Ameera Shah is the Promoter and Executive Chairperson of Metropolis Healthcare Limited, which she has built from a doctor-led practice into the second-largest diagnostic chain across India and Africa. Metropolis is the most respected scientific brand in diagnostics, operating in over 700 towns in India, implicitly trusted by doctors and caring for tens of millions of patients each year. Over the past two decades, she has driven the company’s remarkable growth and corporate evolution, including raising three rounds of private equity funding and taking Metropolis public in 2019, delivering industry-leading performance and strong returns for investors. 

Ameera’s achievements have been widely recognized through numerous awards and speaking invitations. She received the Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ Award in Healthcare for 2021. She is one of only three women to have received this award in the past 20 years and is the youngest woman ever to receive it. She has been named one of ‘Asia’s Power Businesswomen’ by Forbes Asia and included among the ‘Fifty Most Powerful Women in Business’ by both Fortune India and Business Today. 

A finance graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, Ameera is also an alumnus of the Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management Program (OPM). In addition to serving on the boards of several esteemed companies, including Torrent Pharma and ACC Limited (part of the Adani Group), she is a global advisor to leading universities and corporations. She has held senior leadership roles in influential industry bodies and currently serves as President of NATHealth (Healthcare Federation of India), an apex organization shaping healthcare policy and the future of the sector in India.