Executive Management

Mr. Ganesh P Sabat is the Chief Executive Officer of Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (SMT) and has served in that position since April 01, 2013. Prior to this appointment, he held other positions within SMT since joining the group in February 2010, including Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for finance and accounts department.

Mr. Ganesh has more than 15 years of experience in corporate strategy and finance. He has cross-cultural as well as global exposure in medical devices, life sciences, chemical, and financial services industry.

Mr. Ganesh has earned his MBA from Washington University in Saint Louis, USA. He is also a Company Secretary from Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).

Mr. Abhijeet Singhvi joined Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (SMT) in 2010. He is the Sr. Vice President - R&D, QA & QC.

Mr. Abhijeet plays a key role in product development, quality compliance and product life cycle management at SMT. He has earned his Master’s in Biomedical Engineering degree from WPI (MA, USA).

Mr. Abhijeet has over 15 years of experience in the medical device industry including global work experience in class 3 medical devices.

Mr. Amit holds Chartered Accountancy degree from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Company Secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, and Executive Education Program from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, showcasing his dedication to academic excellence.

He has about 17 years of global experience, having worked with organizations such as Alkem Laboratories, Cipla and Tata Teleservices. Prior to joining SMT, Amit served as Vice President at Alkem Laboratories.

Mr. Piyush Savalia is a result-driven marketing expert with more than two decades of experience in interventional cardiology and the pharmaceutical industry. He has accomplished his B. Pharm from Mumbai University and holds an advanced diploma in Clinical Trials from ICRI.

Before joining Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (SMT), Mr. Piyush's previous stints were in Fulford India (a subsidiary of Merck and Co.) and VCL in a variety of leadership positions. He has launched some major coronary product brands in the interventional cardiology industry like Integrillin, Pronova, Supraflex, Supraflex Cruz, etc.

Mr. Piyush is a proven leader with notable success in taking the winning marketing ideas from concept to execution. He is involved in high impact marketing strategy development and product training to ensure seamless marketing and service interactions. Mr. Piyush has trained more than 400 employees across the globe over a decade while transforming the SMT marketing department from local to a global level. His strategic insights have helped achieve greater lengths for SMT.

Mr. Gaurav Goel has been a part of the senior management team of Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (SMT) since 2015. He is heading SMT business in Western Europe and leading the Corporate Strategy function spearheading the inorganic growth. He has earned B. Tech in Electronics and Communications from Kurukshetra University and MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, USA.

Mr. Gaurav has been influential in setting up and heading first SMT EU subsidiary and operations in Galway, Ireland in 2016. He is further leading the expansion network across Europe. He has created a significant network of direct and distributor sales force across Europe for SMT product portfolio.

Before joining SMT, Mr. Gaurav had worked in software engineering, investment banking, and management consulting across USA and India in companies such as Infosys, First National Bank of Omaha and Accenture Management Consulting.

Mr. Amod Bhave has done B.Sc. in Microbiology and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Pune with a diploma in Computer Management. He handles entire business development mandate pan India.

Effective April 2008, Mr. Amod started as an Area Manager in Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (SMT) and has grown leaps and bounds since then. He strongly believes in working for a cause and ‘giving back to society’. Being a natural leader that he is, he has always been passionate about identifying strengths in his team and utilising them towards a common goal.

In his 17 years journey in the business development field, Mr. Amod has been instrumental in building sustainable go-to-market strategy, with correct knack of handling crucial salesforce division. He has been associated with Hexacath India prior to SMT.

Effective April 2018, Mr. Narendra has taken over as a Vice President – Endovascular Business for Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (SMT). He has completed his MBA from Mumbai University & Masters Diploma in Global Strategic Management from Institute of Chartered Financial Accounting (ICFA).

Having been in the industry for 25 years, Mr. Narendra has been associated with organisations like Bayer, ICI Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Medtronic & Edwards Lifesciences. Prior to SMT, he was heading the Business Unit for Heart Valve & Cardiac Surgery for Edwards Lifesciences in the Indian subcontinent and HF & Tachy (CRDM) portfolio for Medtronic in South Asia.

Mr. Narendra has a thorough understanding of Interventional Cardiology, Endovascular Business, CRDM & Heart Valve business. He has also handled products in the field of Diabetology, Neurology & Dermatology.

Mr. Ajit Bhawar is working as Chief Operating Officer – Plant Operations in Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (SMT). He is an expert with over 22 years of experience in Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical industry. He has accomplished his master’s in industrial chemistry from Marathwada University and holds Diploma in QC& QAM from IPA, Pune. He holds approvals by FDA Maharashtra, Daman, and Gujarat for manufacturing, testing, and warehouse related activities.

