Lalit is the Director and Co-founder of Medwell Ventures and the CEO of Nightingales – a Medwell-owned Speciality Home Healthcare enterprise. His key responsibilities include managing operations and scaling up the business across India. He is also a member of the company’s Board of Directors.

An engineer and management graduate by qualification, Lalit is a pharma-entrepreneur at heart. As one of the Co-founders at Cytespace Research Management (a clinical research site solutions organisation), he is developing an international footprint for the company and drives its customer acquisition, strategy and technology programmes.

Lalit’s key skills – building business operations and managing customers across Europe, Japan, South Africa, India, China and the United States – have been demonstrated at various corporate enterprises. Before embarking on his entrepreneurial journey, he headed the Global Data Management Business Unit at Quintiles. Managing key areas such as Cardiac Safety Services and the IVR Business Unit, he also spearheaded the creation of a large off-shore software development operation in India.

His cross-vertical experience includes successful stints at global enterprises such as Citigroup, Tata Industries and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He also worked with MphasiS in Singapore and Shanghai as the Business Manager for the South East Asian business.

Himanshu has over 24 years of experience in different segments of the pharmaceutical industry and has steered several enterprises from their start-up stage to financial consolidation.

He is also a Co-founder and Director of Cytespace Research Pvt Ltd, a clinical research site solutions organisation, with offices in India, South Africa and Singapore. Earlier, Himanshu spent over 14 years in Quintiles India since its inception. He was part of its senior management team and a member of the Board of Directors. He managed various governance functions including finance and corporate development across business lines.

A post-graduate from Gujarat University, Himanshu has been trained at the Kellogg School of Management, USA; Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIMA); and the Indian School of Business, India. He is a member of various professional bodies including the IMA CFO Forum.

Kumar S. Krishnaswamy is an HRD expert with over 33 years of experience, gleaned across geographies and business verticals.

After completing his PG Diploma from XLRI, he started his career with the Murugappa Group and moved to Swedish Match as the Deputy Personnel Manager at their Chennai plant. Accelerating on the career path, he tested his skills at a business conglomerate at the Sultanate of Oman.

Kumar joined the TAJ group of Hotels in 1989 and was the Head of HRD at their marquee properties – the Connemara at Chennai and the West End at Bangalore.

In 1995, he became the Country Head – HRD for Littlewoods International, a UK Sterling 4 billion company, and opened the first 100 % FDI retail outlet in Bangalore, India, in 1997.

Kumar’s cross-industry experience includes leading the HRD operations at Sonata Software. He was the Group Head – HRD at Wockhardt Hospitals, when it was bought over by Fortis. Kumar moved to Fortis in 2010 and managed the key HR activities for a year before the final integration. Since then, he has been handling two departments, Global Shared services and Clinician engagement, at Fortis.

Ashok is an award-winning global digital, brand and marketing leader with 27 years of diverse experience across both large established companies and emergent young brands. His experience is a unique blend of client-side roles, agency leadership positions, and multi-faceted advisory experience.

He has passionately leveraged the digital space to grow brands since 2000 and has the unique distinction of managing worldwide Digital Marketing for two Indian-born global brands – Taj Hotels for 10 years starting in 2000, and Infosys for 3 years from 2012.

As an independent Digital Business Advisor, Ashok’s engagements since 2015 have spanned over 45 brands across 20+ sectors, and includes global pharmaceutical brands and leading Indian healthcare brands. Ashok works with CEOs and leadership teams to help them use digital to deliver greater business, consumer and brand impact.

Latha is the Head-Human Resources for Medwell Ventures Pvt. Ltd.

Latha is an M.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Madras with one of her specializations in Organization Psychology.  She has over 20 years of extensive & accomplished HR & Sales experience in progressively responsible roles from industries such as Healthcare, BFSI, Education Services, Staffing & Consulting & Publication.

Having a mix of Sales & HR exposure and be part of some of the Startup ecosystems, she loves challenges involving people and performance. Over the years she has grown to expertise in Talent Acquisition, Training & Skill Development and Operations – Business, Training & HR functions also managing multiple Govt. projects. Last 8 years she has been closely associated with Sector Skill Council, Employment Exchanges & Industry partners in enhancing and nourishing the Employement & Skill ecosystem.

In the next 5 years, she is also looking at empowering to reach more women for better quality job at Medwell in Partnership with a mission driven Consulting firm.

An HR professional with her inspiring leadership & experience aspires to build a culture through best HR practices.

Aravind joined Nightingales in 2016 as the Controller – Finance for India & South Africa. Aravind has over 16 years of experience in the areas of Financial Accounting, Analysis, MIS, Costing, Audit, Transfer Pricing, direct & indirect taxation in the Manufacturing, Trading & Healthcare industries. Aravind has hands-on expertise in handling ERP implementation, Internal Process controls, activity-based Costing, operational matrices.

