• Elevated from Executive Director, Vivek has taken over the new role from April 1,  2021 

Vivek Kanade has been named as the Managing Director of Siemens Healthcare Private  Limited (SHPL), India, effective April 1, 2021. SHPL is the wholly owned subsidiary company of  the global MedTech company, Siemens Healthineers AG (listed in Frankfurt, Germany: SHL). 

Vivek will continue to lead the business for Siemens Healthineers India including, manufacturing,  sales and distribution, strategy for “Zone India”, comprising of neighboring countries like  Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives. 

During his association with Siemens for over 27 years, he has held various positions across  diverse functions in Sales, Service Management, Regional Management and Modality  Management. Vivek’s priorities have been ensuring Siemens Healthineers strategic growth,  defining and executing roadmap to maintain momentum in Indian market whilst strengthening  its presence in the zone. He has been leading the team in Zone India towards the common goal  of shaping the future of healthcare, so that medicine becomes more precise and affordable,  value is at the heart of care delivery, patients are treated as consumers, and healthcare becomes  digital.  

Before moving into Siemens Healthineers in India, his last assignment was as Vice President of  Global Sales and Marketing for the Refurbished Business, based out of Forchheim, Germany.