Ameera Shah

Ameera Shah
Born (1979-09-24) 24 September 1979
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Residence Mumbai
Nationality Indian
Alma mater University of Texas at Austin
Occupation MD, Metropolis Healthcare
Website Ameera Shah - Metropolis Healthcare

Ameera Shah (born 24 September 1979) is an Indian entrepreneur and the Managing Director of Metropolis Healthcare, a multinational chain of pathology centers based in Mumbai, with presence in seven countries.[1] She is the daughter of Dr Sushil Shah, the founder and chairman of Metropolis Healthcare.[2]

Early life

Ameera Shah was born to Sushil Shah, a pathologist, and Duru Shah, a gynaecologist.[3] She belongs to a family of doctors in Mumbai. Her elder sister Aparna Shah is a geneticist.[3] She studied commerce at junior college in H.R. College of Commerce and Economics.[3] She obtained a degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin.[4]

She used to work with Goldman Sachs in New York.[5] Later, she completed the Owner-President Management Program at Harvard Business School[6]. 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[5], TED, and CII.

Career

Metropolis Healthcare

She took over her father's pathology business- Metropolis Lab in 2001.[3] 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.[7]

Board memberships and affiliations

She is the CEO and Managing Director of Marico Kaya Enterprises Limited[8] and the Managing Director of Metropolis Healthcare Limited. She is presently the Independent Director at Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited.[9], Shoppers Stop Limited[10] and Kaya Limited[11]

Shah has also served as secretary of the Indian Association of Pathology Laboratories (IAPL)[12] and co-chairperson of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Health Services Committee in 2012.[13]

Honours and awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ameera Shah made Metropolis Healthcare a leading diagnostics player". The Economic Times. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Dr Sushil Shah - The Scindia School". The Scindia School. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Ameera Shah | Diagnosis: a risk-taker". livemint. 15 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ameera Shah: Moving the needle | Forbes India". Forbes India. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  5. 1 2 "A 15-year joyride: Ameera Shah". Deccan Chronicle. 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  6. ↑ "Ameera Shah | Metropolis Healthcare | India". OMICS International. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  7. ↑ "Metropolis' Chain of Diagnostics Labs Pushes for Growth Across India and Africa". forbes.com.
  8. ↑ "Company Overview of Marico Kaya Enterprises Limited". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  9. ↑ "Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  10. ↑ "Shoppers Stop Ltd". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  11. ↑ "kaya Ltd". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  12. ↑ "Executive Profile: Ameera Shah". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  13. ↑ "President Inaugurates the 6th FICCI Heal 2012 Annual International Healthcare Conference Calls for Universal Health Care to be Made a Reality". PIB.
  14. ↑ "Tycoons of Tomorrow : Special Report : Forbes India Magazine". Forbes India. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  15. ↑ "Forbes 'Tycoons of Tomorrow': About the 22 young achievers set to change India". India Today. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  16. ↑ "Ameera Shah - Most Powerful Women in 2018 - Fortune India". www.fortuneindia.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  17. ↑ "Most Powerful Women in Business 2017". Fortune India.
  18. ↑ "Asia's Power Businesswomen, 2015: 12 To Watch". forbes.com.
  19. ↑ "World Economic Forum names Smriti Irani as Young Global Leader from India". economictimes.indiatimes.com.
  20. ↑ "Ameera Shah: The Lifeline Builder". Verve Magazine. 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  21. ↑ "India's Hottest 40 Under 40 Business Leaders". economictimes.indiatimes.com.
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