Ravi is a health tech industry expert, an international entrepreneur and investor, and a progressive thinker on the role of technology and its impact on human lives.
Early in his career, he was responsible for product development for KPMG’s Health Systems business, where he went on to become chief technology officer and executive director of iSOFT, a UK FTSE 250-listed public company, specialising in health tech.
Currently, Ravi works and lives between India and the UK, and is chair of ZANEC, a venture building company inspiring, innovating and investing in disruptive business models.
He loves the energy of start-ups and serves on the boards or holds advisory positions with a wide range of early stage ventures, including e-Cargoware (a European air-cargo logistics platform company), CyberLiver (a European digital therapeutics company), and Patient Safety (a start-up building tools like mobilesoap; a disinfection and hygiene platform for mobile devices).
Ravi also co-chairs the British Business Group in South India, Chennai, actively works with UK Department of Trade and Investment to promote trade between UK and India extending into commonwealth countries, and serves as a member of the board of trustees at The Lazarus trust, a not-for-profit, multi-academy education trust in the UK.
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