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Meet The Team

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

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Akshay Tanna

Chairman and Non-Executive
Nominee Director

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Anish Bafna

Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director

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Kankana Barua

Director, Group Chief Human Resources Officer
and Head - IT

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Ajay Gupta

Non-Executive
Independent Director

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Ashwani Puri

Non-Executive
Independent Director

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Shalini Kamath

Non-Executive
Independent Director

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Mayank Mishra

Non-Executive
Nominee Director

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Mohammed Azeez

Whole-time Director and
Chief Operating Officer

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Anish Bafna

Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director

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Kankana Barua

Director, Group Chief Human Resources Officer
and Head - IT

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Sudeep Dhariwal

Group Chief Financial Officer

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Mohammed Azeez

Whole-time Director and
Chief Operating Officer

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Prashant Krishnan

Global Business Unit Head -
Advanced Surgicals and Wound Care

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Anoop Penupolu

Head Arthroscopy

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Phani Gujjari

Chief Operating Officer (QNPL) and
Group Operations Excellence Head

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Anand Venkat

Chief Innovation Officer

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Dr. Ashok Moharana

Head - Clinical Affairs

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Raajjhesh Kulkarni

Head - Quality

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Rajiv Poddar

Head - Strategy and M&A

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Anish Bafna

Chief Executive Officer
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Kankana Barua

Director, Group Chief Human Resources Officer
and Head - IT

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Sudeep Dhariwal

Group Chief Financial Officer

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Mohammed Azeez

Whole-time Director and
Chief Operating Officer

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Pallavi Karkera

Company Secretary and
Compliance Officer

Healthium Medtech Ltd

Registered Office:

472/D, 13th Cross
4th Phase, Peenya Industrial Area
Peenya, Bengaluru
Karnataka 560058

Corporate Office:
8th Floor, Incubex Workspaces,
Brigade Triumph, Dasarahalli Main
Road, Sector – B, Hebbal,
Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560092 India.

CIN: U03311KA1992PLC013831

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care@healthiummedtech.com

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Akshay Tanna

Chairman and Non-Executive Nominee Director

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

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Anish Bafna

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

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

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Kankana Barua

Director, Group Chief Human Resources Officer & Head - IT

Kankana Barua serves as the Director, Group Chief Human Resources Officer & Head - IT of Healthium Medtech, prior to which she was the Chief People Officer at Tally Solutions Private Limited. She is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. She also holds degrees in Law and Human Resource Management.

Ajay Gupta

Non-Executive Independent Director

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

Ashwani Puri

Non-Executive Independent Director

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

Shalini Kamath

Non-Executive Independent Director

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

Mayank Mishra

Non-Executive Nominee Director

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

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Mohammed Azeez

Whole-time Director & Chief Operating Officer

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

Sudeep Dhariwal

Group Chief Financial Officer

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

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Prashant Krishnan

Global Business Unit Head - Advanced Surgicals & Wound Care

Prashant Krishnan brings more than 27 years of experience and has an excellent track record of leading businesses across India, South Asia and the US in various leadership positions across Surgery, Cardiology and Orthopaedics medical devices. Previously, Prashant has been associated with companies such as Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, as well as Godrej & Boyce, delivering significant transformations for the businesses that he has led. His key role in working with Niti Aayog & USIBC for the Ventilator Project during the COVID-19 pandemic has received global recognition. He is an alumni of the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Anoop Penupolu

Head - Arthroscopy

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

Phani Gujjari

Chief Operating Officer (QNPL) & Group Operations Excellence Head

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

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Anand Venkat

Chief Innovation Officer

Anand Venkat joined Healthium in 2021, with the acquisition of CareNow Medical. As the Chief Innovation Officer, Anand develops and drives new product strategies and OEM efforts. Anand has over 20 years of experience in healthcare, both in the US and India. With a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Anand has worked for Stryker Endoscopy in the US for 10 years, prior to founding CareNow Medical in India. He is passionate about developing innovative solutions for patient care in pre-op, post-op and intra-op setups.

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Dr. Ashok Moharana

Head - Clinical Affairs

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

Raajjhesh-Kulkarni

Raajjhesh Kulkarni

Head - Quality

Joining Healthium in 2018, Raajjhesh Kulkarni brings with him over 25 years of diverse experience in Domestic and International markets, across Manufacturing, Product Development, Quality and Regulatory Affairs. He has worked with companies such as Johnson & Johnson Pvt. Ltd., Mentor WW LLC, and Baxter India Pvt. Ltd. His focused efforts towards reliable product quality and service to the customer, meeting new customer needs and ensuring audit-ready sites take Healthium to the next level.

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Rajiv Poddar

Head - Strategy and M&A

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

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Pallavi Karkera

Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

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