St. Stephens College, New Delhi. A B.S. in Economics and a Masters' in Public Affairs from the California State University at Hayward (C.S.C.H.), California, U.S.A.

Dr. Brian Tempest is on the Board of several companies in India – Fortis Healthcare, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, SRL Diagnostics, Religare Capital Markets and Petainer-Innopac Packaging. He is also on the Board of the following UK companies – Religare Capital Markets Europe, Religare Capital Markets UK and Hale & Tempest Co Ltd. In 2009, Brian was approved by the FSA under Section 59 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Editor of the Journal of Generic Medicines, Non-Executive Director United Nations Patent Pool & ex CEO Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, Dr. Brian Tempest advises Companies, Banks, Investment Funds, Private Equity funds & high net worth individuals on their Strategy in Emerging Markets and Developed Markets based on his wide global experience.

Brian worked for Ranbaxy from 1995 and became the Chief Executive Officer in 2004. In 2007 he retired from Ranbaxy. He was earlier with Glaxo from 1985 to 1992. In total, he has worked in the Pharmaceutical Industry for the last 45 years and has managed Healthcare Businesses in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Australasia, China, Japan and India. In addition

Brian is an international advisor to MAPE, India an M&A boutique and serves on several Healthcare and Finance Company Boards. He is a member of the SCRIP Global Awards Panel. Having led a Sensex Nifty 50 Indian blue chip MNC, Brian has a valuable insight of doing business in India. Brian has joined the Governance Board of the United Nations Patent Pool representing the global generic pharmaceutical industry. He also works for the United Nations Committee for Trade & Development (UNCTAD) on various projects.

Brian received a PhD in Chemistry from Lancaster University in 1971 and in 2009 he became Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Lancaster University Management School. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.

An eminent cardiologist , holds an MBBS degree in Medicine from Medical College, Amritsar, (Punjab University, Chandigarh,1970) and MD degree in cardiology and General Medicine from Maulana Azad Medical College (Delhi University 1974 ). (He stood first in university and was declared best graduate of Medical College, Amritsar). He become a member of Royal College of Physicians , UK (MRCP) in 1978.

He is a fellow of American College of Cardiology (FACC), Fellow Royal College of Physicians Edinburg (FRCP) and Fellow Cardiological Society of India and abroad. He has held many positions of responsibilty including Directorship and Head, Department of medicine and Cardiology divisions in Escorts Medical Centre (1981-84), Birla Centre for Medical Research, New Delhi (1984-85) and Maharaj Sawan Singh Charitable Hospital, Beas (1985 - till date)

Gill is a HR veteran, with over 24 years of experience. Her stints in organisations spread across North America, India, Europe and Asia, have given her extensive exposure to best practices in Global Human Resources. She has recently joined DuPont as Strategic Human Resources Director.

Ms. Lyn Hepburn-Brown is an executive leader with over 30 years experience in healthcare, mergers and acquisition, private equity, education, regulatory and nursing services management across Asia Pacific.

Recognised as a natural business leader, Lyn was head hunted to be appointed Chief Executive Officer of a 60-bed hospital at just 28 years of age. In 1989, Lyn started a ‘green fields’ home nursing business that she rapidly evolved to incorporate nursing recruitment and agency practice. She successfully grew the company from its small South Australian roots into one of the nation’s largest nursing agencies with over 10,000 employees and more than 70% of the market share. Lyn sold part of the company to Deutsche Bank in 2004 and was asked to continue on as Board Chair. Eighteen months later she led one of Australia’s most successful dual process IPO / trade sale, resulting in the 2006 Best Management Buyout Award by the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL).

With a firm belief in the importance of information technology, Lyn was responsible for commissioning Australia’s first bespoke integrated rostering, invoicing and payroll system. This system was rolled out Australia wide and still remains in service today.

Since then, Lyn has played a pivotal role in the creation, leadership, investment, and governance of several other enterprises that, in addition to the health services space, include successful businesses in information technology, software and systems development, financial services practices and professional services, food and beverage manufacture and export, retail, strategic and organisational consulting.

Lyn is presently an Executive and Non-Executive Director for several organisations across the technology, healthcare, consulting, private equity, and memorial sectors. A founding director of Torrens Capital, a private equity specialising in investments in small-to-medium-sized businesses with exposure to high-growth industries, Lyn has used her extensive experience to help achieve 40% growth year-on-year within the private equity’s portfolio companies for the last three years. Torrens Capital continues to boast a proven track record of success through roll-up acquisition strategies.

Lyn holds a Bachelor of Nursing from the University of South Australia and is a past chair of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council as well as a past board member of the Nurses Board of South Australia. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor to the Division of Health Sciences of the University of South Australia.

Pradeep Ratilal Raniga has rich experience of over 30 years in the fields of accounting, taxation, legal structures, asset protection, financial planning, and financing. Currently, he also serves as a Financial Consultant to various companies in Australia, a country to which he migrated in 1985, from South Africa.

Prior to branching out independently, Pradeep was with HLB Mann Judd, Melbourne, rising to Partner and Member of the firm's Executive Committee. Before that he was a Partner at Farrar Jeena & Company, South Africa. Pradeep has a Bachelors degree in Commerce from the University of Durban Westville, South Africa, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Natal, South Africa. He has qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa and is also a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

I am the nominee director on behalf of Standard Chartered Private Equity. I have been associated with Fortis since mid 2013. I have been working in financial services for over 20 years and with Standard Chartered in private equity over the past 8 years. I am married with two kids, aged 12 and 10. Personally, I enjoy traveling, playing golf and spending time with the family.

Udai is a Managing Director with Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) and the country head of Standard Chartered Bank’s private equity business in India. He joined SCPE in 2008 and has since then been involved with several of the fund's investments and exits. Prior to SCPE, Udai worked for 13 years in financial services focused on corporate investing, M&A and corporate finance, both in India and the United States.

Udai has an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and is a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Mr. Ravi Mehrotra has over 30 years of experience in the Financial services domain both in India and internationally. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Religare Enterprises and Fortis Healthcare. Prior to this, Mr. Mehrotra was associated with PineBridge Investments (erstwhile AIG Investments) where he was the Global Head of Retail & Intermediary Channels. His career span also includes assignments in India as the President of Franklin Templeton Asset Management, Chief Investment Officer of Kothari Pioneer Asset Management, Executive Vice President & Co-founder of Prime Securities and Vice President at Bank of America in their Investment Banking & Treasury Group. Mr. Mehrotra graduated from the University of Mumbai with a Bachelor of Commerce. He also received a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the Xavier Labour Relations Institute of Jamshedpur in India.

Ms. Shradha Suri Marwah holds a Masters Degree from The London School of Economics. She is part of The Suri Group, which has interests in a diverse range of businesses ranging from Automotive Air-conditioner, Hospitality, Precision Component Manufacturing and Telecom to Education.

She has over 15 years of experience and is currently the Managing Director of Subros Limited. As the Managing Director of Subros, she has been a critical part of Change Management and long term Strategy planning covering both product strategy and future technology roadmap development and execution. As a Young Entrepreneur & Visionary Leader, she also drives the Telecom Business of the group where the company (a telecom solutions provider) is engaged in design and manufacturing of access and optical networking equipments.

Malvinder Mohan Singh is a leading entrepreneur and one of the most recognizable names in the healthcare sector. Currently, Executive Chairman at Fortis Healthcare Limited & SRL Diagnostics Limited, Malvinder has laid the foundation for a world-class healthcare ecosystem in India. He is also the Chairman at Religare Enterprises Limited, one of India’s leading diversified financial services groups.

As Executive Chairman, Fortis Healthcare Limited, he has strengthened the fabric of the organization, and enabled it to move ahead in realizing its purpose of saving and enriching lives and expanding access to high quality healthcare at Indian price points. He remains a strong believer in the India growth story, and under his leadership both Fortis and SRL are committed to transforming the Indian healthcare landscape by taking the next leap in clinical excellence and patient-centric care.

An intrinsic risk-taker and an optimistic entrepreneur, Malvinder is well-known for his ability to build businesses with impeccable focus on value creation and positive outcomes. He was instrumental in the creation and listing of the Religare Health Trust (RHT) on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX). With this vehicle, he created a perpetual source of funding for the business and helped Fortis to transition to an asset light business model. Previously, Malvinder was Chairman, MD and CEO of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. and Chairman of the Board of Parkway Holdings. Through his strategic and bold business decisions he has helped unlock significant value for all shareholders in Ranbaxy, Parkway Holdings and Fortis’ international assets.

To fulfill the dream of a healthy nation, Malvinder has sown the seeds for curative and preventive healthcare for the underprivileged through Fortis Charitable Foundation, where he is a founder trustee. He passionately supports programmes that lay focus on women and children along with initiatives related to disaster-relief.

Recognized as a successful, young business leader, Malvinder represents India on entrepreneurship and healthcare at the World Economic Forum (WEF). He has been the youngest and the only person from Asia to Chair the healthcare Governance Council at WEF. He was also a member of the first batch of the Young Global Leaders, an initiative by WEF. At present, Malvinder is a member of the Board of Visitors at the Fuqua School of Business (Duke University, USA). He is currently an active member of the India-UK CEO’s Forum and the India-Africa Business Council. Until recently, from 2010 to 2016, he was also the co-chair of the India-Malaysia CEO’s Forum.

In India, Malvinder is the Vice President at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). He is also the Chairman of the Swastha Bharath Task Force, set up by FICCI, that is working towards fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals in healthcare. Malvinder is also the Chairman of the Services Council of Confederation of India Industry (CII) and member of the National Council.

As a healthcare entrepreneur, Malvinder has been conferred with numerous national and international awards over the last 15 years. A Doon School alumnus, Malvinder graduated in Economics honours from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. Later, he went on to earn an MBA degree from Fuqua School of Business, Duke University in USA.

Shivinder Mohan Singh, currently the Non-Executive Vice Chairman of Fortis Healthcare, has had a distinguished career as an entrepreneur and business leader, who, in a short span of under two decades, transformed the way private healthcare is delivered and shaped its evolution as an important and credible partner in India’s growth.

