Ameera Shah Explained

Ameera Shah
Birth Date:24 September 1979
Birth Place:Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality:Indian
Alma Mater:University of Texas at Austin
Occupation:MD, Metropolis Healthcare

Ameera Shah (born 24 September 1979) is an Indian entrepreneur. She is Executive Chairperson and Whole-time Director of Metropolis Healthcare, a leading diagnostic chain with presence in India and Africa.[1] She is the daughter of Dr Sushil Shah, the founder of Metropolis Healthcare.[2]

She has been honored as a 2015 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[3] [4] She was named to Fortune India's "Most Powerful Women in Business" list in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020,[5] and 2021.[6] Shah was featured in the list of Forbes India's Tycoons of Tomorrow 2018. She also received the Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ Award in healthcare for 2021.[7]

Currently, she serves as Sr. Vice-President of NATHealth (Healthcare Federation of India).[8] She is also an Independent Director on the boards of Torrent Pharma and the ACC limited, which is a part of Adani Group.[9] [10] [11] She was also an advisor to Baylor College of Medicine and the global advisory board of AXA.[12]

Early life

Ameera Shah was born to Dr. Sushil Shah, a pathologist, and Dr. Duru Shah, a gynaecologist.[13] She belongs to a family of doctors in Mumbai. Her elder sister Aparna Shah is a geneticist. She studied commerce at junior college in H.R. College of Commerce and Economics. She obtained a degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin.[14]

She used to work with Goldman Sachs in New York.[15] Later, she completed the Owner-President Management Program at Harvard Business School. Shah is an industry spokesperson and has been featured as a speaker in various National and International forums, industry events and conclaves. She has spoken at events organized by Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Harvard Business School, TED, and CII.

Career

Metropolis Healthcare

She took over her father's pathology business- Metropolis Lab in 2001. She subsequently transformed a single diagnostic lab which had a revenue of about $1.5 million and 40 employees, to Metropolis Healthcare, a multinational chain of 125 diagnostic labs with $90 million in revenue and 4,500 employees.[16] She successfully led the listing of the company in April 2019.

Board memberships and affiliations

She serves as a Board Member of Marico Kaya Enterprises Limited[17] and the Managing Director of Metropolis Healthcare Limited. She is presently the Independent Director at Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited.,[18] Shoppers Stop Limited[19] and Kaya Limited[20] She is an advisor to Baylor College of Medicine.[21] She is also on the global advisory board of AXA.[22]

Shah has also served as secretary of the Indian Association of Pathology Laboratories (IAPL)[23] and co-chairperson of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Health Services Committee in 2012.[24]

Other ventures

Between 2016 and 2017, she starred in and was an investor on the startup reality television show The Vault.[25]

In 2017, Shah founded Empoweress, a not-for-profit initiative for women-led businesses to find advice, mentorship and micro-funding.[26] [27]