Aravind has done his B. Com from Andhra University and is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

He started his career with EXL Services as Teamlead, later joined Caterpillar and then Hydreco Hydraulics as Controller – Finance

Dr Shweta is a highly accomplished, talented healthcare professional with strong academic background and over 12 years of diverse experience in Clinical, Medical administration and Quality in the hospital and corporate sector, and well versed with NABH and JCI activities.

Karthik Lakshmanan brings 18+ years of extensive experience in banking, insurance and healthcare. He has extensive experience in managing field operations and customer service teams in well-known companies such as Shriram Investments, ICICI Prulife, ING Life Insurance, Portea, Newro Rehab, and Aster DM Healthcare. He is a B.Com Graduate from Christ University, PGDMOM from Delhi’s Institute of Management Technology

He played an integral role during the expansion phase of Portea & Aster DM Healthcare and Home Care vertical, managing operations, customer service, and people management, and has been part of the IT development team for LMS, CRM & Mobile App.

Vishal Bali is the Co-founder & Chairman of Medwell Ventures. He also holds the position of Asia Head – Healthcare, TPG Growth, a leading global private equity organisation. Vishal brings with him 24 years of experience in building global healthcare delivery organisations in both developed and developing countries through organic and M&A driven growth initiatives. His unique experience includes managing an integrated healthcare delivery system comprising hospitals, diagnostics, primary care and daycare speciality. His cross-geography exposure spanning Asia Pacific and the Middle East – including India, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, SriLanka and Dubai – has given him the exceptional opportunity to transform healthcare businesses across different verticals. Prior to his current assignment, Vishal was the Group CEO for Fortis Healthcare Limited, the leading healthcare services provider in India with 68 hospitals, and earlier Asia’s leading integrated healthcare delivery system with a presence across 12 countries. He was also the CEO and Managing Director of Wockhardt Hospitals and spearheaded its development from a single hospital to one of the largest pan-India speciality hospitals chain. He led its merger with Fortis Healthcare in India and successfully managed the post-merger integration and divestments. Vishal sits on the board of leading healthcare organisations. He has been an invited member of the Strategic Initiatives Group of Joint Commission International, US, and a past member of the Global Agenda Healthcare Council of the World Economic Forum. His keen interest in education and globalisation of healthcare takes him to leading healthcare education institutes and business schools globally; it has also resulted in case studies at the Harvard Business School. An active member of various industry bodies, he is a globally recognised industry public speaker.

Himanshu has over 24 years of experience in different segments of the pharmaceutical industry and has steered several enterprises from their start-up stage to financial consolidation.

He is also a Co-founder and Director of Cytespace Research Pvt Ltd, a clinical research site solutions organisation, with offices in India, South Africa and Singapore. Earlier, Himanshu spent over 14 years in Quintiles India since its inception. He was part of its senior management team and a member of the Board of Directors. He managed various governance functions including finance and corporate development across business lines.

A post-graduate from Gujarat University, Himanshu has been trained at the Kellogg School of Management, USA; Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIMA); and the Indian School of Business, India. He is a member of various professional bodies including the IMA CFO Forum.

Gillian is an investor in Medwell Ventures Pvt Ltd and a healthcare entrepreneur, with expertise in building successful ventures in the developing markets.

She co-founded Clindepharm International Pty Ltd, the first clinical Contract Research Organisation (CRO) in South Africa, in 1990, which was acquired by the US-based Quintiles Transnational Inc. She held various senior positions at Quintiles in the US and Brazil, and was also a board member for the company’s two regions – Africa, Asia and Australia (AAA) and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Passionate about Africa and its people, Gillian contributes as a healthcare professional in the Sub-Saharan region and other emerging markets. She has been the Non-executive Chairperson of Cytespace Research Management (a clinical research site solutions organisation), Africa, since November 2012. A member of the International Community for Accordia, she has also co-founded two natural therapy companies – Phytotherapy Pty Ltd and Phytoderm cc. Community-based programmes, initiated by her in Brazil and South Africa, have enabled disadvantaged youth to enter the workplace.

Gillian obtained an MPharm (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, majoring in Clinical Pharmacy. She also has a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the Rhodes University, South Africa, and has completed INSEAD’s International Executives Programme (IEP) in France and Singapore.

Gerardus Hoogland is a medical professional with a proven record for building strong, growth-oriented phrama and healthcare businesses. His over 30 years of experience spans the research, marketing, entrepreneurial, and operational aspects, of these sectors.

