Ms. Ameera Shah

Ameera Shah is the Executive Chairperson and Whole-time Director of Metropolis Healthcare Limited, which she has built from a doctor-led practice into the second-largest diagnostic chain across India and Africa. Metropolis is the most respected scientific brand in diagnostics, operating in over 700 towns in India, implicitly trusted by doctors and caring for tens of millions of patients each year. Over the past two decades, she has driven the company’s remarkable growth and corporate evolution, including raising three rounds of private equity funding and taking Metropolis public in 2019, delivering industry-leading performance and strong returns for investors.

Ameera's achievements have been widely recognized through numerous awards and speaking invitations. She received the Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ Award in Healthcare for 2021. She is one of only three women to have received this award in the past 20 years and is the youngest woman ever to receive it. She has been named one of ‘Asia’s Power Businesswomen’ by Forbes Asia and included among the ‘Fifty Most Powerful Women in Business’ by both Fortune India and Business Today.

Ameera holds a degree in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School (OPM Program). In addition to serving on the boards of several prestigious companies and acting as a global advisor to renowned universities and corporations, she has held senior-level positions in key industry bodies that influence policy decisions at the national level. Currently, she serves as Sr. Vice-President of NATHealth (Healthcare Federation of India).