Bhaskar Iyer
Significant Roles
Operating Partner/Advisor, Advent International/Quadria Capital/EQT/Bain Capital; Corporate Officer & Head of Abbott, India; President, India and Emerging markets, Wockhardt
Domain/Industry
Pharma
Leading edge skills
Change Management, Strategic Planning, Marketing Strategy, Sales Strategy, Supply Chain
Bio
Bhaskar is a strategic business leader with over four decades of experience in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry spanning country management, global leadership and Board Directorship roles.
He currently works as an Operating Partner at Advent International, a global Private Equity firm. He is also an Operating Advisor for a Healthcare-focussed Private Equity firm, Quadria Capital. He operates as a Senior Advisor for EQT and Bain Capital. He is on the Boards of RPG Life Sciences, Themis Medicare Ltd and Corona Remedies as an Independent Director.
Prior to joining Advent as an Operating Partner, Bhaskar was a Corporate Officer with Abbott Healthcare, the largest MNC Healthcare company in India, with three Managing Directors and all functional Heads of the Pharmaceutical Business reporting to him. He was responsible for a turnover upwards of USD 1billion and 12000 employees. He has held global leadership positions with Wockhardt in India and Astra Zeneca in Asia Pacific based in Singapore and country management positions in Astra Zeneca, Nicholas Piramal India Ltd, ICI Pharmaceuticals and senior roles in Glaxo India Ltd.
Bhasker has a Bachelor’s degree in Science and a Masters in Marketing Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. A prolific reader, Bhaskar also enjoys travelling and discovering new places.
Location
Mumbai
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