Shivinder was driven by the twin needs to create significant impact in the domain of healthcare delivery and by his vision, to bring world class standards of care delivery, at affordable prices, for the benefit of the people of India. His credo of “saving and enriching lives”, on a foundation of clinical excellence and distinctive patient care, continued to guide the evolution of Fortis as it took its rightful place as an acknowledged leader in healthcare delivery. During his executive stewardship of the organization, Fortis used several innovative formats to achieve unprecedented growth, combined with an unrelenting focus on clinical quality and standardization. Shivinder, simultaneously, also created a powerful platform for community outreach and CSR that included focus on helping the girl child, provision of medicare to under privileged children and contributing actively to the alleviation of pain and suffering during natural disasters.

Shivinder has played a prominent leadership role on several prominent industry platforms, including FICCI and Nathealth. He is credited with conceptualizing and leading the formation of Nathealth, India’s most prominent healthcare sector industry platform. He continues to be on the Board of Visitors of Duke University Business School, a Board Member of Aspen-Ananta Centre India, Governing Council Member of AIMA and member of the Advisory Board of AIESEC India, the world’s largest student-run organisation and a platform for young people to explore and develop their leadership potential for a positive impact on society.

In September 2015, Shivinder, in response to a higher calling, took a personal decision to take on full-time responsibility of SEWA at a Spiritual organisation that he has been associated with since his childhood. To Shivinder this was a logical next step - from saving and enriching lives he was inspired to do more direct service and give back to society. Consequently, he stepped down from his executive role at Fortis and transited to a non-executive role, as Vice Chairman, on the board of the company.

Mr. Sunil Godhwani in his capacity as a Whole-Time Director, Religare Enterprises Limited (REL), is a guide and mentor to the various group businesses of Religare. Till recently in his executive capacity as the CEO of REL, was responsible for leading and managing all the businesses. He joined Religare in 2001 and prior to that has a rich and varied experience as an entrepreneur in his family business. During his tenure at Religare he was instrumental in transforming the platform from a mono line broking led business to a diversified and well regarded financial services group.

Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Sunil pursued his higher studies internationally. He received a B. Sc. Degree in Chemical Engineering and a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Finance from Polytechnic Institute of New York.

Mr. Srinivas Chidambaram is the Managing Director and CEO of Jacob Ballas Capital India Pvt Ltd (JBC), a leading India focused private equity firm based in New Delhi. JBC advises three India focused private with above $600 million under management. Mr. Chidambaram joined JBC in 2005. He has 27 years of financial services and industry experience, including 19 years in private equity. He previously served with HSBC Private Equity (Asia) and its affiliates in Hong Kong and India, responsible for private equity investments in India and South East Asia. Mr. Chidambaram has also served in the IT industry with HCL Technologies, a leading Indian IT services company, responsible for financial institution relationships and strategic alliances in the USA. He commenced his career with SRF Finance Ltd. (since acquired by GE Capital) where he was responsible for Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, based in Bombay. Mr. Chidambaram is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Harpal Singh is currently the Mentor & Chairman Emeritus and a member of the Board of Directors of Fortis Healthcare Limited. He is also on the Board of Fortis Clinical Research Limited, Religare Enterprises Ltd., and SRL Diagnostics Ltd. Harpal Singh is recognized as a thinker and speaker on healthcare and other issues on the social agenda. He has a diverse and wide-ranging experience (of over 40 years) in the corporate sector. In the last decade he has substantially been engaged with the not for profit sector. He is Founder and Chairman of Nanhi Chhaan Foundation. He holds senior board level positions in National and International organizations. He is also Director of Impact Projects Private Ltd and was Non-Executive Chairman of India’s largest Pharmaceutical Company, Ranbaxy. He is and has been associated with school education for over 30 years and has served at the Board level with some of India’s most renowned schools which include The Doon School, The Scindia School, The Shriram School, The Yadavindra Public Schools and Salwan Public Schools. He was a member of the National Round Table on School Education, a member of the Executive Committee and of the Governing Council of Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), a member of the Board of the Delhi Red Cross Society, a member of the Board of Governors of NIIT University, a member of India-UK Round Table and India-US Strategic dialogue. He is a Trustee of Indian National Association for the Club of Rome. He is a Member of the Board of Wadhwani Initiative for Sustainable Health (WISH). He was a member of the Board of Governors of IIT, Indore. In recent years, Mr. Singh’s involvement with the world of children has been compelling. He chairs Save the Children India which now works in over 20 States of the country addressing the needs of some of India’s most disadvantaged children including child survival, rights, health and education. Through his own NGO, the Nanhi Chhaan Foundation, he focuses efforts on the girl child, on the environment and on inter-faith harmony. He has served for over six years on the International Board of Save the Children and is currently its Vice Chair. Save International operates in over 120 countries helping children and mothers in emergencies and in ameliorating the lives and futures of children in distress and who suffer disadvantages for a variety of reasons. In 2015 Save International helped over 55 million children worldwide. He is an alumnus of The Doon School and an (Hons.) Graduate in Economics from St. Stephens College, New Delhi. A B.S. in Economics and a Masters' in Public Affairs from the California State University at Hayward (C.S.C.H.), California, U.S.A.

Mr. Singh has held the position of Chief Financial Offi cer (“CFO”) and Executive Director of RHTTM since 1 January 2013. Mr. Singh is experienced in the fields of finance and accounting, particularly in the Indian healthcare industry. Prior to his career in RHTTM, Mr. Singh served as the Corporate Controller of Finance in Fortis Healthcare Limited (“Fortis”) and played an influential role during its IPO Offering in 2007, rights issuance in 2009 and issue of convertible bonds in 2010. Previously, he held the position of CFO in Super Religare Laboratories Limited (“SRL”) where he established the organisation’s accounting system and was actively involved in business development. SRL is currently part of Fortis. Mr. Singh holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He is currently a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has also been a member of the Institute of Costs & Works Accountants of India since 1991.

An eminent cardiologist , holds an MBBS degree in Medicine from Medical College, Amritsar, (Punjab University, Chandigarh,1970) and MD degree in cardiology and General Medicine from Maulana Azad Medical College (Delhi University 1974 ). (He stood first in university and was declared best graduate of Medical College, Amritsar). He become a member of Royal College of Physicians , UK (MRCP) in 1978.

He is a fellow of American College of Cardiology (FACC), Fellow Royal College of Physicians Edinburg (FRCP) and Fellow Cardiological Society of India and abroad. He has held many positions of responsibilty including Directorship and Head, Department of medicine and Cardiology divisions in Escorts Medical Centre (1981-84), Birla Centre for Medical Research, New Delhi (1984-85) and Maharaj Sawan Singh Charitable Hospital, Beas (1985 - till date)

Head of HR for Barclays Bank PLC, India and Barclays Offshoring Centre, Mumbai
Background
Archana Shiroor serves as Head of HR at Barclays Bank India managing the Corporate, Investment Banking & Wealth Business as well as the Barclays Offshoring entity in Mumbai. As an active member of the Bank’s Operating Committee and the Leadership Committee, she provides strategic direction in partnership with business leaders on the people agenda at Barclays.
She partners closely with HR leads in the Asia Pacific region as well as US and UK to drive people practices for the firm. She has also led the HR teams at Barclays Bank Mauritius and Seychelles for a period of 2 years and was instrumental in building the HR practice for 3 Retail Banks in India.
In her career spanning 23 years, Archana has spent 5 years with a leading business house in India - the TATA Group and over 11 years across three leading Private Sector Banks; HDFC Bank, Development Credit Bank and YES Bank. She has held country level responsibility for the HR function for a period of 12 years of which 5 years was as Head HR for two reputed Indian Private Sector Banks.
She has been the HR lead for a merger between two Indian Banks, managed a large scale transformation project and also led the Reward function besides extensive experience as an HR Business Partner and in HR operations (including implementing Oracle HR ERP system).
Education
Master's Degree in Human Resources
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune University
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Sociology
Elphinstone College, Bombay University

Dr. Brian Tempest is on the Board of several companies in India – Fortis Healthcare, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, SRL Diagnostics, Religare Capital Markets and Petainer-Innopac Packaging. He is also on the Board of the following UK companies – Religare Capital Markets Europe, Religare Capital Markets UK and Hale & Tempest Co Ltd. In 2009, Brian was approved by the FSA under Section 59 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Editor of the Journal of Generic Medicines, Non-Executive Director United Nations Patent Pool & ex CEO Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, Dr. Brian Tempest advises Companies, Banks, Investment Funds, Private Equity funds & high net worth individuals on their Strategy in Emerging Markets and Developed Markets based on his wide global experience.

Brian worked for Ranbaxy from 1995 and became the Chief Executive Officer in 2004. In 2007 he retired from Ranbaxy. He was earlier with Glaxo from 1985 to 1992. In total, he has worked in the Pharmaceutical Industry for the last 45 years and has managed Healthcare Businesses in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Australasia, China, Japan and India. In addition

Brian is an international advisor to MAPE, India an M&A boutique and serves on several Healthcare and Finance Company Boards. He is a member of the SCRIP Global Awards Panel. Having led a Sensex Nifty 50 Indian blue chip MNC, Brian has a valuable insight of doing business in India. Brian has joined the Governance Board of the United Nations Patent Pool representing the global generic pharmaceutical industry. He also works for the United Nations Committee for Trade & Development (UNCTAD) on various projects.

Brian received a PhD in Chemistry from Lancaster University in 1971 and in 2009 he became Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Lancaster University Management School. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Lt. General Tejinder Singh Shergill PVSM, graduated from the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, where he was awarded the President’s Gold Medal. He was commissioned into The Deccan Horse and has 40 years of experience in the military that included battle during the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak conflicts. He was Defence Attaché at the Indian Embassy, Washington DC, USA; later he commanded a Division in Jammu and Kashmir, a Corps in the North-East, both during counter militancy and counter insurgency operations; he was also Commandant of the Indian Military Academy. He is a former Chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission.

