O.P. Manchanda is now CEO of Dr. Lal PathLabs

Company Brief

New Delhi, June 05, 2008

Dr. Lal PathLabs Pvt. Ltd, India’s largest medical diagnostics company, has effected three major changes at the top. While Mr. O.P. Manchanda has been elevated to the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Ravi Narula and marketing whiz Sameer Kaul have joined the pathology major as Head – Alliances Business and Marketing Head, respectively.

Mr. Manchanda joined Dr. Lal PathLabs Pvt. Ltd (LPL) as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in 2005. His elevation to the top job reflects the company’s commitment towards promoting excellence in a professional management-led organization.

Dr. Lal PathLabs CMD Dr Arvind Lal, while congratulating Mr. Manchanda said, “Om has been an inspiration to all the young professionals of the LPL family. We look forward to his continued leadership in LPL.”

LPL, under the stewardship of Mr. Manchanda, Mr. Kaul and Dr. Narula, plans to have a network of 50 laboratories across the country by March 2009 and expects to more than double the number of sample collection centres to touch 1,000 over the next four years.

The company also plans to set up 50 state-of-the-art Patient Service Centres (PSC) across India by mid-2008. Apart from all metros, these PSC’s will be located at mini-metros and tier-II cities across India. The initiative is a part of LPL’s constant endeavour to provide best possible diagnostic facilities to every Indian.

Mr. Manchanda said, “As LPL embarks on an aggressive growth through acquisitions and venturing into newer markets, I am confident that the combined expertise of my new colleagues Ravi Narula and Sameer Kaul and is going to help LPL in a big way.”

Mr. O P Manchanda has a diverse experience of over 18 years across sales, marketing and general management functions in business sectors such as FMCG, agri-biotech products and consumer healthcar.

Before joining LPL, Mr. Manchanda led the International & Innovation group of the Consumer Healthcare Division at Ranbaxy, India’s largest pharmaceutical company. He was part of the team responsible for launching Ranbaxy’s foray into consumer healthcare. Prior to Ranbaxy, Mr. Manchanda, an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad, has worked for Monsanto and Hindustan Lever (now Unilever).

Dr. Ravi Narula has over 18 years of experience in the diagnostic and healthcare industry. He graduated in Human Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry and holds a Masters degree in Medical Biochemistry, Ph.D in Medical Biochemistry from PGI, Chandigarh. He is also an MBA from FMS, Delhi University. Prior to joining LPL he has worked with Lumenis HK, Becton Dickinson, Wipro Biomed and Hospitals – India.

An MBA from Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia, Mr. Kaul is a marketing professional with over 10 years of industry experience. Prior to his current stint at LPL, he was the Deputy General Manager with Asahi India Glass, heading the marketing division of Windshield Experts. Earlier, he had worked with VJ Technologies, New York, USA and Oberoi Hotels, Bangalore.

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