Mr. Surendran Chemmenkotil

Mr. Surendran Chemmenkotil is the Chief Executive Officer of Metropolis Healthcare Limited. He is a seasoned leader with 34 years of rich and diverse experience across consumer facing companies such as Xerox India Limited and Bharti Airtel Limited. He joined Metropolis in January 2023.

Prior to Metropolis, Mr Surendran was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Airtel Networks Ltd, Nigeria, a leading telecommunications company in Nigeria and the biggest market for Airtel Africa. He possesses vast working experience across geographies, functions, and businesses.

Mr. Surendran commenced his career as a Customer Engineer at Xerox India Limited and was later promoted to the position of Head of Outsource and Customer Satisfaction at the national level. He then joined Bharti Airtel Limited., in 2003 and has worked across several verticals and roles throughout the country. He served as the CEO for Airtel Northeast & Assam Circle and later assumed the role of CEO for Karnataka circle from 2015-2021, which is Airtel’s flagship market. In this capacity, he oversaw Mobile, Broadband and Enterprise lines of business between 2013 and 2015.

On the education front, Mr. Surendran holds a Bachelor of Engineering with a specialization in Electronics and Power from Regional Engineering College, Nagpur, and an MBA from Annamalai University.