The Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, past Chair of the UK India Business Council, a former Secretary of State for Health and currently Chair of the NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board and Richard Heald OBE, current Chair, jointly hosted a special UKIBC Chair’s Dinner on Monday 3 June 2024 with principal guest, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson at Biocon, to explore global healthcare issues.
Ms Mazumdar-Shaw is one of India’s leading business people and an entrepreneur as well as a significant philanthropist. She founded Biocon in 1978. Biocon has since grown into India’s largest biopharmaceutical company manufacturing generic active pharmaceutical ingredients that are sold in approximately 120 countries, including the United States and Europe. Quoted on the Bombay Stock Exchange it has a market cap of Rps365bn. The focus of the discussion was healthcare – one of UKIBC’s key focus sectors – including gender equity in the health and care workforce, within science, R&D and in healthcare itself, with a unique opportunity for guests to have insightful conversations on this fast-moving and vital sector.
Among the guests were Richard McCullum, Group Chief Executive Officer of the UKIBC; Professor Sir Robert Lechler, Non-Executive Director, NHS England; Dr Vin Dawker, Interim National Director of Transformation, NHS England; Tanuj Kapilashrami, Chief Strategy & Talent Officer, Standard Chartered; Rishi Das-Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, Health Innovation Network; Kumsal Bayazit, Chief Executive Officer, Elseveir; Dr Nermeen Varawalla, MD, PhD, MBA, Chair, Atorvia Health Technologies; Dr Anne Lepetit, Global Chief Medical Officer, BUPA Global; Mucahel Urwick Montague, Director, Public Affairs, Hinduja Foundation; Dr Christine Armistead, Director, Head of Health Consulting and Life Sciences, Grant Thornton; Dr Siddarth Arora, Departmental Lecturer in Management Science, University of Oxford; Jenny Harte, Chief Lead Partner, KPMG; Richard Cotton, International Director, The University of Manchester; Priya Oberoi, Founding General Partner, Goddess Gaia Ventures and Dr Lopa Patel MBE, Chair, Diversity UK.
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The UK India Business Council (UKIBC) supports businesses with the insights, networks, policy advocacy, services, and facilities needed to succeed in the UK and India. Working with the both Governments and other influential and connected partners, it ensures business interests are conveyed. Its membership network is at the heart of its support. Through a wide variety of events and member-only Sector Policy Groups, UKIBC enables businesspeople to meet each other, identify potential partners, suppliers and customers, and to learn from top business leaders and commentators, including those on our Advisory Council.
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