Metropolis Healthcare Limited announced that at its board meeting held on February 2, 2024, accepted and took note of cessation of Ms. Neha Shah from the post of `Interim Company Secretary and Compliance Officer' of the Company with effect from February 03, 2024. Approved the Appointment of Mr. Kamlesh Kulkarni as `Company Secretary & Compliance Officer' of the Company with effect from February 03, 2024. Approved the appointment of Mr. Avadhut Joshi as "Chief Business Development Officer", as part of Senior Management Personnel with effect from February 02, 2024.

Approved the elevation of Mr. Umesh Rai from "Head Digital Marketing" to "Head Emerging Business", as part of Senior Management Personnel with effect from February 02, 2024. Mr. Kamlesh Kulkarni is a qualified Company Secretary from ICSI, New Delhi and a law graduate with over 14 years of experience in corporate secretarial and legal function. He is a PG holder in capital market management and taxation laws.

Mr. Kulkarni was previously associated with Wipro Limited and has worked with Greaves Cotton Ltd, Cipla Ltd. and Silverdale investment banking in the past. He has extensive experience in legal and compliance framework, drafting, corporate restructuring, due diligence, policy making, stakeholder management and implementing best governance practices and has worked on numerous cross-border /domestic mergers & acquisitions, fund raising, euro issues, corporate actions, joint venture and integrations etc. Mr. Avadhut Joshi is a seasoned leader in the healthcare space with an experience spanning 21+ years.

Prior to joining Metropolis Healthcare Limited, he was associated with organizations like Rivaara Labs and SRL Diagnostics. This is second stint with the Company. During his last stint at Rivaara Labs, Mr. Joshi was involved in managing investor relations, setting up critical functions that fuelled the organizations growth, building the R&D pipeline for strategic development and scaling up the overall operations.

Mr. Joshi will head the International Business of the Company in its next phase of growth along with the entire business of SBU-5. He will also spearhead the Merger & Acquisitions portfolio for the group. Additionally, he will work closely with the Chief Financial Officer on further strengthening the Investor Relations for the organisation. On the academic front, Mr. Joshi has done PG Diploma in Business Administration from CSPS, London and B. Pharma from Shivaji University.

Mr. Umesh Rai has over 23 years of proven successful experience in building roadmaps for all Marketing initiatives including marketing organization creation, Brand Building, Digital Transformation, Digital Marketing, Retail Marketing, Product Creation & Communication, Strengthening Sales Organization & Driving Marketing Operations in a cost-effective manner. He has been instrumental in Pathology Business transforming Marketing initiatives, Brand Building, and Creating Marketing Organization for Digital & Retail businesses both for B2C & B2B and Road map creation for D2C Business. His previous assignment was with Reliance JIO, where he worked as Head - Digital Transformation & GTM.

Prior to that he was associated with organizations like Tata Docomo and Idea Cellular. On the academic front Mr. Rai has done MBA in Marketing from NYSS Institute, Nagpur University and Mechanical Engineering from Yashwantrao Chavan College of Engineering.