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57 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today United Kingdom Awards 2019 HEALTHCARE PRASANTH MANGHAT CEO of NMC Health Plc ABOUT PRASANTH MANGHAT Prasanth Manghat is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of NMC Health Plc., UAE’s largest private healthcare company and amongst the top three fertility providers in the world. Over the past 15 years, Prasanth has built a distinguished career at NMC. Prior to becoming CEO and Executive Director, he was the Deputy CEO, CFO at NMC and CFO at Neopharma. He spearheaded NMC Healthcare’s book building process during its IPO in 2012 at the LSE UK, raising US$187.5m in less than 100 days. Under his guidance, delivering ve years of unprecedented growth, NMC became the rst Middle Eastern company to feature on the FTSE 100 with a market capitalization of over US$ 8bn. Prasanth also lead the NMC’s distribution services division which is now one of the largest in UAE in terms of its diverse product portfolio of over 100,000 SKUs. Products are imported from over 90 countries around the world and distributed to over 7,500 points of sale in the UAE. As an industry thought leader, Prasanth has authored articles giving his thoughts and views on Universal Healthcare via the National Health Scheme Programmes- India and his predictions on the GCC’s healthcare system. He has participated in the World Economic Forum meets at Davos, India and Africa (2018) as one of the panelists where he spoke about the topics of The Hospital of the Future and Tech in Health. The industry looks up to Prasanth as a turn-around-guy who with his ideas, and their implementation, on the use of technology in healthcare and the importance of community service in healthcare, has made his company rise above the rest while the healthcare industry in the geography still grapples with countless issues challenging its growth or even survival at times. Prasanth is a much sought-after domain expert in the various industry specific events and orations, in both Govt. and private, when it comes to subjects like, Healthcare in the UAE/GCC, Tech in Healthcare, the M&A in healthcare and the future of healthcare in terms of IVF, Long Term Care, Paediatrics, Geriatrics and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) like obesity, diabetes, hypertension etc. He has always been in the pursuit of excellence and has been well- recognised via awards and accolades from institutions across the board. Prasanth serves on the advisory boards of various government and elite organisations and is currently a member of the Strategic Council, Department of Health since March 2018. www.nmc.ae FIRM PROFILE NMC Healthcare is the largest private healthcare company in the UAE and ranks amongst the leading fertility service providers in the world. Over the last 46 years, NMC has earned the trust of millions, thanks to its personalized care, genuine concern and a sincere commitment to the overall well-being of the patient. NMC was the first company from Abu Dhabi to list on the London Stock Exchange and is now part of the premium FTSE 100 Index, an elite club of top 100 blue-chip companies by market cap. NMC’s strategic acquisitions coupled with its legacy institutions have allowed us to fill the service gap in our healthcare delivery system and offer a continuum of care to patients Today, the company has put the key components in place to create a strong, inter-connected, integrated multi-vertical and multi-brand private healthcare network with the scalability and flexibility to grow our operations in the future.