Ms. Ameera Shah

Managing Director

Ms. Ameera Shah is the Promoter & Managing Director of Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. For the last 20 years, Ms Shah has focused on delivering sustained growth, built and led corporate functions, including finance, strategy, business process optimization, innovation, investor relations etc. Under her leadership, Metropolis raised the bar of diagnostic accuracy, technological equipment, customer experience and research driven, empathetic service. Ms Shah has been responsible for corporatizing Metropolis by setting protocols, hiring expert professionals for the management team and bringing together a fully actualized board. Due to its unique growth model and competitive advantage, Metropolis has attracted three rounds of investment by reputed private equity investors. Upholding the highest standards of corporate governance and business ethics, Metropolis has built exceptional value for all its stakeholders. Metropolis listed successfully in April 2019 at a 9% premium.

Named amongst ‘Asia’s Most Powerful Women in Business’ by Forbes Asia and ‘Fifty Most Powerful Women in Business’ by Fortune India, Ms Shah is recognized as a global thought leader in the healthcare industry. She has also played an instrumental role in changing the pathology industry landscape in the country; from being a doctor led practice to a professional corporate group in an extremely unregulated, competitive and fragmented market.

Ms. Shah received a degree in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and has also completed the prestigious Owner-President Management Program at Harvard Business School.

In addition to being a propagator of organizational empathy and gender sensitivity, Ms Shah is also an active financial investor and a business mentor. Passionate about the women leadership and empowerment, she has committed to supporting budding women entrepreneurs. This led her to set up Empoweress, a not-for-profit platform for women-led businesses to find advice, mentorship and micro-funding. Launched in 2017, the platform incubates more than 50 women led businesses already.

An eminent industry spokesperson, she has been featured as a speaker in various National and International forums, industry events and conclaves organized by IIM, Harvard Business School, TedX, CII, FICCI, Twitter amongst others. She has also been elected the Secretary of the IAPL (Indian Association of Pathology Laboratories) and has served as the Chairperson of the ‘FICCI Health services Western Subgroup’ that drives policy decisions at the Center.

Ms. Shah is an independent director on the board of reputed Indian companies (Kaya, Torrent Pharma, Shoppers Stop) and is also an advisor to Baylor College of Medicine. She is also on the global advisory board of AXA, a Paris headquartered company with 700 Billion $ under asset management.

Notable Awards and Accolades

• Most powerful women in Business by Business Today 2018
• Most powerful women in Business by Fortune India 2017, 2018
• Forbes Asia listed Ms. Shah in the Asia’s Most Powerful Women 2015
• ‘Young Global Leader’ list brought out by the prestigious ‘World Economic Forum’ in 2015
• 40 under 40 years by Economic Times & Spencer Stuart (2014).
• Bloomberg. ‘Exemplary Women Leadership award’ at the World Women Leadership and Congress awards 2014.
• Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ in 2011 organized by Entrepreneur India and Bloomberg