Details of KMP & SMP

Bhargav Dhirajlal Kotadia is the Promoter, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of our Company. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science from Purdue University, USA. He has approximately 12 years of experience in a range of senior management positions including managing projects and corporate development in the healthcare sector of our Company and its subsidiaries. He has been awarded the “ET 40 under Forty” award by the Economic Times.

Amit Kumar Khandelia is the Chief Financial Officer of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since February 1, 2024. In our Company, he handles key financial and legal aspects including corporate finance, internal control, taxation, treasury, mergers and acquisitions and investor relations. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from St. Xavier’s College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, and has passed the examination for Post Graduate Diploma in accounting standards and US GAAP from the ICFAI University. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has passed the final examination of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He has approximately 19 years of experience in the finance sector. Before his association with our Company, he has previously served as Vice President-Finance at Alkem Laboratories Limited, Cipla Ltd and Tata Teleservices Limited, among others.

Deepshikha Singhal is the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of our Company. She has been associated with our Company since May 18, 2023. In our Company, she handles secretarial, compliance, governance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and legal due diligence. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Maharani’s College, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, and a Master’s Degree in Commerce from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. She is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. She has received a certificate of merit for securing seventh-joint rank in professional programme examination of company secretaryship held in June, 2012. She has approximately 11 years of experience in company secretarial compliance. Before her association with our Company, she was previously associated with Pipeline Infrastructure Limited (a Brookfield entity), and Torrent Power Limited. 

Abhijeet Singhvi is the Senior Vice President – Research & Development, Quality Assurance & Quality Control of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since March 29, 2010. In our Company, he handles product development, quality compliance, quality assurance and compliance of the products. He has experience in quality assurance and compliance of the products. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Bio-Medical Engineering) from Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum, Karnataka and a Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts. Before his association with our Company, he was previously associated with Boston Scientific Corporation, Marlborough, among others. He has 17 years of experience

Ajit Bhawar is the Chief Operating Officer of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since November 16, 2011. In our Company, he handles operations of all manufacturing plants globally along with projects and raw materials – supply chain. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from Amravati University, a master’s degree in science in industrial chemistry from Marathwada University, Aurangabad and has passed the examination for a diploma in pharmaceutical quality control and quality assurance management from Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Pune. He has been approved as a competent technical person by the Drugs Licensing Authority, Drugs Control Department, Administration of Daman & Diu (UT). Before his association with our Company, he was previously associated with Pregna International Ltd., Mayo (India) Limited and Concept Pharmaceuticals Ltd., among others. He has over 27 years of experience in production planning and management

Gaurav Goel is our Chief Commercial Officer. He has been associated with our Company from May 16, 2015 to March 31, 2023 post which, he has been transferred to our Subsidiary, SMT Switzerland with effect from April 1, 2023. In our Company and SMT Switzerland, he handles global sales, supply chain, global marketing and commercial alliances. He has experience in the field of business development, sales, strategy, finance and M&A. He holds a bachelor’s degree in technology in Kurukshetra University and a master’s degree in business administration from Washington University, St. Louis, USA. Before his association with our Company, he was previously associated with Accenture Services Private Limited, Infosys Technologies Limited, and as senior business analyst at First National Bank, Omaha, NE, among others. He has 20 years of experience

Piyush Savalia is the Chief Product Officer of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since September 01, 2008. In our Company, he handles product development process along with R&D. He has 17 years of experience in the field of interventional cardiology. He holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences from Mumbai Educational Trust’s Institute of Pharmacy, University of Mumbai. Before his association with our Company, he was previously associated with Vascular Concepts Limited

Krishnankutty Sudhir is the Chief Medical Officer of our Company and our Subsidiary, SMT Ireland. He has been associated with SMT Ireland and our Company since February 15, 2022. He handles end-to-end global clinical trials, medical affairs and pre – clinical trials of our Company and SMT Ireland. He has over 18 years of experience in the medical industry. He holds a bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery from University of Madras, Madras, a doctor of philosophy from Monash University, Australia, and is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, FSCAI. Before his association with SMT Ireland, he has previously served as divisional vice-president, medical affairs at Abbott Vascular, among others

Girish Kewalramani is the Senior Vice President – Information Technology of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since November 29, 2017. In our Company, he handles management and introduction of advanced technologies, strategic planning and alignment of IT with business functions, ERP systems, and mobility. He has over 24 years of experience in the field of IT. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science and has received a provisional certificate for a post graduate diploma in computer applications from Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer. Before his association with our Company, he was previously associated with CEAT Limited, Indokem Limited, Kanoria Chemicals and Industries Limited, Lupin Limited, Pacific Fishing Company Limited and Seforge Limited, among others

Russell Rozario is the Senior Vice President – Human Resources of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since May 22, 2017. In our Company, he handles global human resources strategy and operations, learning & development and organization development. He has 30 years of experience in HR management. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from K.J. Somaiya College of Science, University of Bombay and a diploma in human resource degree management from Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai. Before his association with our Company, he was previously associated with Metropolis Healthcare Limited, Rotana Hotels Management Company, Unisource Worldwide Private Limited, and Mastek Limited, among others