  He has been on the Board of Fortis Healthcare Ltd and currently is on the Board of SRL Ltd; he is also Director and Advisor, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies; Director SBL Private Limited; and a practicing Graduate Life Coach of the International Coaching Federation, USA. He has a M.Sc. degree from the University of Madras and a Master of Military Arts and Science degree from the United States Command and General Staff College, Kansas, U.S.A. He lectures frequently on Leadership, Motivation, Energy, Terrorism and Insurgency. He is author of the book “Counter insurgency Support to a Host Nation,” Lancer’s Publications, 1987; and co-authored with Captain Amarinder Singh the book- “The Monsoon War 1965 India-Pakistan War,” Roli Books, 2015.

  He has represented India in Horse Polo and Cycle Polo; and the Services, in Golf. His interests are in coaching, reading, writing, history, political and international affairs and yoga. He was decorated for gallantry during the 1965 Indo-Pak conflict and later, for distinguished services, was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal by the President of India in 2002.

Dr. Sanjeev K Chaudhry is an accomplished management professional, author and researcher. He is presently Managing Director of SRL Limited and Chairman of CSC Nutrigenomics Pte Limited, Singapore. He also serves on the Board of Directors of several companies and institutions in India and abroad. SRL Limited is India’s largest and world’s leading Healthcare Diagnostics Company. The company runs a network of 285 Pathology Laboratories and Radiology Centers in India and serves over ten million people annually. He was the South Asia head of DuPont Solae until June 2006, a position he held for eleven years. Prior to that he served as Chairman & Managing Director of Modern Food Industries and was the youngest person to head a Government of India company. He was also the first CEO of NatOleo Sdn Bhd Malaysia one of world’s largest producers of Oleochemicals.

He has a Ph.D in Business Administration from Columbia University, United States and holds a university record for Masters in Economics at Punjab University, Chandigarh. He is actively associated with many global initiatives that champion affordable diagnostics and responsible use of antibiotics.

Shivinder Mohan Singh, currently the Non-Executive Vice Chairman of Fortis Healthcare, has had a distinguished career as an entrepreneur and business leader, who, in a short span of under two decades, transformed the way private healthcare is delivered and shaped its evolution as an important and credible partner in India’s growth. Shivinder was driven by the twin needs to create significant impact in the domain of healthcare delivery and by his vision, to bring world class standards of care delivery, at affordable prices, for the benefit of the people of India. His credo of “saving and enriching lives”, on a foundation of clinical excellence and distinctive patient care, continued to guide the evolution of Fortis as it took its rightful place as an acknowledged leader in healthcare delivery. During his executive stewardship of the organization, Fortis used several innovative formats to achieve unprecedented growth, combined with an unrelenting focus on clinical quality and standardization. Shivinder has played a prominent leadership role on several prominent industry platforms, including FICCI, CII and Nathealth. He is credited with conceptualizing and leading the formation of Nathealth, India’s most prominent healthcare sector industry platform. He continues to be on the Board of Visitors of Duke University Business School, a Board Member of Aspen-Ananta Centre India, Governing Council Member of AIMA and member of the Advisory Board of AIESEC India, the world’s largest student-run organization and a platform for young people to explore and develop their leadership potential for a positive impact on society.

Ms. Gitanjali Gandhiok has recently joined at the group level (RHC Holding Private Limited) as Group President - Human Resources to help build and drive the broader leadership talent strategies / initiatives. She has significant experience in leadership advisory services having spent close to two decades in the executive search industry, with firms such as Egon Zehnder and Odgers Berndtson. More recently she was with Microsoft leading their Executive hiring and succession planning strategy across IMEA. She holds a BA Hons. in Political Science from Lady Shriram College, and is a Masters in Business Administration from NUS, Singapore. She is also a certified life coach.

Ms. Nalini Gupta is a dynamic, result driven business leader with over 25 years of professional experience. She has proven expertise in Luxury Brand positioning, profit center operations, expansion strategy, strategic business planning and buying & merchandising, to drive incremental business growth. Her experience is a unique blend of the Art & Science of Retail, bringing together skills of a classically trained Merchant, Entrepreneur and full P&L General Management. She has been recognized as a builder of brands, enabler of categories, unified teams, strong partnerships and a nurturing corporate culture.

She has worked with Burberry India Private Limited as Country Head, Genesis Colors Pvt. Ltd. as Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board and with other leading Companies. Her significant contribution to fashion brands is widely acknowledged.

She is a gold medalist in Masters of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from Punjab University, Chandigarh. Also she is gold medalist in LLB from Punjab University, Chandigarh. She has been awarded by Burberry for highest ‘Retail Led Growth’ category in 2010 Partner Conference and as Winner of ‘ Icon Award ‘ in 2012 under INSPIRE category.

Mr. Hemant Dhingra, aged 46 years, is a senior finance professional with multi-functional experience in diverse areas of corporate finance, treasury, legal, capital markets and mergers & acquisitions. He has working experience of about 25 years with various Corporates. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law both from Delhi University and is also a Fellow member of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India.

He has led many corporate activities, including the divestment of a controlling equity stake in Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited; the acquisition of some Wockhardt Hospitals by Fortis Healthcare Limited; the acquisition & divestment of Parkway Holdings Ltd. (including funding and structuring of $2.30 Billion counter public offer by Fortis) and listing of units of Religare Health Trust on the Singapore Exchange. He has also held the position of Interim CFO of Fortis during Financial Year 2011-12.

Rahul Chadha is the Whole Time Director & CEO of Fortis Healthworld (formerly Religare Wellness)He is an MBA from the Said Business School, Oxford and also holds a Post Graduate Degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. He was the MD & CEO of SAK Consumer Retail Services Ltd (SAKCRS) which he promoted in 2003 and which was later acquired by Fortis Healthworld in Oct’08. Prior to promoting SAKCRS, he was a Senior Manager with the management consulting firm A.T. Kearney and managed a number of engagements in the areas of new business development and organizational improvement. He has also worked with ANZ Grindlays Bank where he was involved in sales and operations.

Mr. Dinesh Vikram Bhat has completed his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the US.   Mr. Dinesh Vikram Bhat has 23 years work experience across companies such as Unilever, Barclays, Marico and Navis Capital. He has held various roles spanning Corporate Planning, Business Research, Marketing Innovation, Market Activation as well as having P&L responsibilities for businesses in Banking, and Beauty & Wellness and Portfolio Operations for one of Asia's largest Private Equity firms. He has worked extensively within the start-ups space engineering alliances and partnerships and managing multiple stakeholders across business verticals to deliver step changes to the top and bottom-lines.  He has recently launched a professional skincare salon products company called Bellezimo Professionale Products Pvt. Ltd. which he manages (Marico Ltd has recently acquired a stake in the company making it an Associate Company of Marico). Specialzation Marketing and New Business Model

Dr. Lloyd Nazareth is a former President and Chief Operating Officer at Narayana Health. He has rich experience of twenty six years across various roles from Operations, SCM, Marketing, Quality and Accreditation, Designing of HIS system, Supply Chain Management, Medical Capital Equipment Procurement, Business Development, Planning and Designing of Hospitals and Internal Controls and Audit. He has also worked with Fortis Hospitals as a President and Chief Operating Officer heading group of 13 Fortis Hospitals of Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Chennai. He was Group COO for the Wockhardt group and COO Hospital Projects and Planning for Max Healthcare. His significant contribution to various Healthcare groups, is widely acknowledged. He has done his MBBS and MD (Pathology) from Bombay University. Also he is MDBA in Finance from Symbiosis Institute Pune. He was affiliated with CII group on Quality, CII group on defining standards for Health Insurance and Member Accreditation Council of the National Board for Accreditation of Hospitals. Also he is a member of the Managing Council of Max Healthcare Delhi. He has received Chairman’s award for “Quality Leadership” for the Wockhardt group.

Mr. Rajesh Kumar has completed his Masters in Business Administration with a major in Marketing from the University Business School at Punjab University, Chandigarh (1st Division) and read Economics at Punjab University, Chandigarh - Bachelor’s degree with Honours. His career summary is as follows : Emerging market experience of over 20 years in marketing, brand building and communications for some of the world’s leading multinational companies
• Led strategic brand planning for 14 years in the India offices of leading global advertising agencies
• Most recently, led marketing for India’s 2nd largest newspaper
• Two years as a marketing manager at Gillette
• Proven skills in brand creation, communication planning and managing effective consumer marketing programs across traditional and digital media touch-points
• Team leader and people manager for over 15 years
Currently he is working with MEC-GroupM as Chief Strategy Officer (India).
Specialisation: Marketing, Brand Building and Communications

Mr. Atul Mandahar, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Law from Punjab University, Chandigarh and is enrolled with Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana, Chandigarh. He has more than 25 years of professional experience and has been practicing as an Income Tax Lawyer and Advisor since 1989. He was a member of the Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committee constituted by Income Tax Department (North West Region) during the years 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. He was also a member of the Standing Committee on T.D.S. in year 2012-2013.

Daljit Singh is the President-Fortis Healthcare Limited, Chairman-Malar Hospitals, and a Director on the Board of Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC, Dion Global Solutions Limited and HealthFore Technologies Limited. During his tenure of 13 years with Fortis, he has led the Company’s Projects Function, Strategy and Organizational Development Functions and has held the office of the Chief Executive Officer. He has over 40 yrs of rich management experience in the Corporate sector.

Mr. Singh has been a pivotal member of the top management team of Fortis Healthcare that conceptualized, formulated and implemented Fortis’ growth strategy to position it as India’s leading Healthcare delivery organization in a short span of almost 13 years.

Prior to joining Fortis, Mr. Singh was on the Board of Directors of ICI India, a subsidiary of the British Multinational, Imperial Chemicals Industry plc, as the Executive Director in charge of Human Resources, Manufacturing, External Relations and Communications. Amongst key responsibilities held at ICI India, he was the Chief Executive for Pharmaceuticals, Specialties and Catalyst businesses. He was member of the ICI Global Manufacturing Group, SSHE Excellence Group and the Global HR Forum. His key experience and achievements have been in the areas of developing progressive HR strategies and ensuring their implementation, organizational restructuring, building high performance culture and leading teams to deliver business value. He has successfully planned and executed significant change programs. Mr. Singh is an acknowledged expert and thought leader in the domain of Healthcare Delivery.

