Board of Directors

Dhirajlal Vallabhbhai Kotadia is the Chairman of our Company. He holds a diploma in electronics and sound engineering (with in-plant training) from the Technical Examination Board, Gujarat. He is also the founder-chairman of Sahajanand Technologies Private Limited.

Bhargav Dhirajlal Kotadia is the Managing Director of our Company. He holds a bachelors’ degree of science from Purdue University in USA. He has a total of 8 years of industry experience in a range of senior management positions managing projects and corporate development in mid-size companies in the healthcare as well as high tech capital machinery industries. He also currently serves on the board of directors of Sahajanand Life Sciences Private Limited, SMT Cardiovascular Private Limited and Vascular Concepts Limited.

Abhishek Rajendrakumar Kabra is a Non-Executive Director of our Company and the nominee of Samara Capital Markets Holdings Limited on our Board. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from M.L. Dahanukar College of Commerce, University of Mumbai. He is a qualified chartered accountant and holds an MBA from the S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. He works as Managing Director of Samara India Advisors Private Limited under dual agreement with Samara India Advisors Private Limited and Samara Alternate Investment Management LLP. He has investment and portfolio management experience across consumer, healthcare, banking, and logistics sectors. He currently serves on the board of directors of Medicover Healthcare Private Limited. He was previously associated with Reliance Capital Asset Management Limited.

Jose Calle Gordo is a Non-Executive Director of our Company. He holds a master’s degree in science from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain. He is a global medical device executive with over 30 years of business experience. Currently, he is an Operating Partner at Valiance Asset Management, a venture growth investment firm in London. Previously he held leadership roles at Abbott Vascular and Guidant Europe SA in the fields of coronary intervention, structural heart, peripheral vascular and cardiac rhythm management. He started his career at Eli Lilly where he had several commercial roles with growing responsibility in the field of cardiac devices.

Lalit Chandra Reddy is a Non-Executive, Independent Director of our Company. He holds bachelor degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard University. He has previously worked with Bain & Company India Private Limited.

Shukla Wassan is a Non-Executive, Independent Director of our Company. She holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Calcutta and bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Calcutta. She is an associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries in India. She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is an ADR/ODR accredited civil/commercial mediator. She also completed a certificate course on commercial mediation and negotiation from the School of Finance, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. Previously she worked as an Executive Director Legal and Corporate Affairs, South Asia for Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited.

Vandana Bharat Patravale is a Non-Executive, Independent Director of our Company. She holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the University of Bombay and master’s degree of pharmacy from the University of Bombay. She was also conferred a doctorate in philosophy (technology) from the University of Bombay. Previously, she was appointed to the post of Lecturer in pharmaceutics in the university department of chemical technology, University of Bombay and was subsequently promoted to the post of Reader and further promoted to the post of Professor in the department of pharmaceutical sciences and technology department, University of Mumbai.