Quality Care, one among India's largest hospital chains backed by private equity (PE) investors Blackstone and TPG, on Thursday announced two key appointments to its leadership to drive the hospital platform’s rapid growth in South Asia.
It named Dr Hari Prasad, as Group chairman & non-executive director and Varun Khanna as the Group managing director
Prasad, with over 30 years of experience, was most recently the president of Apollo Group Hospitals, where he played a pivotal role in shaping the journey of Apollo Hospitals having overseen the growth from 1,200 beds to 10,000 beds. He also serves as the executive chairman of Society for Emergency Medicine, India. He has been honored with a Fellowship by Royal College of Emergency Medicine, UK and International Federation of Emergency Medicine. He has helped establish Apollo Health City in Hyderabad, Asia’s first operational health city.
Varun Khanna has more than 14 years of experience in the healthcare sector and was most recently the managing director of Healthcare Business & Investments at Siloam Hospitals Group, Indonesia (a $2 billion market cap hospital chain), where he grew EBITDA from $30 million to $130 million (Canadian dollars) and he is also the chairman at Sahyadri Hospitals, India. He has been a key figure in growing mature multinational med-tech companies and healthcare organizations across India, South Asia and ASEAN.
Quality Care is a pan-India network with over 4,500 beds under the umbrella of CARE Hospitals, KIMSHEALTH, and Evercare Bangladesh.