Ms. Suneeta Reddy
Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group

A member of the founding family, Suneeta Reddy had joined the Apollo Hospitals Group in 1989. As the Executive Director-Finance, she was instrumental in taking the organization to the international equity markets through a successful GDR and subsequently bringing the First Foreign Direct Investment into Healthcare in India.

Her pioneering spirit and foresight has guided Apollo's emergence as a formidable financially sound hospital enterprise. Managing a dual responsibility of Global Projects, over the course of years, she led Apollo's Greenfield Hospital projects, introduced the management of hospitals as a business models in India and was pivotal to growing the organization's footprint. On the milestone 200th Board Meeting of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited, she was elevated to the position of Joint Managing Director.

Suneeta Reddy's financial acumen has been the key factor in the group's dramatic growth and profitability. Her insights have played a pivotal role in encouraging medical value travelers to Apollo Hospitals and to India at large. With a guiding principle to align Apollo's growth strategy in keeping with the needs of the nation, she led the Apollo Reach Hospitals model to fruition. Commended by World Bank, it is an innovation redefining both healthcare and healthcare design as it takes quality care to the soul of India, its villages.

With a firm belief that Apollo would need to create an environment to encourage reverse brain drain, she has continuously developed business viability models to facilitate the introduction of advanced medical technologies like the CyberKnife, Novalis TX and more recently an Institute for Robotic Surgery. These endeavours have helped to benchmark Indian healthcare amongst the best in the world.

Apollo Hospitals is on the high-growth path and has diversifications planned to newer verticals like Health Education, sunrise vistas like Healthcare IT and a greater impetus on Medical Value Travel and Global expansions. At this point in time, Suneeta's financial acumen will play a pivotal role in taking the group to the next inflection point. As the Jt. Managing Director, her primary focus is on Corporate Strategy, Corporate Funding and in strengthening Apollo Hospitals' domestic and global footprint.

Suneeta is a Director on the Board of Apollo Munich-Re Health Insurance Company Ltd and she also serves on the Board of several Apollo Hospitals' Group companies. Through her close involvement, effort and patience, she has guided these companies on a path of growth and profitability. She is also the Chairperson of Aircel Cellular Ltd.

Committed to the well-being of not just the patients, but the society as a whole, Suneeta Reddy has passionately supported the group's social initiatives - SACHi, SAHI, CURE and DISHA with an aim to reach out and provide healthcare to the underprivileged. Extremely fond of young children, she supports the treatment of the financially challenged patients ailing with Thalassemia.

A key influencer in the Indian healthcare industry, Ms. Reddy is a widely recognized for her contributions and has held leadership positions including Co-Chairperson of Healthcare Sub Committee - Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and is a member in National Committee on Healthcare. She is also a member of the Harvard Business School India Advisory Board (IAB).

Suneeta Reddy received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations, Economics and Marketing from Stella Maris College in Chennai. She holds a Diploma in Financial Management from the Institute of Financial Management and Research, Chennai and has completed the Owner / President Management Program at Harvard Business School (HBS), Boston, USA.