He has represented Fortis at Industry forums like the CII and FICCI and led several healthcare related committees. He is an active participant on the World Economic Forum platform and is on the Steering Boards constituted by the Forum to guide a number of major Global projects: “Scenarios for Sustainable Health Systems”, “The Healthy Living Charter”, and “Health Systems Leapfrogging”. He was on the Forum’s Advisory Board on “The Economic Burden of Non Communicable Diseases in India” and is currently on the Global Agenda Council on Ageing. He has spoken on panels and presented to Indian and International audiences on themes related to Healthcare.

A certified Life and Executive Coach, he works with Senior Management to enhance personal performance and fulfillment. He also leads and facilitates workshops on Strategy, Business Planning & Leadership. He has mentored and coached several leaders across sectors. He has supported, guided and worked with high performers and leaders in ICI, Mercedes Benz, E&Y, Sapient, Ricoh, WNS, Carrier Midea, SI group, Schneider and Fortis. A graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Mr. Singh was a Commonwealth Scholar to the Senior Management Programme at the Manchester Business School. With an outstanding track record in the field of athletics, his current interests include athletics, high altitude trekking, adventure sports, spirituality, music and reading.  

Mr. Harjiv Singh, aged 44 years, is the co-founder and co-CEO of Gutenberg Communications, a global strategic communications firm with offices in the U.S., U.K. and India, where he works extensively with clients across a diverse range of industries like technology, real estate, investment management, academic and the non-profit sectors. He has advised clients like U.S. - India Business Council, UK Trade & Investment, GE, HSBC, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Quest Diagnostics.

A serial entrepreneur, he believes in harnessing the confluence of media, technology and education to empower individuals. He has launched a portfolio of education-focused businesses at Salwan Media that include the annual "One Globe: Uniting Knowledge Communities" conference which focuses on what it takes to build a 21st-century knowledge economy in India and South Asia, and BrainGain Magazine, the largest online magazine for study abroad in India and South Asia. He also co-founded MDOffices.com, a wireless software company in the healthcare industry. He has also worked at Priceline.com in strategic planning, as a financial analyst at Adam Smith & Company, a New York City Hedge Fund, and as Director of a real estate development company in India. He began his career as a financial analyst in GE Capital's Financial Management Program.

He has keen interest in international relations, economics, history, and the impact of globalization. An avid political junkie, he worked as a campaign advisor to an Indian parliamentarian and also volunteered on Michael Bloomberg's first mayoral campaign in New York City. He serves on the advisory board of Knowledge@Wharton, has been a guest faculty member at DukeCE and is a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE). He is a Trustee of The Loomba Trust, a UK charity supporting the cause of poor widows in South Asia and Africa. He is also on the board of advisors of the U.S.-India Business Council Education Foundation and has served on the board of the United Nations Association of New York.

He has spoken at prominent international conferences such as NYU India Business Forum, Horasis 2014 Global India Business Meeting, Techonomy, WISE Summit, Asian Summit on Education and Skills 2014, Columbia India Business Conference and Global PR Summit 2014. He is a frequent commentator on global communications and has been quoted in leading media such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Mint, Times Now and NDTV. He has also been a guest host for the Asian America show which is syndicated on PBS. He was a runner-up for the PR Professional of the Year Award by PR Week, Asia Pacific, in 2007. He has received Masters in International Affairs in Economic Policy Management from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He has also done MBA in Marketing and Bachelor in Finance from the New York Institute of Technology.

Mr. Hemant Dhingra, aged 46 years, is a senior finance professional with multi-functional experience in diverse areas of corporate finance, treasury, legal, capital markets and mergers & acquisitions. He has working experience of about 25 years with various Corporates. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law both from Delhi University and is also a Fellow member of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India.

He has led many corporate activities, including the divestment of a controlling equity stake in Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited; the acquisition of some Wockhardt Hospitals by Fortis Healthcare Limited; the acquisition & divestment of Parkway Holdings Ltd. (including funding and structuring of $2.30 Billion counter public offer by Fortis) and listing of units of Religare Health Trust on the Singapore Exchange. He has also held the position of Interim CFO of Fortis during Financial Year 2011-12.

Kalpana Sinha is the CEO and co-founder of Cosmode Consultants. Prior to this, she was Director - People and Organization Capability at Microsoft Corporation for Sales and Marketing in Asia Pacific, and at the MS India Development Center. She was also Senior Vice President at McCann World Group in Asia working on global organization transformation agenda. 

She is a champion of tangible, measurable, and sustainable business transformation through building and delivering a strong people agenda. She has over twenty five years of rich experience in human capital management, learning, and organization development - passionate about aligning the disciplines with business strategy creation and implementation. She has also built world-class human resources teams and systems. She has also been an entrepreneur (e-learning start up) and possesses great business acumen. 

She is an executive coach and trusted advisor to senior business leaders and has facilitated over 500 workshops at senior leadership levels and has operated across the Asia Pacific region including South Asia, South East Asia, Japan, and China with extensive project-related travel through the United States.  She is passionate about work in women in leadership. She has to her credit a book edited by her on Empowerment of Women in South Asia, published by AMDISA in 2001 and is currently pursuing a research initiative 'Accelerating Women in Leadership - India' to understand what practices accelerate the development of women as leaders, and how having women in leadership roles contributes to organizational results. She has also been a pioneer in applying neuroscience to leadership development and change initiatives. She has completed her Masters Certificate in Neuroleadership from Middlesex University in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Shetty, aged 67 years, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Basaveshwara Engineering College, Bagalkot and has completed an Executive Development program from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Mumbai in Production Planning Control and Financial Management.  He has more than 32 years of work experience and has received the prestigious National Productivity Award in the year 1992.  Mr. Shetty has been associated with the management of Hockey at the State and National level for over 15 years. He was the President of The Indian Hockey Federation and Karnataka State Hockey Association and also Vice-President of Karnataka Olympic Association.

Mr. Rashi Dhir is a Senior Partner at DMD Advocates and heads the Firm’s Corporate and Tax Transactional Group. With twenty two years of corporate and international transactional experience, Mr. Dhir brings a unique blend of business thinking and strategy to structuring, negotiating and closing complex commercial and corporate transactions.

Mr. Dhir advises multi-national companies, including a number of Fortune 500 companies, private equity funds, financial institutions and business houses globally and in India in areas pertaining to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, asset management (private equity funds and hedge funds), project financing, corporate restructuring, structured investments, securitization, structured finance, capital markets and general corporate matters. Mr. Dhir’s background in economics, accountancy and finance brings a practical and risk based holistic approach to the practice of law which seamlessly and effectively combines the litigation, tax and corporate talent and strength of the firm to deliver the best solution to its clients.

Mr. Dhir has worked with clients to create risk management systems, and legal and compliance infrastructures and has assisted clients to develop first of its kind financial products and structures. His problem solving skills as a business lawyer have led him to be a successful mediator of complex commercial and corporate disputes without going through protracted litigation. Mr. Dhir earned his LL.M. from Harvard Law School, Boston, USA and his LL.B. from Delhi University, India. He is an active member of USIBC and co-chairs the Tax Committee of USIBC. As part of the Board of Directors of number of companies in the USA and India, Mr. Dhir advices directors and senior management on various issues pertaining to corporate law and compliance, and assists in creating drawing business and legal strategies.

Mr. Dhir worked for over fifteen years in New York; first as a senior member of the Global Financial Products Group of Clifford Chance in New York and then as a Managing Director and General Counsel for leading financial institutions. Mr. Dhir’s transactional experience ranges over multiple jurisdictions: United States, India ASPAC, Europe and South America. 

Mr. Sunil Godhwani in his capacity as a Whole-Time Director, Religare Enterprises Limited (REL), is a guide and mentor to the various group businesses of Religare. Till recently in his executive capacity as the CEO of REL, was responsible for leading and managing all the businesses. He joined Religare in 2001 and prior to that has a rich and varied experience as an entrepreneur in his family business. During his tenure at Religare he was instrumental in transforming the platform from a mono line broking led business to a diversified and well regarded financial services group.

Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Sunil pursued his higher studies internationally. He received a B. Sc. Degree in Chemical Engineering and a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Finance from Polytechnic Institute of New York.

Mr. Mehrotra has over 30 years of experience in the financial services domain both in India and internationally. Prior to joining Religare, Mr. Mehrotra was associated with PineBridge Investments (erstwhile AIG) where he was the Global Head of Retail & Intermediary Channels.

Monish Dutt is a seasoned investment professional and a Consultant on Emerging Markets. He is a Director of Sagicor, a pan-Caribbean insurance group with assets of $5 billion. He is also a Director of Religare Enterprise, an Indian financial services group with assets of $3 billion and AUM of $15 billion. Furthermore, he is a Director of Peak Reinsurance Company of Hong Kong, part of the Fosun Group of China. Earlier, he was for 25 years (through 2011) with the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group). For the last seven years at IFC, Monish was Chief Credit Officer for Global Financial Institutions & Private Equity Funds, in which capacity he evaluated investment proposals (debt and equity) in these segments globally and advised Investment Teams on structuring investments. He was an ex officio member of Investment Review Meetings Committees. He oversaw Portfolio performance, and represented IFC on Boards of investee companies. Prior to this, Monish was the Head of IFC’s Private Equity Advisory Group. In this position, he tracked a global portfolio of investments, provided quality control to Private Equity Fund investments, and supervised a team of private equity specialists who monitored the industry worldwide. Previously, between 1996-1999, he was the Head of the Baltics, Central Europe, Turkey and Balkans Group, during which he led investments in several privatization transactions. Prior to that, he was (in reverse sequence) Principal Investment Officer for Asia, Senior Investment Officer for Central & Eastern Europe and an Investment Officer for Africa, Latin America and Asia. Before joining the IFC, Monish worked for Ernst & Young, London.Monish has an MBA from the London Business School, London University, and a BA in economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. Monish is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, London, England (equivalent to a CPA). Specialties Investing in Emerging Markets.

