MANAGEMENT TEAM

Prithwish has close to 28 years of experience in a Commercia role. He joins Abbott from Cipla, where he was a member of the Cipla Leadership Group. He was the designated Vice President and Vertical head for their flagship respiratory portfolio of Nebulization and Immunotherapy. Prithwish presents a blended experience in Sales, Marketing, Strategic Business Planning and Execution.

Prior to Cipla, Prithwish worked across Pharma MNCs and FMCG organizations like Unilever and GSK Consumer Healthcare. In the past, Prithwish had a small stint with Abbott Diabetes Care business as National Sales Manager.

Prithwish has proven success in establishing new entrants in the Indian Pharmaceutical Market, Patent Product Launches, and Go-to-Market models, creating winners across the industry spectrum - Pharmaceuticals, OTC/OTX, and FMCG.

Prithwish is a Honors graduate in Geology from St Xavier’s College, Ranchi, and holds an Executive Management Program in Management from IIM Lucknow.

Harshraj comes with over 16 years of diverse experience across Sales & Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Strategy. He has been working with Abbott in various capacities for over 7 years now, and his latest role was that of Commercial Director – Emerging Channel Business & Institution for Abbott EPD in India.

Prior to his career at Abbott, Harshraj has worked across multiple countries, industries and organizations, including large MNCs. His experience in planning and execution ranges from operating at the grassroots level as the cofounder of a startup, to strategizing for Fortune 500 companies globally as a management consultant.

Harshraj has proven success in setting up new Go-ToMarket models in the channel business in the Indian Pharmaceutical Market and has also transformed established businesses to position them for higher growth.

Harshraj holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business - Hyderabad and is an engineering graduate of Mumbai University.

Anuj has over 25 years of experience in Sales and Marketing in companies of diverse sizes. He has held leadership roles in Sales, Marketing and Strategic planning.

Anuj joined Abbott in 2018 as Head of Marketing for NeuroLife. Since then, Anuj has grown within the organization by successfully managing various roles as Associate Director for NeuroLife and is currently working as Associate Director of GenNext. Anuj has been instrumental in building brand portfolio and driving business with robust strategic and operational excellence. Anuj, with his diverse experience, is able to think through and leverage growth opportunities in the operating segment by devising market-shaping initiatives. He has the ability to build robust business models to support business strategy and execute them.

In the past, Anuj has worked with organizations like Sandoz, Ranbaxy, UCB and Novartis.

Anuj has a bachelor’s degree in science from Delhi University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS).

Jejoe joined Abbott Healthcare Private Limited in March 2016 as Associate Director – Medical Affairs, Specialty Care Division. In this role, he contributed in identifying new molecules and LCM ideas from an I&D perspective. Proposing, reviewing and approving clinical studies to support therapies, presentations in SEC meets for approval of BE studies like Itraconazole, Clonazepam, Ivabradine and clinical studies (Phase 3: Ivabradine; Phase 4: Gluformini, Acitrom). Jejoe has been a key contributor in identifying 12 clinical studies, 8 consensus documents, 2 therapy-based patient profiles, 9 publications in medical journals including 4 poster/paper presentation in National scientific conferences. Subsequently, he got promoted in April 2021 as Director – Medical Affairs, Specialty Care Division.

Prior to joining Abbott, Jejoe was associated with Ranbaxy Daiichi Sankyo as their Medical Director.

Devesh Choudhari is a seasoned finance professional specializing in Finance, Accounting, Structuring, M&A, Fundraising, and Controls and has 18 years of experience. He brings a wealth of knowledge and a proven track record in leading complex financial projects.

In his most recent role, Devesh joined Perfect Day, a US-based food biotechnology company, to lead their Indian manufacturing business following the acquisition of Sterling Biotech. As CFO, he played a key role in driving the business performance and contributed to the groundwork for a $100 million greenfield project currently under construction.

Devesh actively contributed to the strategic sale and played a pivotal role in forming the joint venture with the Zydus group, later serving as its CFO. Prior to this, Devesh spent nearly a decade at the Piramal Group, gaining hands-on experience in multi-segment, multi-location manufacturing setups, as well as equity raises totaling over $1.5 billion. He significantly contributed to the $4 billion DHFL acquisition by Piramal and efficiently managed the integration of its financial operations. Earlier in his career, he worked with Deloitte in the Assurance function, handling leading FMCG, Chemical, and pharmaceutical companies.

Devesh is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has done a Diploma in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Rajan has 15 years of experience and is a trusted business partner to business leaders at Abbott. He is recognized for outstanding customer focus and exceptional partnership with leaders equipping them to achieve business goals.

Rajan joined Abbott post his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 2006 and has done multiple roles in EPD in his formative years. He was instrumental in integrating Solvay Pharmaceutical with the Company and launching Project Everest in 2011.

Rajan has also worked with Abbott's Devices and Diagnostic businesses in India. He ably supported St. Jude Medical's integration with Abbott and the spin-off Abbott Medical Optics Business with Johnson & Johnson. He took up his current role of Associate Director BHR for Abbott Nutrition business and Corporate Functions of Abbott in India in August 2018. In this role, Rajan has done a stellar job of building talent processes across the Nutrition business.

Rajan holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, formerly Nagpur University.

Richa has close to 12 years of experience as a strategy, growth, and business transformation professional. She is joining the Company from Accenture, where she has worked for 4+ years as a strategy consultant within the Pharma and FMCG space. Prior to that she spent close to 5 years with Cipla across 3 key roles - Marketing Strategy, M&A and GCEO and MD’s Office (Strategic projects).

Her core skill lies in evaluating business needs and subsequently designing and implementing sustainable solutions through cross-functional collaborations with internal and external stakeholders to drive growth. She has built a strong acumen in functional areas like portfolio strategy, business expansion, spend strategy, route-to-market, and market entry as well as M&A deals for business diversification and streamlining while leading diverse teams towards successful results across her projects.

Richa is an engineering graduate from VJTI with a Master’s degree in Management from ISB Hyderabad.

Sangeeta has around two decades of experience in Corporate Secretarial, Compliance, Regulatory and Investor Relations functions. She has in-depth knowledge of Company Law, SEBI Regulations, Stock Exchange Listing Compliances, Corporate and Securities Law, Stock Broking, Insurance, Stock Exchange Regulations, Contract Management and Corporate Compliances and Governance matters.

She has expertise in legal drafting and documentation for mergers and corporate restructuring, due diligence, policy making, stakeholder management and implementing best Corporate Governance practices.

Sangeeta was associated with Financial Services - Aditya Birla Group. She was the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited (from January 2022 upto September 2023) and Aditya Birla Money Limited (August 2018 upto January 2022). She played a significant role in ensuring and monitoring compliances with the listing, insurance, stock broking, portfolio management and depository participant regulations.

She has been earlier associated with Edelweiss Financial Services, Angel One and Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India.

Sangeeta holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce and is a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). She also holds certification by ICSI on Commercial Contract Management and Foreign Exchange Management.