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
- CNBC-AWAAZ CEO Awards 2019[31]
- Business Today's Most Powerful Women list, 2018,[32] 2019[30]
- Tycoons of Tomorrow by Forbes India, 2018[33][34]
- India's Most Powerful Women in Business (ranked at no. 28) by Fortune India Magazine, 2019[7]
- India's Most Powerful Women in Business (ranked at no. 36) by Fortune India Magazine, 2018[6]
- India's Most Powerful Women in Business (ranked at no. 46) by Fortune India Magazine, 2017[5]
- Asia's Power Business Women 2015, Forbes[35]
- Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum, 2015[36]
- Women Leadership Award at the CMO Asia Awards, 2015[37]
- Exemplary Women Leadership Award, World Women Leadership Congress & Awards, 2014[38]
- 40 Under 40 Business Leaders by The Economic Times[39]
- Young Achiever of the Year, CMO Asia Awards, 2011
- Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2011 by Entrepreneur India & Bloomberg[40]
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
- ↑ Ameera Shah made Metropolis Healthcare a leading diagnostics player. The Economic Times(2 May 2014). Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ Dr Sushil Shah - The Scindia School. The Scindia School. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ Ameera Shah: The Lifeline Builder(June 18, 2015).
- ↑ 9 Alumni Named Young Global Leaders(March 1, 2015).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Most Powerful Women in Business 2017. Fortune India.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ameera Shah - Most Powerful Women in 2018 - Fortune India. www.fortuneindia.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Most Powerful Women, 2019(September 22, 2019).
- ↑ Healthcare leaders shine in MPW 2020. www.fortuneindia.com(2020-11-04). Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ↑ Ameera Shah - Most Powerful Women in 2021 - Fortune India, Jayakumar, -P. B.. www.fortuneindia.com. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Ameera Shah: Moving the needle | Forbes India. Forbes India. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ Ameera Shah, Byju Raveendran, Darshan Patel, Mira Kulkarni amongst others are finalists for EY Entrepreneur Awards. Financialexpress(2021-03-19). Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ↑ NATHEALTH announces Abhay Soi as its new President for FY 24–25 - ET HealthWorld, www.ETHealthworld.com. ETHealthworld.com. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ↑ Torrent Pharmaceuticals. www.torrentpharma.com. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ↑ Board of Directors | Cement & Ready Mixed Concrete Manufacturer. www.acclimited.com. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ↑ ACC appoints Ajay Kapur as CEO, Ameera Shah as Woman Independent Director. hrnxt.com(2022-12-05). Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ↑ Stakeholder advisory panelists. AXA.com. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Ameera Shah | Diagnosis: a risk-taker. livemint(15 July 2017).
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 A 15-year joyride: Ameera Shah. Deccan Chronicle(2016-10-16). Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ Metropolis' Chain of Diagnostics Labs Pushes for Growth Across India and Africa. forbes.com.
- ↑ Company Overview of Marico Kaya Enterprises Limited. www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ Shoppers Stop Ltd. www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ kaya Ltd.. www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ Ameera Shah. Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ↑ Stakeholder advisory panelists. axa.com. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ↑ Executive Profile: Ameera Shah. www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ President Inaugurates the 6th FICCI Heal 2012 Annual International Healthcare Conference Calls for Universal Health Care to be Made a Reality. PIB.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ameera Shah launches Empoweress to empower women entrepreneurs. Forbes India(December 8, 2017).
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Empowering others is essence of entrepreneurship, says Ameera Shah(September 18, 2019).
- ↑ CNBC-AWAAZ CEO Awards 2019 – Celebrating India's Outstanding Leaders. cnbctv18.com(5 March 2020). Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ↑ Battling Hard to Succeed(September 23, 2018).
- ↑ Tycoons of Tomorrow : Special Report : Forbes India Magazine. Forbes India. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ Forbes 'Tycoons of Tomorrow': About the 22 young achievers set to change India. India Today. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ Asia's Power Businesswomen, 2015: 12 To Watch. forbes.com.
- ↑ World Economic Forum names Smriti Irani as Young Global Leader from India. economictimes.indiatimes.com.
- ↑ Two more feathers in Ameera Shah's cap(December 9, 2015).
- ↑ Ameera Shah: The Lifeline Builder. Verve Magazine(2015-06-18). Retrieved 2018-10-02.
- ↑ India's Hottest 40 Under 40 Business Leaders. economictimes.indiatimes.com.
- ↑ Speakers 2014. Entrepreneur.
- ↑ Disclosure of Vote Cast by Tata Mutual Fund during the Financial Year 2021-2022. Tata Mutual Fund. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ↑ Ameera Shah: The disciplined leader at work. Mint(8 August 2021). Retrieved 12 April 2023.