Mr. Virendra Kumar Madan has over 4 decades of experience in the corporate sector and as an entrepreneur across diversified sectors including textiles, real estate, hospitality, health care and power generation. Mr. Madan was associated with DCM Ltd for 32 years where he rose to become President and CEO. Among his other assignments, Mr. Madan was President of Magnum International Trading Company Pvt. Ltd., a conglomerate involved in industrial and economic projects. He currently also serves as a Director on the boards of Taj Kerala Hotels & Resorts Ltd. and Nidra Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Tejpreet Singh Chopra is the Founder, and President & CEO of Bharat Light & Power. Bharat Light & Power (BLP) is one of the leading clean energy generation companies in India (IPP). Tejpreet’s 18 years of global management and finance experience was gained in various business roles held in France, England, Hong Kong, India and USA, of which over 14 years were at General Electric.

He is a member of the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), was the Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in India (AMCHAM), and was on the Board of Directors of the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC). He is a participant of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and the Cornell University Council. He is also an Aspen Institute Fellow. He was nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010. In 2008, he was named by Business Today as one of “India’s Hottest Young Executives”.
At present, he is an Independent Director on the board of SRF Limited, the Anand Group and Chairman of the board of APM Terminals Pipavav port. He is also the National Skill Development Corporation (Govt of India and Indian Industry initiative) Nominee Director on the Board of the Power Sector Skill Council.
He graduated from The Lawrence School, Sanawar and holds a MBA degree from Cornell University as well as a B.A. Honors degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. He also attended an executive program at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Mr. Arun Ramanathan (25/4/1949), retired from the Indian Administrative Service as the Union Finance Secretary in 2009 and has held various key offices in the Central and State Governments in Finance, Taxation, Industry (heavy, medium and small), Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection, Transport, Fisheries and General Administration.

In Government of India, Mr. Ramanathan was the CEO (Member Secretary) of the Silk Board at Joint Secretary level, Secretary (Chemicals & Petrochemicals), Secretary (Department of Financial Services) and at the time of his superannuation, the Union Finance Secretary. Mr. Ramanathan is a Master of Philosophy in Developmental Economics from Cambridge University, United Kingdom, a Master of Business Administration from Madras University and a Master of Science in Nuclear Physics from Andhra University. He is also an Associate Member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.

Mr. Ramanathan who has been a Director on the Boards of over 35 Companies in his career is currently an Independent Director in Religare Industries, Equitas Holdings Limited and L&T Fincorp Ltd. He is an Independent Director and Chairman of L&T InfraDebt Fund Ltd and Equitas Microfinace Ltd. Mr. Ramanathan serves as a Member of the India Advisory Council of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Ltd and on the Advisory Committee of the Hindustan Latex Family Promotion Trust from 2010. He is also on the Programme Management Board of FINISH, a Netherlands based Trust working on sanitation initiatives in India. In the past, Mr. Ramanathan has been a Director on the Boards of State Bank of India, IDBI, ICICI, IDFC, LIC, IIFCL, ONGC, ONGC Videsh, National Textiles Corporation, Shipping Corporation of India. He was the Chairman of the Audit Committees of ONGC, ONGC Videsh and Shipping Corporation of India. Mr. Ramanathan has also served as the Non Executive Chairman of Titan Industries, TANFAC and TN Petrochemicals.

Mr. Avinash Chander Mahajan is an independent Non-Executive director on REL board. A post graduate in Science, he has spent over 3 decades in India’s banking industry across various senior positions, and currently serves as the Chairman of the Governing council of Banking Codes and Standards Board of India.

Mr. Shetty, aged 67 years, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Basaveshwara Engineering College, Bagalkot and has completed an Executive Development program from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Mumbai in Production Planning Control and Financial Management. He has more than 32 years of work experience and has received the prestigious National Productivity Award in the year 1992. Mr. Shetty has been associated with the management of Hockey at the State and National level for over 15 years. He was the President of The Indian Hockey Federation and Karnataka State Hockey Association and also Vice-President of Karnataka Olympic Association.

In her illustrious career spanning over three decades, Ms.  Sangeeta Talwar, has handled several critical roles and assignments across leading organizations and geographies. She was most recently the Managing Director of NDDB Dairy Services - a new company she helped establish. This company was mandated by NDDB, and funded by the World Bank, to deliver the National Dairy Plan and usher in the second White Revolution. She spearheaded the design and establishment of an innovative business model for creating sustainable livelihood for dairy farmers. This novel concept is being used to set up farmer owned, professionally managed Producer Companies as a complimentary structure to Cooperatives. She set up two such companies with 100,000 farmers.

Prior to that, Ms. Talwar was the President (South Asia) for the Tata Global Beverages. She has also served as the CEO and Managing Director of Mattel India and Executive Vice President, Marketing, for Nestle India in her earlier stints. She has been an architect of several well-known and path breaking campaigns and initiatives such as ‘Maggi’ for Nestle and ‘Jaago Re’ for Tata Tea. A well-recognized professional over the years, she was acknowledged as Business Today’s 30 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business (2007, 2009 & 2010) and The India Today Woman in the Corporate World in 2010. She also received the Women Super Achievers Award for Outstanding Contribution to Social Marketing.

Mr. Sabnani joined the Board of REL on April 9, 2007. Having received training in business from the Caritas Adult Education Centre, Hong Kong, Mr. Sabnani has been engaged in the business of export and import of goods and has more than 30 years of work experience.

Mr. Padam Bahl has been practicing as a Chartered Accountant and an Income Tax Advisor since 1979 and has more than 27 years of work experience. He was the Chairman of the Northern India Regional Council, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Amritsar Branch for the year 1998-99. He was also a member of the Income Tax Advisory Committee, Amritsar Chapter during the years 2002-03 and 2003-04. Mr. Bahl holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the Kurukshetra University and a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has also received a Diploma in Information System Audit from SSI, Amritsar.

Harpal Singh is currently the Mentor & Chairman Emeritus and a member of the Board of Directors of Fortis Healthcare Limited. He is also on the Board of Fortis Clinical Research Limited, Religare Enterprises Ltd., and SRL Diagnostics Ltd. Harpal Singh is recognized as a thinker and speaker on healthcare and other issues on the social agenda. He has a diverse and wide-ranging experience (of over 40 years) in the corporate sector. In the last decade he has substantially been engaged with the not for profit sector. He is Founder and Chairman of Nanhi Chhaan Foundation. He holds senior board level positions in National and International organizations. He is also Director of Impact Projects Private Ltd and was Non-Executive Chairman of India’s largest Pharmaceutical Company, Ranbaxy. He is and has been associated with school education for over 30 years and has served at the Board level with some of India’s most renowned schools which include The Doon School, The Scindia School, The Shriram School, The Yadavindra Public Schools and Salwan Public Schools. He was a member of the National Round Table on School Education, a member of the Executive Committee and of the Governing Council of Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), a member of the Board of the Delhi Red Cross Society, a member of the Board of Governors of NIIT University, a member of India-UK Round Table and India-US Strategic dialogue. He is a Trustee of Indian National Association for the Club of Rome. He is a Member of the Board of Wadhwani Initiative for Sustainable Health (WISH). He was a member of the Board of Governors of IIT, Indore. In recent years, Mr. Singh’s involvement with the world of children has been compelling. He chairs Save the Children India which now works in over 20 States of the country addressing the needs of some of India’s most disadvantaged children including child survival, rights, health and education. Through his own NGO, the Nanhi Chhaan Foundation, he focuses efforts on the girl child, on the environment and on inter-faith harmony. He has served for over six years on the International Board of Save the Children and is currently its Vice Chair. Save International operates in over 120 countries helping children and mothers in emergencies and in ameliorating the lives and futures of children in distress and who suffer disadvantages for a variety of reasons. In 2015 Save International helped over 55 million children worldwide. He is an alumnus of The Doon School and an (Hons.) Graduate in Economics from St. Stephens College, New Delhi. A B.S. in Economics and a Masters' in Public Affairs from the California State University at Hayward (C.S.C.H.), California, U.S.A.

Malvinder Mohan Singh is a leading entrepreneur and one of the most recognizable names in the healthcare sector. Currently, Executive Chairman at Fortis Healthcare Limited & SRL Diagnostics Limited, Malvinder has laid the foundation for a world-class healthcare ecosystem in India. He is also the Chairman at Religare Enterprises Limited, one of India’s leading diversified financial services groups.

As Executive Chairman, Fortis Healthcare Limited, he has strengthened the fabric of the organization, and enabled it to move ahead in realizing its purpose of saving and enriching lives and expanding access to high quality healthcare at Indian price points. He remains a strong believer in the India growth story, and under his leadership both Fortis and SRL are committed to transforming the Indian healthcare landscape by taking the next leap in clinical excellence and patient-centric care.

An intrinsic risk-taker and an optimistic entrepreneur, Malvinder is well-known for his ability to build businesses with impeccable focus on value creation and positive outcomes. He was instrumental in the creation and listing of the Religare Health Trust (RHT) on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX). With this vehicle, he created a perpetual source of funding for the business and helped Fortis to transition to an asset light business model. Previously, Malvinder was Chairman, MD and CEO of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. and Chairman of the Board of Parkway Holdings. Through his strategic and bold business decisions he has helped unlock significant value for all shareholders in Ranbaxy, Parkway Holdings and Fortis’ international assets.

To fulfill the dream of a healthy nation, Malvinder has sown the seeds for curative and preventive healthcare for the underprivileged through Fortis Charitable Foundation, where he is a founder trustee. He passionately supports programmes that lay focus on women and children along with initiatives related to disaster-relief.

Recognized as a successful, young business leader, Malvinder represents India on entrepreneurship and healthcare at the World Economic Forum (WEF). He has been the youngest and the only person from Asia to Chair the healthcare Governance Council at WEF. He was also a member of the first batch of the Young Global Leaders, an initiative by WEF. At present, Malvinder is a member of the Board of Visitors at the Fuqua School of Business (Duke University, USA). He is currently an active member of the India-UK CEO’s Forum and the India-Africa Business Council. Until recently, from 2010 to 2016, he was also the co-chair of the India-Malaysia CEO’s Forum.

In India, Malvinder is the Vice President at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). He is also the Chairman of the Swastha Bharath Task Force, set up by FICCI, that is working towards fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals in healthcare. Malvinder is also the Chairman of the Services Council of Confederation of India Industry (CII) and member of the National Council.

