Ameera Shah
Ameera Shah (born 24 September 1979 ) is an Indian entrepreneur and the Managing Director of Metropolis Healthcare, a multinational chain of pathology centers based in Mumbai, with presence in seven countries. She is the daughter of Dr Sushil Shah, the founder and chairman of Metropolis Healthcare. She has been honored as a 2015 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. She was named to Fortune India's "Most Powerful Women in Business" list in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Shah was featured in the list of Forbes India's Tycoons of Tomorrow 2018. Early life. Ameera Shah was  born to Dr. Sushil Shah, a pathologist, and Dr. Duru Shah, a gynaecologist. She belongs to a family of doctors in Mumbai. Her elder sister Aparna Shah is a geneticist. She studied commerce at junior college in H.R. College of Commerce and Economics. She obtained a degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin. She used to work with Goldman Sachs in New York. Later, she completed the Owner-President Management Program at Harvard Business School. Shah is an industry spokesperson and has been featured as a speaker in various National and International forums, industry events and conclaves . She has spoken at events organized by Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Harvard Business School, TED, and CII. Career. Metropolis Healthcare. She took over her father's pathology business- Metropolis Lab in 2001. She subsequently transformed a single diagnostic lab which had a revenue of about $1.5 million and 40 employees, to Metropolis Healthcare, a multinational chain of 125 diagnostic labs with $90 million in revenue and 4,500 employees. She successfully led the listing of the company in April 2019. Board memberships and affiliations. She serves as a Board Member of Marico Kaya Enterprises Limited and the Managing  Director of Metropolis Healthcare Limited. She is presently the Independent Director at Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited., Shoppers Stop Limited and Kaya Limited She is an advisor to Baylor College of Medicine. She is also on the global advisory board of AXA. Shah has also served as secretary of the Indian Association of Pathology Laboratories (IAPL) and co-chairperson of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Health Services Committee in 2012. Empoweress. In 2017, Shah founded "Empoweress", a not-for-profit initiative for women-led businesses to find advice, mentorship and micro-funding.