Before joining SMT, Mr. Ajit was associated with Pregna International, Mayo India Limited & Concept Pharma in various leadership positions. He has also developed new products under Class II medical devices and has commissioned the IUD / IUCD / Balloon Catheter manufacturing projects in Daman (UT) as well as in Sachin, Gujarat.

Mr. Ajit is involved with Supply chain management for Maharashtra along with operations activities. He is leading project ‘Sanjeevani’ that was recently introduced at Telangana. (Project ‘Sanjeevani’ will be the largest Stent & Balloon Manufacturing facility in Asia). He is a leader with many skills with in-depth knowledge and strength to achieve the milestones with his winning ideas and concepts.

Mr. Russell Rozario is the Sr. Vice President of Human Resources at Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (SMT) since May 2017. He has graduated in the Science stream and is a post-graduate in Human Resource Management from Welingkars Institute, Mumbai.

Mr. Russell is currently heading the pan-India and International HR operations for SMT and has been influential in attracting the best talent not only across India but has also set up teams globally, streamlining HR processes and execution of business-specific HR initiatives. His strength in Human Resources includes manpower planning, talent acquisition, employee engagements, people & stakeholder management and Human Resource operations in general.

Mr. Russell's experience in HR at a leadership level has ranged in various industries like Retail, Hospitality, Medical Diagnostics, and BFSI. Prior to SMT, he was the VP-Human Resources of a multi-national diagnostic chain – Metropolis Healthcare Ltd leading the entire HR function pan-India and globally.

Mr. Girish Kewalramani has joined Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (SMT) in 2017 as Sr. Vice President - Information Technology. He has around 19 years of IT experience in managing and introducing advanced technologies, ERP systems, and mobility. He has successfully brought the benefits of IT to solve business challenges while managing costs and risks.

Prior to joining SMT, Mr. Girish has been associated with CEAT, Suzlon and Lupin in India, Australia and Fiji Islands in various leadership positions.

Mr. Ammad Shorbaji holds a BSC in Pharmacy and brings extensive experience in regulatory affairs where he secured class III devices CE-EU approvals. He has in-depth knowledge in global (Latin America, South East Asia, and MENA regions) regulatory requirements for high-risk medical devices including US-FDA, Health Canada and China.

Mr. Ammad has held positions in international sales and marketing with increased scope and responsibilities.

Mr. Rajiv Chhibber is a Senior Corporate Affairs, Policy, Communications & Media Strategist with experience across Pharmaceuticals / Medical Devices Industry, Development Sector (Health, Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Sustainable Development) and Education Industry.

At Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (SMT), Mr. Rajiv is responsible for driving strategic priorities & business vision with the Central and State Governments, Regulatory Agencies, Industry Bodies, NGOs and Associations in addition to advising on policy matters, advocacy, managing complex reputational issues, outreach & stakeholder engagement for the adoption of portfolio products.

Mr. Rajiv holds a Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Delhi University. He has a post-graduate diploma in Newspaper and Feature writing (Montgomery College, University of Maryland, USA) and pursued a Public Health Leadership in professional course in NCDs from Emory University, Atlanta USA and a Communications Development Programme in Public Health Engagement by Wellcome Trust, UK at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Aztec’s University (UNESCO), Mexico in the year June 2019 the field of 'Global Public Health Communication and Policy'.

Frank Guenther is our Vice President – Europe Commercials. He joined us as Asst. Vice President – Western Europe, wherein he was in-charge for the DACH region. SMT was a complete unknown name in DACH and today we are on our path to become one of the top 3 players within a span of 2 to 3 years. His positivity, leadership, team handling and strategic thoughts bring new dimensions to SMT.

He has over 25+ years of experience; his last assignment was as the President EMEA & Managing Director- Germany LeMaitre Vascular in his last assignment in Germany. He also held a position of Business Director at St. Jude Medical in Germany and was responsible for Direct operations in Germany with an employee strength of 400, and 400 m$ revenue. He had P&L responsibility for Structural Heart, CRM, AF, VASCULAR, Neuromodulation. In the past he was Regional Director and General Manager DACH responsible for direct operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He was Director Marketing Global DES and Coronary, Abbott Vascular, United States & General Manager, Abbott Vascular, Germany where he transformed the organization from a low profitability to a highly profitable organization, significantly overachieving plans twice in a row bringing Germany back to #1 top line country in EMEA.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Medical Science, and high proficiency in designing and executing Sales and Marketing Strategies, along with keenness to initiate and lead organizational transformation!