Gert began his career as a research fellow at the Amsterdam University and moved on to hold several roles in the pharmaceutical sector. His key achievements include boosting the market share of Schering, New Zealand, as their CEO. He was also the CEO of the company’s South African operations and managed their pharmaceutical and agrochemical divisions. He founded two businesses in South Africa, which represented international pharma brands in the country. One of them, Pharmaplan Pty Ltd, got acquired by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed Litha Healthcare Group. He served as the Executive Director and Board Member of Lithia Healthcare Ltd and expanded the business to encompass the full spectrum of pharma products from OTCs to orphan drugs. Under his leadership, the company’s sales grew to about USD 75 million. Gerardus is currently the Chief Executive Officer at HealthCrest AG, a Switzerland-based investment and consulting company. He also serves on the board of several enterprises, such as the CBMG (China Bio Med Group listed on Nasdaq OTC), and Allcare AG (a Zurich-based primary care group practice). He graduated as a Doctor from the Amsterdam University and also studied law at the Erasmus University, Holland. He has an MBA from INSEAD, France.

Dr. Oppel is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Africa, Asia and Australia (AAA) Region of Quintiles Transnational Corp. He received an M.D. in Psychiatry from the University of Natal, and MpharmMed and MBChB degrees from the University of Pretoria.

He initially served as the President of Global Product Development and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Early Development and Laboratory Services at Quintiles. He was later appointed as the President for its Africa, India and Australia Regions, and eventually, Latin American too was added to his portfolio.

A pharmaceutical-industry expert, he co-founded several corporations, including PharmaNet Inc., a retail pharmacy franchise. He holds key positions in many companies in this sector and is active as the Vice Chairman of Quintiles Transnational and Chairman of Cenduit, LLC (formerly Cenduit, Inc.). He also served as a Director of Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.

Dr. Oppel was elected as a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom, in 1997.

Chair – Social Venture Partners – Bangalore

Former President – Global Technology and Country Head (India) at SunGard

As founding member of Social Venture Partners (India), she is helping build a network of engaged citizens to address complex social issues, particularly livelihood opportunities for disadvantaged women and youth. Until Feb 2013, Akila was President – Global Technology and Country Head for SunGard – a Fortune 500 company and global leader in financial services software. Akila is a recognized thought leader to technology-driven companies who are building large scale and diverse businesses across the world. Her unique focus on operational excellence, talent engagement and customer relevance has repeatedly delivered great returns for the many businesses she managed during a 30-year career.

Akila has held several key positions in national industry bodies and business chambers. She has also won several awards and accolades including being among the top 5 women leaders in the Indian technology industry and is also listed among the “50 Most Powerful Business Women in India”. Akila is an alumnus of the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS), Pilani.

Prem Pavoor is a Partner at Eight Roads Ventures and leads investments in India in the lifesciences and healthcare sectors.

Prem was previously based in the United States with McKinsey & Company’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Practice where he advised pharmaceutical, consumer healthcare and private equity clients on areas including R&D, business development, manufacturing optimisation and post-merger integrations.

His patented doctoral thesis work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Medical School focused on enhancing the performance of medical implants. Prem is the recipient of the MIT-OMNOVA award for Excellence in Polymer Research.

Prem holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly UDCT), Mumbai, a MS and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Practice from MIT and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Ketan Patel is a Partner with F-Prime Capital and has worked in the healthcare sector as an investor, consultant, and physician. Prior to joining F-Prime Capital in 2007, Dr. Patel advised biopharmaceutical and medical device companies on brand strategy, clinical development plans, and business development activities in the corporate consulting division of Leerink Swann & Company. Dr. Patel served as a physician at the VA Boston Healthcare System and at Weill Cornell Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where he completed his internal medicine training.

Dr. Patel focuses on investing in therapeutics and medical device companies and has served as a director or board observer of Aclaris Therapeutics, Acorn Cardiovascular, Amphora Medical, Bioconnect Systems, Eywa Pharma, Ivenix, Laurus Labs, Medwell Ventures, Menlo Therapeutics, NextWave Pharmaceuticals, Vicept Therapeutics, and Xcyton Diagnostics.

Dr. Patel is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, where he received both his MD and MBA as part of that institution’s Healthcare Management Program and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed his undergraduate studies in biology and economics with highest honors at Rutgers University.

Ms. Suman Mishra is Senior Vice President, Group Strategy Office at M&M Limited. Her key focus areas are strategy development and implementation and evaluating investments and new ventures activities.

Prior to joining Mahindra, Suman was Head, Corporate Project Management at Cipla and was responsible for end to end execution of 300+ product launches globally (USA, Europe, India and International). She was also responsible for various special projects for the CEO’s office and a convenor of the Operating Committee responsible for handling product and process issues.

Before Cipla, Suman was an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company. She has worked on large scale performance transformations at several Fortune 500 companies in USA, India, and Singapore. She has worked in multiple industries like pharmaceutical, automotive, specialty chemicals, retail, telecom, and technology across a wide range of functions such as strategy, project management, marketing and sales, procurement, and manufacturing through her global strategy experience. Before McKinsey Suman worked at Accenture, Singapore.

Suman is an MBA from University of Michigan, Ross School of Business where she graduated with high distinction and is a Ross Leadership Award Winner. She is a Computer Engineer from NTU Singapore where she graduated with First Class Honours and received full merit scholarship. She has also developed an algorithm and published on the IEEE transactions on Computers.