As a healthcare entrepreneur, Malvinder has been conferred with numerous national and international awards over the last 15 years. A Doon School alumnus, Malvinder graduated in Economics honours from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. Later, he went on to earn an MBA degree from Fuqua School of Business, Duke University in USA.

Shivinder Mohan Singh, currently the Non-Executive Vice Chairman of Fortis Healthcare, has had a distinguished career as an entrepreneur and business leader, who, in a short span of under two decades, transformed the way private healthcare is delivered and shaped its evolution as an important and credible partner in India’s growth.

Shivinder was driven by the twin needs to create significant impact in the domain of healthcare delivery and by his vision, to bring world class standards of care delivery, at affordable prices, for the benefit of the people of India. His credo of “saving and enriching lives”, on a foundation of clinical excellence and distinctive patient care, continued to guide the evolution of Fortis as it took its rightful place as an acknowledged leader in healthcare delivery. During his executive stewardship of the organization, Fortis used several innovative formats to achieve unprecedented growth, combined with an unrelenting focus on clinical quality and standardization. Shivinder, simultaneously, also created a powerful platform for community outreach and CSR that included focus on helping the girl child, provision of medicare to under privileged children and contributing actively to the alleviation of pain and suffering during natural disasters.

Shivinder has played a prominent leadership role on several prominent industry platforms, including FICCI and Nathealth. He is credited with conceptualizing and leading the formation of Nathealth, India’s most prominent healthcare sector industry platform. He continues to be on the Board of Visitors of Duke University Business School, a Board Member of Aspen-Ananta Centre India, Governing Council Member of AIMA and member of the Advisory Board of AIESEC India, the world’s largest student-run organisation and a platform for young people to explore and develop their leadership potential for a positive impact on society.

In September 2015, Shivinder, in response to a higher calling, took a personal decision to take on full-time responsibility of SEWA at a Spiritual organisation that he has been associated with since his childhood. To Shivinder this was a logical next step - from saving and enriching lives he was inspired to do more direct service and give back to society. Consequently, he stepped down from his executive role at Fortis and transited to a non-executive role, as Vice Chairman, on the board of the company.

Mr. Ravi Mehrotra has over 30 years of experience in the Financial services domain both in India and internationally. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Religare Enterprises and Fortis Healthcare. Prior to this, Mr. Mehrotra was associated with PineBridge Investments (erstwhile AIG Investments) where he was the Global Head of Retail & Intermediary Channels. His career span also includes assignments in India as the President of Franklin Templeton Asset Management, Chief Investment Officer of Kothari Pioneer Asset Management, Executive Vice President & Co-founder of Prime Securities and Vice President at Bank of America in their Investment Banking & Treasury Group. Mr. Mehrotra graduated from the University of Mumbai with a Bachelor of Commerce. He also received a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the Xavier Labour Relations Institute of Jamshedpur in India.

Mr. Gurpreet Singh Dhillon has held the position of Chief Executive Officer of RHTTM since 22 May 2013. Prior to his current appointment, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Trustee Manager. Mr. Dhillon oversees all key operations of RHT and is involved in sourcing for investment opportunities for RHT. He also serves as a Director on Fortis Global Healthcare Infrastructure Pte. Ltd. and Religare Healthtrust Services Pte. Ltd., both of which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of RHT. Previously, Mr. Dhillon gained his experience in the fields of investments and asset management during his career in Religare Capital Markets Plc, the investment banking arm of Religare Enterprises Limited, where he played key advisory roles in real estate acquisitions across India and the United Kingdom. Mr. Dhillon graduated from the University of Essex with a Bachelor of Laws degree. 

Mr. Singh has held the position of Chief Financial Offi cer (“CFO”) and Executive Director of RHTTM since 1 January 2013. Mr. Singh is experienced in the fields of finance and accounting, particularly in the Indian healthcare industry. Prior to his career in RHTTM, Mr. Singh served as the Corporate Controller of Finance in Fortis Healthcare Limited (“Fortis”) and played an influential role during its IPO Offering in 2007, rights issuance in 2009 and issue of convertible bonds in 2010. Previously, he held the position of CFO in Super Religare Laboratories Limited (“SRL”) where he established the organisation’s accounting system and was actively involved in business development. SRL is currently part of Fortis. Mr. Singh holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He is currently a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has also been a member of the Institute of Costs & Works Accountants of India since 1991.

Mr. Eng has been an Independent Director since 1 July 2013 and is also the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Further he is a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee. Currently, Mr. Eng serves on the Board of Croesus Retail Asset Management Pte. Ltd. which is the trustee manager of The Croesus Retail Trust, a business trust listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Stock Exchange. Additionally he sits on the Board of ACTS College Ltd which is a company that operates an institution that provides Christian education.

Mr. Eng has over 25 years of experience in taxation, which covering Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. He held key appointments during his career at KPMG Tax Services Pte. Ltd as the Director of Tax Services, Head of Financial Services. The taxation work he had undertaken included compliance, advisory, due diligence reviews and structuring for mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, IPOs, in-bound and outbound projects and corporate finance matters. Previously, he had worked in London, England for about 10 years in professional and commercial firms.

Mr. Eng is currently a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and an Accredited Tax Advisor of the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals. He was admitted as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales in 1982. He was an Examiner for ACCA Advanced Tax.

Mr. Hwang is an Independent Director and serves on the Trustee-Manager Board as the Chairman of the Nominating Committee. Mr. Hwang also holds directorships on the Boards of various public and private companies such as Linyi Investments Pte. Ltd., Singapore Dance Theatre Limited, YTL Starhill Global REIT Management Limited, Memories of the East Pte. Ltd., Justinian Private Limited and is the Sole Director of the law firm of Michael Hwang Chambers LLC. Mr. Hwang has over 40 years of experience in the legal area. He commenced his career with Allen & Gledhill ("A&G") in 1968, became a partner in 1972 and served as its Head of Litigation and Arbitration Department from 1993 to 2002. Between 1991 to 1992, Mr. Hwang served as a Judicial Commissioner (Contract High Court Judge) of the Supreme Court of Singapore. In 1997, he was appointed one of the first 12 Senior Counsel ("SC") of the Supreme Court of Singapore (a status equivalent to that of the Queen's Counsel in England). Between 2000 and 2002, he held the position of Commissioner of the United Nations Compensation Commission. He has also held office in various international arbitration committees. Mr. Hwang served as President of the Law Society of Singapore between 2008 and 2010 and was then appointed as non-resident Chief Justice of the DIFC Courts. Mr. Hwang holds an undergraduate and postgraduate law degree from Oxford University. He practices as an independent international arbitrator both in commercial as well as treaty investment disputes. Mr. Hwang was for 9 years Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Switzerland. He is currently Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Argentina.

Dr. Mathur has served on the Board of the Trustee-Manager since 7 September 2012 and currently holds the appointment of Lead Independent Director. He is the Secretary of the Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical Relief Society, Beas. Dr. Mathur has been actively involved in the fields of social development and humanitarian activities related to disasters. He worked with the United Nations Children's Fund ("UNICEF") from 1989 to 2012, where he also held several key positions and memberships in several government bodies in India. As a member of the Central Review Board of UNICEF, he oversaw the recruitment of professionals into the organisation and was Chief of State Offices for Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka and Gujarat, where he oversaw the development of social sector programmes for children and women in the respective states. Previously, he served as Project Officer (Health and Nutrition) with the UNICEF and was involved in the establishment of immunization and other child survival programmes in India. Dr. Mathur was also actively involved in research based activities on health and nutrition problems affecting children and women in different states of India. Prior to his work at UNICEF, he served as the Head of the Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribal Health in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Dr. Mathur has a Bachelor of Medicine as well as a Bachelor of Surgery from Nagpur University. He also obtained a Doctorate of Medicine (Preventive and Social Medicine) from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Specialisation Public Health management

Mr. Rowe in an Independent Director of Religare Health Trust Trutee Manager Pte Ltd the traustee manager of the Religare Health Trust and the Chairman of Audit and Risk Committee. He has been involved in the financial services industry for 35 years. He is a retired solicitor and is a consulatnt at Herbert Smith Freehills (“HSF”), aposition he has held since 2011 where he was previously a Partner between 1989 and 2011. Since joining HSF , Mr. Rowe has practiced in the area of funds management. Prior to his appointment in 2005 as Head of the Financial Services Group at HSF, Mr. Rowe oversaw and led its securitisation practice. In addition, he has the Client Relationship Manager also for a number of key clients and among other roles, he was a founding member of the firm’s Australian pro bono committee and was except for about 18 months, a member of that committee from its inception in 1992 until he retired in 2014.

He also currently Chairs the Compliance committees for AMP Capital and Chairs the AMP Capital China Growth Fund Advisory Committee. Mr. Rowe currently holds directorship on the Boards of Investa Listed Funds Management Limited and Southern Highlands Botanic Garden. He is Chairman of UBS Grocon Real Estate Investment Management Pty Ltd and Chairmen of GFM Investments Group.

Mr. Rowe holds a diploma in Law from the Solicitors Admission Board of New South Wales, Australia. He was nominated for the 2011 Justice Medal awarded by the Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales and in 2012 his pro bono work for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Australia was recognised by the Award at its 50th anniversary.

Mr. Maninder Singh Grewal, has over 35 years of experience in the information technology sector. In the information technology space his exposure dates to 1973 from numerical modelling and simulation courses at IIT Kharagpur, where he graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. In 1989, he was Wipro’s principal vendor in the North with key assignments like migrating the Ludhiana Stock Exchange to electronic trading, digitizing 197 and many SAP implementations. His experience in Healthtech started from the systems and software for 2 large teaching hospitals in North India. The company he founded completed 25 years in 2015 and continues to deliver committed support and technology to a select group of companies and institutions in the region. He joined the Religare/Fortis group in 2006 and did a full technology refresh in a highly regulated and compliant environment in the pharma sector. This covered global SAP, Messaging and Communications including business and pharma specific applications. At Dion Global Solutions, where he is the Chairman of the Board, he started the BFSI vertical in 2007 with acquisitions in India and Australia. Dion delivers critical IT risk, compliance and broker and wealth solutions software to Tier 1 customers in over 20 countries. He was the first Chairman and Managing Director of HealthFore Technologies Limited which was a pioneer in diagnostic imaging remote management and telemedicine. The two companies now have 1000+ employees aligned to BFSI and HealthCare IT delivering critical applications to Tier 1 Financial Institutions and Hospitals in over 20 countries. He is CoChair of the Noida NASSCOM Council. Working with Nasscom and Industry Thought Leaders, he anchored the Nasscom Annual Technology Conference in 2013 and 2014 and helped conceptualize the Data Analytics and Cloud Conference. Both are now annual events in the Nasscom Calendar. He has been a member of the industry panel advising the Ministry of Health for the national standard for Medical Records. He is also the patron for a school in rural Punjab where he laid the foundations for what is now a CBSE affliated institution with 800 students. He travels widely and is an avid Bridge player.

