Ameera Shah

Ameera Shah
Born (1979-09-24) 24 September 1979 (age 45)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
Occupation(s)Executive Chairperson and Whole-time Director, Metropolis Healthcare
WebsiteWebsite of 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,[5] 2018,[6] 2019,[7] 2020,[8] and 2021.[9] Shah was featured in the list of Forbes India's Tycoons of Tomorrow 2018.[10] She also received the Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ Award in healthcare for 2021.[11]

Currently, she serves as Sr. Vice-President of NATHealth (Healthcare Federation of India).[12] She is also an Independent Director on the boards of Torrent Pharma and the ACC limited, which is a part of Adani Group.[13][14][15] She was also an advisor to Baylor College of Medicine and the global advisory board of AXA.[16]

Early life

She studied commerce at junior college in H.R. College of Commerce and Economics.[17] She obtained a degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin.[10]

She used to work with Goldman Sachs in New York.[18] 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,[18] TED, and CII.

Career

Metropolis Healthcare

She took over her father's pathology business- Metropolis Lab in 2001.[17] 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.[19] She successfully led the listing of the company in April 2019.[7]

Board memberships and affiliations

She serves as a Board Member of Marico Kaya Enterprises Limited[20] and the Managing Director of Metropolis Healthcare Limited. She is presently the Independent Director at Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited.,[21] Shoppers Stop Limited[22] and Kaya Limited[23] She is an advisor to Baylor College of Medicine.[24] She is also on the global advisory board of AXA.[25]

Shah has also served as secretary of the Indian Association of Pathology Laboratories (IAPL)[26] and co-chairperson of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Health Services Committee in 2012.[27]

Other ventures

Between 2016 and 2017, she starred in and was an investor on the startup reality television show The Vault.[28]

In 2017, Shah founded Empoweress, a not-for-profit initiative for women-led businesses to find advice, mentorship and micro-funding.[29][30]

Honours and awards

Personal life

Ameera Shah was born to Dr. Sushil Shah, a pathologist, and Dr. Duru Shah, a gynaecologist.[17] Her elder sister Aparna Shah is a geneticist.[17] She is married to 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.[42]

References

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  2. ^ "Dr Sushil Shah - The Scindia School". The Scindia School. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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  4. ^ "9 Alumni Named Young Global Leaders". Harvard Business School. 1 March 2015.
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  6. ^ a b "Ameera Shah - Most Powerful Women in 2018 - Fortune India". www.fortuneindia.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  7. ^ a b c "Most Powerful Women, 2019". Fortune India. 22 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Healthcare leaders shine in MPW 2020". www.fortuneindia.com. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
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  11. ^ "Ameera Shah, Byju Raveendran, Darshan Patel, Mira Kulkarni amongst others are finalists for EY Entrepreneur Awards". Financialexpress. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  12. ^ www.ETHealthworld.com. "NATHEALTH announces Abhay Soi as its new President for FY 24–25 - ET HealthWorld". ETHealthworld.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Torrent Pharmaceuticals". www.torrentpharma.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Board of Directors | Cement & Ready Mixed Concrete Manufacturer". www.acclimited.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  15. ^ News Desk (5 December 2022). "ACC appoints Ajay Kapur as CEO, Ameera Shah as Woman Independent Director". hrnxt.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Stakeholder advisory panelists". AXA.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  17. ^ a b c d "Ameera Shah | Diagnosis: a risk-taker". livemint. 15 July 2017.
  18. ^ a b "A 15-year joyride: Ameera Shah". Deccan Chronicle. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Metropolis' Chain of Diagnostics Labs Pushes for Growth Across India and Africa". forbes.com.
  20. ^ "Company Overview of Marico Kaya Enterprises Limited". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  21. ^ "Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  22. ^ "Shoppers Stop Ltd". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  23. ^ "kaya Ltd". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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  27. ^ "President Inaugurates the 6th FICCI Heal 2012 Annual International Healthcare Conference Calls for Universal Health Care to be Made a Reality". PIB.
  28. ^ "The Vault's Big Players Are Here: Veteran Entrepreneurs Come Together As Investors For India's Biggest Startup Reality Series". Inc42 Media. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  29. ^ Datta, Aveek (8 December 2017). "Ameera Shah launches Empoweress to empower women entrepreneurs". Forbes India.
  30. ^ a b Jayakumar, PB (18 September 2019). "Empowering others is essence of entrepreneurship, says Ameera Shah". Business Today.
  31. ^ "CNBC-AWAAZ CEO Awards 2019 – Celebrating India's Outstanding Leaders". cnbctv18.com. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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  36. ^ "World Economic Forum names Smriti Irani as Young Global Leader from India". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2015.
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  39. ^ "India's Hottest 40 Under 40 Business Leaders". economictimes.indiatimes.com.
  40. ^ "Speakers 2014". Entrepreneur.
  41. ^ "Disclosure of Vote Cast by Tata Mutual Fund during the Financial Year 2021-2022" (PDF). Tata Mutual Fund. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  42. ^ "Ameera Shah: The disciplined leader at work". Mint. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2023.