Board Members
Dr. Shailesh Ayyangar
Dr. Ayyangar, having over 35 years of experience in healthcare, has gained deep experience in Pharmaceutical R&D, Biologicals, Pharmaceutical operations, Animal Health, Consumer Healthcare & Strategic M&A. He has been associated in building businesses and launching some of the biggest brands in healthcare industry.
Annaswamy Vaidheesh
Vaidheesh is a successful senior business leader with over 3 decades of diverse experience in healthcare and FMCG domain. He has a strong track record of leadership development and building leading brands/franchises across various categories and multi-cultural locations in Asia-pacific region.
Nishant Sharma
Nishant is the CIO and Managing Partner of Kedaara Capital and co-founded the firm in 2012 along with Manish and Sunish. Nishant has over 17 years of industry experience primarily encompassing the full life-cycle of private equity in India across a variety of industries and across private and public markets.
Vikram Tannan
Vikram is a visionary and an inspirational leader in the pharma industry, having founded Geltec Private Limited, leading manufacturer of Softgels in the India and Universal Medicare Pvt. Ltd. Under his leadership India founds it first-in-market iconic nutraceuticals which were acquired by Sanofi India Limited and now are back with Universal Nutriscience.
Vivek Tannan
Vivek is an inspiring and innovation-driven entrepreneur. He is the Director and Promoter of Geltec and Universal Group of Companies. Under his leadership, Geltec has grown to be leading manufacturer of soft-gelatin capsules with multiple manufacturing accredited facilities catering to healthcare companies around the world.
Pratin Vete
Pratin is a transformational leader who has the distinction of holding several senior leadership roles in MNCs (Novartis, Sanofi) as well as top Indian Companies (Cipla, Emcure). His rich experience of three decades include a stint with E&Y consultancy.
Dr. Shailesh Ayyangar
Chairman, Strategic
Advisory Board
Dr. Ayyangar, having over 35 years of experience in healthcare, has gained deep experience in Pharmaceutical R&D, Biologicals, Pharmaceutical operations, Animal Health, Consumer Healthcare & Strategic M&A. He has been associated in building businesses and launching some of the biggest brands in healthcare industry.
For nearly 18 years, Dr. Ayyangar was the member of International Leadership Team and Country Chair for India & South Asia running all business interests of the Sanofi Group including Pharmaceuticals, Specialty care, Vaccines, Animal Health and Consumer Healthcare. He built the business from its infancy to bringing it to be amongst the most respected and fast growing MNCs in India & South Asia. He was also involved in global & national M&A activities and innovative partnerships (Apollo Sugar Clinics). One of the longest serving Country Chairs in the country and region.
Dr. Ayyangar served 14 years at GSK, during which he was the Head of Tropical Medicine R&D group in the United Kingdom for 5 years and Exec VP, GSK India & MD, Bangladesh.
Dr. Ayyangar is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Gujarat Veterinary College, Anand, India), has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from IIM, Ahmedabad, India and has also completed the Advance Management Program (AMP) from INSEAD, Fontainblue, France.
Dr. Ayyangar is also the recipient of one of the highest civilian awards from President of France: “Officier de l’ordre national du merite”, 2016.
Pratin Vete
CEO
Pratin is a transformational leader who has the distinction of holding several senior leadership roles in MNCs (Novartis, Sanofi) as well as top Indian Companies (Cipla, Emcure). His rich experience of three decades include a stint with E&Y consultancy.
In his last assignment, Pratin led the Domestic Formulation business of Emcure as its President. Pratin passionately believes in building great businesses through teamwork and practicing a culture of respect and humility. Over the years Pratin has managed several blockbuster brands, led Market Research & Business Excellence functions in large pharma companies and led the Country Operations in one of the largest domestic pharmaceutical companies. Known for his deep knowledge about the healthcare industry and compassion for people and patients, Pratin brings entrepreneurial mind-set to drive acceleration in growth in UNS.
Annaswamy Vaidheesh
Director
Vaidheesh is a successful senior business leader with over 3 decades of diverse experience in healthcare and FMCG domain. He has a strong track record of leadership development and building leading brands/franchises across various categories and multi-cultural locations in Asia-pacific region.
In December 2016, Vaidheesh was recognised as one of the “Most Influential Leaders of Asia” by Economic Times at the Asian Business Leaders Conclave held in Malaysia. Vaidheesh is a Bachelor of Physics, from Madras University and has done his Master’s Degree in Marketing Management from Bombay University. He is an Honorary Fellow of The Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India and is a certified Process Excellence Black Belt.
Prior to his current role he was Vice President, Corporate Government Affairs, Asia-Pacific for Johnson & Johnson based out of Singapore and a member of Global Leadership team for healthcare advocacy and policy. Before that he was Managing Director of Johnson & Johnson Medical India (JJMI) and Vice president, Asia-Pacific- Diabetes franchise for five years.
Vikram Tannan
Director
Vikram is a visionary and an inspirational leader in the pharma industry, having founded Geltec Private Limited, leading manufacturer of Softgels in the India and Universal Medicare Pvt. Ltd. Under his leadership India founds it first-in-market iconic nutraceuticals which were acquired by Sanofi India Limited and now are back with Universal Nutriscience.
Vivek Tannan
Director
Vivek is an inspiring and innovation-driven entrepreneur. He is the Director and Promoter of Geltec and Universal Group of Companies. Under his leadership, Geltec has grown to be leading manufacturer of soft-gelatin capsules with multiple manufacturing accredited facilities catering to healthcare companies around the world.
Nishant Sharma
Director
Nishant is the CIO and Managing Partner of Kedaara Capital and co-founded the firm in 2012 along with Manish and Sunish. Nishant has over 17 years of industry experience primarily encompassing the full life-cycle of private equity in India across a variety of industries and across private and public markets.