Mr. Ralph James Horne, a qualified accountant, has over twenty years’ experience in the Financial Services IT industry. Prior to joining Dion, he was the founder and CEO of Capital Market Solutions (“CMS”) where he successfully expanded CMS’s footprint across Asia. He was also previously a member of the Board of Misys Securities Trading Systems; initially based in London, Ralph transferred to Melbourne in 1998 with the responsibility of establishing operations in the Asia Pacific region. Through a combination of organic and inorganic growth, Ralph established a successful business operating in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and Korea. Ralph also spent four years located in Hong Kong from 2000 to 2004.

Ralph joined the Group in 2007 and in 2010 assumed the role of CEO of the newly listed Dion Global Solutions Ltd, setting the vision to build a global financial services technology business. His knowledge of the IT and Securities industry has resulted in him being consulted on a number of industry initiatives and being invited to speak at several industry events across the region.

Mr. C P Gurnani (popularly known as ‘CP’ within his peer group), is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tech Mahindra. CP also played a pivotal role in the three-year transformational journey of Mahindra Satyam and spearheaded the company’s eventual merger with Tech Mahindra. An accomplished business leader with extensive experience in international business development, start-ups and turnarounds, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, CP in many ways led Tech Mahindra's transformation journey, where he contributed significantly to the company's strategy and philosophy. His inimitable style of leadership, combined with his sharp focus on customer experience, helped Mahindra Satyam and Tech Mahindra emerge as one of the leading providers in their respective competencies - IT Services and Telecom Solutions to the global telecom ecosystem.

In a career spanning 32 years, he has held several leading positions with HCL Hewlett Packard Limited, Perot Systems (India) Limited and HCL Corporation Ltd. An outstanding people's manager, CP has an entrepreneurial style of management that is a blend of enthusiasm and dynamism. He tends to focus on people's strengths to bring out the best in them. 'Work hard and play hard' is his motto and he applies it to all aspects of his life with complete passion. A chemical engineering graduate from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, he is a distinguished and active alumnus of the Institute. CP has been chosen as the Ernst and Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year [Manager]’, CNBC Asia’s ‘India Business Leader of the Year’ and Dataquest ‘IT person of the Year’ - for the year 2013. He was also recently awarded the ‘Best CEO of the Year’ at the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2015.

Mr. Balinder Singh Dhillon is associated with The Singh Group (RHC Holdings Pvt. Limited) in an executive capacity. As Group President – Corporate Governance, he has supervisory responsibility over the governance functions. As a member of the group senior management team, he also develops and leads key strategic initiatives.

Having worked as counsel in practice and with corporate houses such as Hindustan Unilever Limited, INTRIA Items Inc., (a wholly owned subsidiary of CIBC Bank, Canada) and Fortis Healthcare Limited, he has more than 23 years of experience in corporate law, governance, risk management and strategic planning and implementation.

Balinder graduated from the Punjab University and is a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and the Bar Council of India. He holds a Master of Laws degree from McGill University, Canada. As a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, he completed his accreditation under a Certificate of Qualification equivalent to a Graduate of Law through the Law Faculty, University of Toronto, Canada. Balinder has in the past been associated with various corporate boards as a member.

Daljit Singh is the President-Fortis Healthcare Limited, Chairman-Malar Hospitals, and a Director on the Board of Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC, Dion Global Solutions Limited and HealthFore Technologies Limited. During his tenure of 13 years with Fortis, he has led the Company’s Projects Function, Strategy and Organizational Development Functions and has held the office of the Chief Executive Officer. He has over 40 yrs of rich management experience in the Corporate sector.

Mr. Singh has been a pivotal member of the top management team of Fortis Healthcare that conceptualized, formulated and implemented Fortis’ growth strategy to position it as India’s leading Healthcare delivery organization in a short span of almost 13 years.

Prior to joining Fortis, Mr. Singh was on the Board of Directors of ICI India, a subsidiary of the British Multinational, Imperial Chemicals Industry plc, as the Executive Director in charge of Human Resources, Manufacturing, External Relations and Communications. Amongst key responsibilities held at ICI India, he was the Chief Executive for Pharmaceuticals, Specialties and Catalyst businesses. He was member of the ICI Global Manufacturing Group, SSHE Excellence Group and the Global HR Forum. His key experience and achievements have been in the areas of developing progressive HR strategies and ensuring their implementation, organizational restructuring, building high performance culture and leading teams to deliver business value. He has successfully planned and executed significant change programs. Mr. Singh is an acknowledged expert and thought leader in the domain of Healthcare Delivery.

He has represented Fortis at Industry forums like the CII and FICCI and led several healthcare related committees. He is an active participant on the World Economic Forum platform and is on the Steering Boards constituted by the Forum to guide a number of major Global projects: “Scenarios for Sustainable Health Systems”, “The Healthy Living Charter”, and “Health Systems Leapfrogging”. He was on the Forum’s Advisory Board on “The Economic Burden of Non Communicable Diseases in India” and is currently on the Global Agenda Council on Ageing. He has spoken on panels and presented to Indian and International audiences on themes related to Healthcare.

A certified Life and Executive Coach, he works with Senior Management to enhance personal performance and fulfillment. He also leads and facilitates workshops on Strategy, Business Planning & Leadership. He has mentored and coached several leaders across sectors. He has supported, guided and worked with high performers and leaders in ICI, Mercedes Benz, E&Y, Sapient, Ricoh, WNS, Carrier Midea, SI group, Schneider and Fortis. A graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Mr. Singh was a Commonwealth Scholar to the Senior Management Programme at the Manchester Business School. With an outstanding track record in the field of athletics, his current interests include athletics, high altitude trekking, adventure sports, spirituality, music and reading.

Mr. Ravi Mehrotra has over 30 years of experience in the Financial services domain both in India and internationally. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Religare Enterprises and Fortis Healthcare. Prior to this, Mr. Mehrotra was associated with PineBridge Investments (erstwhile AIG Investments) where he was the Global Head of Retail & Intermediary Channels. His career span also includes assignments in India as the President of Franklin Templeton Asset Management, Chief Investment Officer of Kothari Pioneer Asset Management, Executive Vice President & Co-founder of Prime Securities and Vice President at Bank of America in their Investment Banking & Treasury Group. Mr. Mehrotra graduated from the University of Mumbai with a Bachelor of Commerce. He also received a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the Xavier Labour Relations Institute of Jamshedpur in India.

Mr. Rashi Dhir is a Senior Partner at DMD Advocates and heads the Firm’s Corporate and Tax Transactional Group. With twenty two years of corporate and international transactional experience, Mr. Dhir brings a unique blend of business thinking and strategy to structuring, negotiating and closing complex commercial and corporate transactions.

Mr. Dhir advises multi-national companies, including a number of Fortune 500 companies, private equity funds, financial institutions and business houses globally and in India in areas pertaining to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, asset management (private equity funds and hedge funds), project financing, corporate restructuring, structured investments, securitization, structured finance, capital markets and general corporate matters. Mr. Dhir’s background in economics, accountancy and finance brings a practical and risk based holistic approach to the practice of law which seamlessly and effectively combines the litigation, tax and corporate talent and strength of the firm to deliver the best solution to its clients. Mr. Dhir has worked with clients to create risk management systems, and legal and compliance infrastructures and has assisted clients to develop first of its kind financial products and structures. His problem solving skills as a business lawyer have led him to be a successful mediator of complex commercial and corporate disputes without going through protracted litigation. Mr. Dhir earned his LL.M. from Harvard Law School, Boston, USA and his LL.B. from Delhi University, India. He is an active member of USIBC and co-chairs the Tax Committee of USIBC. As part of the Board of Directors of number of companies in the USA and India, Mr. Dhir advices directors and senior management on various issues pertaining to corporate law and compliance, and assists in creating drawing business and legal strategies.

Mr. Dhir worked for over fifteen years in New York; first as a senior member of the Global Financial Products Group of Clifford Chance in New York and then as a Managing Director and General Counsel for leading financial institutions. Mr. Dhir’s transactional experience ranges over multiple jurisdictions: United States, India ASPAC, Europe and South America. 

Dr. Vandana Nadig Nair holds a Ph. D. in Industrial / Organizational Psychology from Central Michigan University. She has 25 years of work experience across teaching, Business HR roles and consulting. Post a couple of years in teaching and consulting, she returned to India to join Hindustan Unilever Limited in the Human Resources function. She was responsible for introducing some innovative leadership development practices to help leaders understand their strengths and gaps. She then moved on to head HR for a boutique IT company, Torry Harris Business Solutions where she was part of the core team that helped grow the nascent organization and put in place critical systems and processes in HR.

In 2000, the entrepreneurial bug bit and she moved on to set up CoCoon (www.cocoonconsulting.com), a niche firm that designs and delivers strategic talent-related solutions. At CoCoon, she has played a significant role in growing the leadership development practice. She has been instrumental in designing a couple of leadership development productized solutions that are aimed at senior leaders including leadership assessments and coaching. She has worked closely with Senior Leaders within organizations in the capacity of a ‘thinktank’ and has co-created custom solutions with them to help them address their most pressing strategic talent issues.