Honours and awards

Personal life

Ameera Shah married Hemant Sachdev, an Indian retail entrepreneur, who serves as a non-executive director of Metropolis Healthcare.[41] In March 2020, she gave birth to a baby boy named Karma. The family relocated to Dubai during the COVID-19 pandemic.[42]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ameera Shah made Metropolis Healthcare a leading diagnostics player. The Economic Times . 2 May 2014 . 2 October 2018 .
  2. News: Dr Sushil Shah - The Scindia School. The Scindia School. 2018-10-02. en-US.
  3. News: Ameera Shah: The Lifeline Builder . . June 18, 2015.
  4. News: 9 Alumni Named Young Global Leaders . . March 1, 2015.
  5. Web site: 2020-11-04 . Healthcare leaders shine in MPW 2020 . 2024-08-19 . www.fortuneindia.com . en.
  6. Web site: Jayakumar . -P. B. . Ameera Shah - Most Powerful Women in 2021 - Fortune India . 2024-08-19 . www.fortuneindia.com . en.
  7. Web site: 2021-03-19 . Ameera Shah, Byju Raveendran, Darshan Patel, Mira Kulkarni amongst others are finalists for EY Entrepreneur Awards . 2024-08-19 . Financialexpress . en.
  8. Web site: www.ETHealthworld.com . NATHEALTH announces Abhay Soi as its new President for FY 24–25 - ET HealthWorld . 2024-08-19 . ETHealthworld.com . en.
  9. Web site: Torrent Pharmaceuticals . 2024-08-19 . www.torrentpharma.com.
  10. Web site: Board of Directors Cement & Ready Mixed Concrete Manufacturer . 2024-08-19 . www.acclimited.com.
  11. Web site: Desk . News . 2022-12-05 . ACC appoints Ajay Kapur as CEO, Ameera Shah as Woman Independent Director . 2024-08-19 . hrnxt.com . en-US.
  12. Web site: Stakeholder advisory panelists . 2024-08-19 . AXA.com . en.
  13. News: Ameera Shah Diagnosis: a risk-taker. 15 July 2017. livemint.
  14. Web site: Ameera Shah: Moving the needle Forbes India. Forbes India. en-US. 2018-10-02.
  15. News: A 15-year joyride: Ameera Shah. 2016-10-16. Deccan Chronicle. 2018-10-02. en.
  16. News: Metropolis' Chain of Diagnostics Labs Pushes for Growth Across India and Africa. forbes.com.
  17. Web site: Company Overview of Marico Kaya Enterprises Limited. www.bloomberg.com. 2018-10-02.
  18. Web site: Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. www.bloomberg.com. 2018-10-02.
  19. Web site: Shoppers Stop Ltd. www.bloomberg.com. 2018-10-02.
  20. Web site: kaya Ltd.. www.bloomberg.com. 2018-10-02.
  21. Web site: Ameera Shah . Bloomberg.com . 2019-10-17.
  22. Web site: Stakeholder advisory panelists . axa.com . 2019-10-17.
  23. Web site: Executive Profile: Ameera Shah. www.bloomberg.com. 2018-10-02.
  24. Web site: President Inaugurates the 6th FICCI Heal 2012 Annual International Healthcare Conference Calls for Universal Health Care to be Made a Reality. PIB.
  25. News: The Vault's Big Players Are Here: Veteran Entrepreneurs Come Together As Investors For India's Biggest Startup Reality Series . 17 December 2022 . Inc42 Media . 27 August 2016 . en.
  26. News: Datta . Aveek . Ameera Shah launches Empoweress to empower women entrepreneurs . . December 8, 2017.
  27. News: Jayakumar . PB . Empowering others is essence of entrepreneurship, says Ameera Shah . . September 18, 2019.
  28. Web site: CNBC-AWAAZ CEO Awards 2019 – Celebrating India's Outstanding Leaders. cnbctv18.com. 5 March 2020 . en-US. 2020-03-05.
  29. News: Jayakumar . P.B. . Battling Hard to Succeed . . September 23, 2018.
  30. Web site: Tycoons of Tomorrow : Special Report : Forbes India Magazine. Forbes India. en-US. 2018-10-02.
  31. Web site: Forbes 'Tycoons of Tomorrow': About the 22 young achievers set to change India. India Today. en. 2018-10-02.
  32. News: Most Powerful Women, 2019 . . September 22, 2019.
  33. Web site: Ameera Shah - Most Powerful Women in 2018 - Fortune India. www.fortuneindia.com. en. 2018-10-02.
  34. Web site: Most Powerful Women in Business 2017. Fortune India.
  35. News: Asia's Power Businesswomen, 2015: 12 To Watch. forbes.com.
  36. News: World Economic Forum names Smriti Irani as Young Global Leader from India. economictimes.indiatimes.com.
  37. News: Two more feathers in Ameera Shah's cap . . December 9, 2015.
  38. News: Ameera Shah: The Lifeline Builder. 2015-06-18. Verve Magazine. 2018-10-02. en-US.
  39. News: India's Hottest 40 Under 40 Business Leaders. economictimes.indiatimes.com.
  40. Web site: Speakers 2014 . Entrepreneur.
  41. News: Disclosure of Vote Cast by Tata Mutual Fund during the Financial Year 2021-2022 . 12 April 2023 . Tata Mutual Fund.
  42. News: Ameera Shah: The disciplined leader at work . 12 April 2023 . Mint . 8 August 2021 . en.

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