Girish Pai

Girish Pai is an accomplished and enterprising business leader with around 18 years of diverse experience in the healthcare industry, covering medical devices, diagnostic equipment, consumer health, and health tech.

Throughout his career, he has demonstrated expertise in leading, building, and transforming businesses of various sizes and at different growth stages across a wide range of products and services.

His experience spans from managing mass-distributed consumer products in a B2C distribution model to specialized medical devices and healthcare technology services in complex B2B settings.

Girish has established businesses from the ground up in challenging markets across Africa and Asia and is a firm believer in fostering high-performance teams and organizations driven by shared vision, innovative strategies, and flawless execution.

Key areas of his expertise include P&L and business leadership, general management, multi-country stakeholder management, consultative selling, international business, project management, healthcare and consumer marketing, product and portfolio management, and new product innovation from concept to market launch.

He holds an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies and a bachelor's degree in engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology.

Girish Pai has held various leadership positions, including Chief Business Officer at PharmaSecure, Executive Vice President, Vice President, and Director at PharmaSecure, General Manager in Healthcare Marketing at Philips, Marketing Head at Johnson & Johnson, Brand Manager at Cavin Kare, Customer Marketing Manager at GSK Consumer HealthCare, and roles at Dabur in brand and sales management.