In 2012, she set up Phicus Social Solutions (www.phicus.org), a Section 8 company that focuses on helping social impact organizations, projects, programs and individuals grow and scale. At Phicus, she works closely with Heads of social impact organizations in charting their growth roadmap, across sectors including Education, HIV Aids, Anti Trafficking, a range of social enterprises as well as Heads of Foundations and CSR arms of corporates. She anchors the growth and expansion of the Phicus network of associations and collaborations that serve to bridge the corporate and social worlds and drives the Social Innovation Labs practice in Phicus.

Dr. Gaurav Laroia, aged 43 years, holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from New York University, MS in Genetics from The University of Cambridge UK, Six Sigma Green Belt, and Certificate in Financial Analysis with over 15+ years of operational experience in the Pharmaceutical industry (at Sanofi Aventis and Merck) and in Healthcare focused management consulting at McKinsey & Company in India and the US. Experience across functional areas - Country Sales Operations, Global Marketing and branding, Regional and Country Business Development, Alliance Management, and R&D - across geographies (US, EU, and Asia). Experience leading across-functional teams in a matrix environment to deliver business results.

Winner of prestigious innovation awards such a CII, Golden Peacock, Manthan, OPPI, Scrips, etc. Well published in editorials such as Times of India, Hindu Business Line, etc. and leading scientific and business journals like SCIENCE, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Research and Technology management, etc. Member of the Editorial Board of leading global biotechnology journal MAbs--‐ Landes Bioscience. Recipient of scholarships such as Cambridge Centenary, Tata, Times of India, etc.

Mr. Amit Sethi is a 30 year veteran of the financial services, technology, outsourcing and consulting industries. During his career, Amit has worked globally across North America, Asia, and the Middle-East in various executive roles and as a management consultant.

Amit held a series of executive positions with companies such as Bank of America, Visa, KPMG, Oracle, and iGate in the US and co-founded 2 Silicon Valley start-ups. He also worked for HSBC and AF Ferguson in India. He is currently the Managing Director for a global payment services company, where he is responsible for the company’s business and corporate development activities in emerging markets and overseeing its captive software development centres in India. Amit graduated from Delhi University, and is a Chartered Accountant and MBA from the University of Rochester, New York.

Lt. Col Jintender Singh Chandel (Retd.) was commissioned into the Rajput Regiment of the Indian Army in 1980 and served in staff and field appointments at various levels including as BM of Brigade in active insurgency area of Nagaland and with Special Group (COMMANDO) and commanded the unit during Indian Peace Keeping Force operations in Sri Lanka. He also served as Joint Director Coordination in the Recruiting Directorate, Army Head Quarters and was responsible for coordinating recruitment of officers through SSBs and other ranks by the Recruiting Zones and the Directorate. He took premature retirement in 2001 after serving 21 glorious years with the Indian Army. In 2005, he joined Ranbaxy as General Manager, Administration and Security. This entailed the administration and security of the largest R&D complex among pharmaceutical companies in India and seven manufacturing plants all over the country. He joined Fortis Healthcare Limited in 2009 as a senior member of a core team for setting up a 275 bed Hospital at Kolkata and was in charge of all the regulatory licenses and permissions required for running a Multispecialty Hospital. He currently works with Fortis as Head of Project & Liaison in the Executive Chairman Office. Lt. Col. Chandel is a Commerce Graduate from DAV College, Chandigarh and holds an MSc in Defence Studies from Madras University.

Malvinder Mohan Singh is a leading entrepreneur and one of the most recognizable names in the healthcare sector. Currently, Executive Chairman at Fortis Healthcare Limited & SRL Diagnostics Limited, Malvinder has laid the foundation for a world-class healthcare ecosystem in India. He is also the Chairman at Religare Enterprises Limited, one of India’s leading diversified financial services groups.

As Executive Chairman, Fortis Healthcare Limited, he has strengthened the fabric of the organization, and enabled it to move ahead in realizing its purpose of saving and enriching lives and expanding access to high quality healthcare at Indian price points. He remains a strong believer in the India growth story, and under his leadership both Fortis and SRL are committed to transforming the Indian healthcare landscape by taking the next leap in clinical excellence and patient-centric care.

An intrinsic risk-taker and an optimistic entrepreneur, Malvinder is well-known for his ability to build businesses with impeccable focus on value creation and positive outcomes. He was instrumental in the creation and listing of the Religare Health Trust (RHT) on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX). With this vehicle, he created a perpetual source of funding for the business and helped Fortis to transition to an asset light business model. Previously, Malvinder was Chairman, MD and CEO of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. and Chairman of the Board of Parkway Holdings. Through his strategic and bold business decisions he has helped unlock significant value for all shareholders in Ranbaxy, Parkway Holdings and Fortis’ international assets.

To fulfill the dream of a healthy nation, Malvinder has sown the seeds for curative and preventive healthcare for the underprivileged through Fortis Charitable Foundation, where he is a founder trustee. He passionately supports programmes that lay focus on women and children along with initiatives related to disaster-relief.

Recognized as a successful, young business leader, Malvinder represents India on entrepreneurship and healthcare at the World Economic Forum (WEF). He has been the youngest and the only person from Asia to Chair the healthcare Governance Council at WEF. He was also a member of the first batch of the Young Global Leaders, an initiative by WEF. At present, Malvinder is a member of the Board of Visitors at the Fuqua School of Business (Duke University, USA). He is currently an active member of the India-UK CEO’s Forum and the India-Africa Business Council. Until recently, from 2010 to 2016, he was also the co-chair of the India-Malaysia CEO’s Forum.

In India, Malvinder is the Vice President at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). He is also the Chairman of the Swastha Bharath Task Force, set up by FICCI, that is working towards fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals in healthcare. Malvinder is also the Chairman of the Services Council of Confederation of India Industry (CII) and member of the National Council.

As a healthcare entrepreneur, Malvinder has been conferred with numerous national and international awards over the last 15 years. A Doon School alumnus, Malvinder graduated in Economics honours from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. Later, he went on to earn an MBA degree from Fuqua School of Business, Duke University in USA.

Shivinder Mohan Singh, currently the Non-Executive Vice Chairman of Fortis Healthcare, has had a distinguished career as an entrepreneur and business leader, who, in a short span of under two decades, transformed the way private healthcare is delivered and shaped its evolution as an important and credible partner in India’s growth.

Shivinder was driven by the twin needs to create significant impact in the domain of healthcare delivery and by his vision, to bring world class standards of care delivery, at affordable prices, for the benefit of the people of India. His credo of “saving and enriching lives”, on a foundation of clinical excellence and distinctive patient care, continued to guide the evolution of Fortis as it took its rightful place as an acknowledged leader in healthcare delivery. During his executive stewardship of the organization, Fortis used several innovative formats to achieve unprecedented growth, combined with an unrelenting focus on clinical quality and standardization. Shivinder, simultaneously, also created a powerful platform for community outreach and CSR that included focus on helping the girl child, provision of medicare to under privileged children and contributing actively to the alleviation of pain and suffering during natural disasters.

Shivinder has played a prominent leadership role on several prominent industry platforms, including FICCI and Nathealth. He is credited with conceptualizing and leading the formation of Nathealth, India’s most prominent healthcare sector industry platform. He continues to be on the Board of Visitors of Duke University Business School, a Board Member of Aspen-Ananta Centre India, Governing Council Member of AIMA and member of the Advisory Board of AIESEC India, the world’s largest student-run organisation and a platform for young people to explore and develop their leadership potential for a positive impact on society.

In September 2015, Shivinder, in response to a higher calling, took a personal decision to take on full-time responsibility of SEWA at a Spiritual organisation that he has been associated with since his childhood. To Shivinder this was a logical next step - from saving and enriching lives he was inspired to do more direct service and give back to society. Consequently, he stepped down from his executive role at Fortis and transited to a non-executive role, as Vice Chairman, on the board of the company.

Mr. Sunil Godhwani in his capacity as a Whole-Time Director, Religare Enterprises Limited (REL), is a guide and mentor to the various group businesses of Religare. Till recently in his executive capacity as the CEO of REL, was responsible for leading and managing all the businesses. He joined Religare in 2001 and prior to that has a rich and varied experience as an entrepreneur in his family business. During his tenure at Religare he was instrumental in transforming the platform from a mono line broking led business to a diversified and well regarded financial services group.

Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Sunil pursued his higher studies internationally. He received a B. Sc. Degree in Chemical Engineering and a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Finance from Polytechnic Institute of New York.

Mr. Atul Mandahar, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Law from Punjab University, Chandigarh and is enrolled with Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana, Chandigarh. He has more than 25 years of professional experience and has been practicing as an Income Tax Lawyer and Advisor since 1989. He was a member of the Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committee constituted by Income Tax Department (North West Region) during the years 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. He was also a member of the Standing Committee on T.D.S. in year 2012-2013.

Mr. Ravi Sikka is a Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India since February 1978 and has more three decades of experience in Group Taxation, Secretarial and legal, Management of Company Boards, Corporate HR, Payrolls and Individual taxation including managing the promoters finances and tax portfolios in Eicher Group. He was responsible for statutory audits for the Group companies apart from heading the Finance, Accounts, Treasury and budgeting / MIS function of the Tractor Business of the Group and has lead major internal restructuring projects for the Eicher Group and as well supported Mergers, Acquisitions and divestiture activities in the Group apart from providing on-going tax management, Company law, Secretarial, Legal and Corporate Governance functions.

Present Engagement Independent Director on Board & various committees of Oscar Investments Limited, a Fortis Group, BSE listed NBFC
Independent Director on Board & various committees of Ligare Voyages Limited
Director in Millionshops E-Retail Private Limited, one of the e-commerce start ups
Mentor and Adviser in area of Audits, Taxation, Company Law and its related compliances, in JRA & Associates, Chartered Accountants

Ms. Gitanjali Gandhiok has recently joined at the group level (RHC Holding Private Limited) as Group President - Human Resources to help build and drive the broader leadership talent strategies / initiatives. She has significant experience in leadership advisory services having spent close to two decades in the executive search industry, with firms such as Egon Zehnder and Odgers Berndtson. More recently she was with Microsoft leading their Executive hiring and succession planning strategy across IMEA. She holds a BA Hons. in Political Science from Lady Shriram College, and is a Masters in Business Administration from NUS, Singapore. She is also a certified life coach.