BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Munir Shaikh - Chairman

Mr Munir Shaikh joined Abbott in 1968 and has since served in several management positions with Abbott Asia, Latin America and United States including General Manager – Pakistan, General Manager – Caribbean, Director – Business Development, Pacific and Far East, Regional Director – Pacific / Asia / Africa, Regional Director – Southeast Asia / India in the Abbott International Division. He was named Vice President and Regional Director, Southeast Asia / Subcontinent – Korea in 2003 and appointed Divisional Vice President, Southeast Asia / Middle East / Africa, Abbott Nutrition International in June 2005 based in Singapore.

He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountant in English and Wales.

Swati Dalal - Managing Director

Swati is an experienced leader in Abbott. She joined Abbott in 1995 as a Product Manager in Abbott India Limited (AIL). Over the next 10 years she took on various roles of increasing responsibilities within the marketing and sales function of the Neurosciences division and was then promoted as Head for the Specialty Care business.

Swati then took several roles spanning New Product Introduction (NPI) and Life Cycle Management for AIL, and Director Commercial Operations and Commercial Director in Primary Care with Established Pharmaceutical Division’s (EPD) Healthcare Solutions business.

In April 2020, she was promoted as General Manager for Abbott’s India Nutrition business. During Swati’s time with Nutrition, the business achieved a growth of 15.4% CAGR, which includes the unprecedented pandemic times.

Swati was then appointed as General Manager for EPD’s Primary Care business in May 2023. Over the last one year, Swati has ably led the business to deliver market beating growth. She has been instrumental in reshaping the primary care portfolio to drive growth in core therapies and traded generics for long term success.

Swati is an active member of the DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Council of Abbott in India and a founder member of the “Women Leaders of Abbott” India Chapter and Business Advisory Council (BAC) sponsor of the Early Careers Network in India.

Swati holds a pharmacy degree from P.K.M. Kundnani College of Pharmacy, Mumbai and a post-graduate degree in Management Studies from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai.

Anisha Motwani – Independent Director

Ms Motwani is a Brand and Innovation expert with over 28 years’ experience in Marketing across diverse industries. In her last executive role, she was the Chief Marketing & Digital Officer of Max Life Insurance. She is the Founder and Partner at ‘Storm The Norm’ an innovation company.  She is also the author of Storm the Norm – first-of-its-kind collection of contemporary stories of truly inspiring businesses and brands from India that either wrote or rewrote the norms of their respective industries and brought in unprecedented change and vibrancy.

She is also an Advisor to World Bank and the Max Group. She was voted as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business by Business Today for three consecutive years since 2009.  Ms Motwani was also recognized amongst the Top 50 Women in Media, Marketing and Advertising by Impact & Colors for 4 consecutive years since 2011. She has been conferred Women at Work Leadership Award 2011 by Asian Confederation of Business, and the Udyog Ratan by the Institute of Economic Studies.

Ms Motwani has been in the forefront of behaviour change projects such as Swacchh Bharat and Clean Ganga Mission. She writes for the Economic Times, Business Standard, India Today and Huffington Post. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Sophia College and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Rajasthan.

Sudarshan Jain – Independent Director

Mr Jain has a strong passion for healthcare and the education sector and is a veteran in the healthcare business. He has extensive and diversified experience in strategic management, corporate affairs, brand building and overall business operations in healthcare companies. His experience covers Pharmaceutical, OTC, Hospital, Diagnostic and Nutrition businesses.

He has played active role in shaping the healthcare policy and improving access to healthcare in India and has wide industry knowledge and extensive expertise in building market leading brands.

He has served in several leadership positions for over 40 years in the Healthcare industry in various pharma companies such as Lupin, Johnson & Johnson, Piramal, Abbott.

Currently, he is the Secretary-General of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, Senior Advisor - Apax Partners and Board member of multiple organizations. He is the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Healthcare Management and Research (IIHMR, Jaipur).

His current Board engagements include Healthium Medtech Limited (Apax portfolio company), Sunshine Holdings PLC, Indian Education Society (IES), Advisory Board of Narsee Monjee University, Mumbai (NMIMS). He is the Visiting Faculty at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.

Mr Jain is an alumnus of St. Stephens College, Delhi University and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.

Shalini Kamath – Independent Director

Ms Shalini Kamath has close to three decades of work experience in three distinct fields – Human Resources, Business Development and Social & Community Development and across two continents – India and Africa. She is a certified and practicing ‘CEO & Leadership Coach‘.

