Girish Rao is currently Managing Director of Vidal Healthcare Services Private Limited (Vidal Health). He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering (1984) and a Masters in Marketing Studies from Mumbai University (1986). During his illustrious business career, Girish has spearheaded many domestic and international assignments and initiatives across several industry sectors.

He co-founded Vidal Health TPA Private Limited (formerly ‘TTK Healthcare TPA Pvt. Ltd.’), in 2002 perceiving the potential of India’s emerging healthcare sector in India. As a founder CEO of Vidal Health TPA Private Limited, he has been instrumental in building it into India’s leading Third-Party Administrator (TPA), servicing leading public and private sector insurance companies.

He is an active member of various business groups and health and insurance related regulatory bodies, helping in designing and implementing policy for health and insurance sector.

His current key Positions of Responsibility are as follows:

• Member of Insurance Advisory Committee, IRDAI
• Member of Health Insurance Forum, IRDAI
• Executive Committee member of General Insurance Council (GIC)
• Chairperson of FICCI’s Health Insurance Committee
• Director, Horwood Homewares Limited, UK

His earlier positions of responsibility include:

• Former Member, Panel for National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (NCMH)
• Former MD & CEO, Nova Medical Centres Pvt. Ltd., India’s first stand alone Day Care Surgical Centre
• Former Managing Director, Strategic Development – Health, Asia, Swiss Re
• Former Member of the Health Advisory Board of British Telecom, 2008