Ms Kamath’s Human Resources (HR) career spans close to a decade and half with Group HR Head positions for Chevron Texaco India, Star India, KPMG India and Ambit Holdings. She was a key member of the Executive Leadership Team in each of her assignments. She was a ‘Strategic Partner’ to the businesses in providing business linked people solutions through change, renewal and transformation. In addition, her role in managing the corporate communications function at Ambit Holdings has given her the experience in building a strong corporate brand, both externally and internally.

Prior to her roles in HR, Ms Kamath was the Deputy Marketing Director at Raytheon India. She began her working career in Zambia and Botswana. Over a decade, she worked with the Governments of both the countries on several educational and social & community development projects. She acquired extensive experience in tripartite partnership projects related to community-oriented income generation programs.

Ms Kamath is an MBA graduate from Edinburgh Business School, UK. She has been trained at Harvard Business School in change and transformation. She is an alumnus of CSC Global leadership program and a certified Zenger Folkman Leadership4you trainer & facilitator. 

Ambati Venu – Non-Executive Director

Mr Ambati comes with over 24 years of experience with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Limited (GSK Consumer) in various leadership positions across the Indian sub-continent, Middle East, North Africa and Asia. His last role till September 2015 was Regional Vice President & General Manager – Asia, GSK Consumer.

With an extensive background in consumer goods and OTC products, Mr Ambati brings strong business acumen and the ability honed in both developed and emerging markets. Having worked in various regions since joining GSK Consumer in 1992, one of his strongest assets is his ability to excel within diverse socio-cultural environments. Prior to his Asia appointment, he was the Vice President & General Manager for Middle East & North Africa where he spearheaded commercial operations across 17 countries in one of the company’s fastest growing and most complex business environments.

Mr Ambati is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical) from the University of Bhopal.

Kaiyomarz Marfatia – Non-Executive Director

Mr Marfatia is a qualified law professional from Government Law College, Mumbai. He has been associated with the Company over the last 20 years and provides strong legal support to Abbott businesses in India. He has played a vital role in the acquisition of various brands and businesses and handled cross functional projects such as manufacturing reconfiguration/optimization and corporate restructuring. He has around 35 years of diverse experience in the Legal and Secretarial field.

Before joining the Company, Mr Marfatia was employed with Siemens India Limited for over 16 years and gained valuable experience in corporate compliance functions, litigation, industrial licensing, foreign collaborations, technology transfer arrangements, distribution arrangements and IPR matters, among others.

 

Alison Davies - Non-Executive Director

Alison is Vice President, Treasurer for Abbott Laboratories, USA.

Alison was appointed to her current role in September 2023. She joined Abbott in 1999 and has served in various finance leadership roles, including Divisional Vice President and Controller for Medical Devices and DVP and Controller for Diagnostics, as well as a number of other finance positions in Abbott Diagnostics. Prior to joining Abbott, Alison worked for Telspec PLC and Coopers and Lybrand.

She earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Business Economics and Accounting from the University of Southampton and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Sridhar Kadangode – Whole-time Director

Sridhar has overall 25 years of diversified experience in Finance and other functions and joined Abbott in 2014. Prior to being promoted as Group Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company in July 2023, Sridhar was the Director - Finance of the Company responsible for finance, demand planning and business compliance function.

Under his leadership, the Company recorded a strong financial performance through the pandemic, both in topline and bottom line and continued to focus on future growth. He has also redesigned the 5-year strategic financial plan for the Company. He drove a leveraged PL for the Company which resulted in Topline growing higher than market and a significantly improved bottom line for 2023-24.

Sridhar started his career with Abbott as Director Finance, ANI and was part of the Core Management Team which evolved the Path to Profitability for the Nutrition business for South Asia which included achieving significant improvement in bottom line. He has led some of the key business projects linked to business response during Demonetization, Distributor Optimization and Cost Leadership Initiatives.

Sridhar started his professional journey with Britannia Industries and then moved to Group Danone where he handled multiple assignments overseas (Singapore, US, Malaysia, South Africa) before relocating back to India in 2011 and in these companies, he was responsible for Finance, Supply Chain and Procurement functions. His key accomplishments with Danone include Reorganization of Business Model, Implementation of Supply Chain efficiency projects and transformation of Finance function into a key business partner in driving the business.

Sridhar is a qualified Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Cost Accountant from Institute of Cost Accountants of India.