Managing Partner at Novo Holdings · Joined 2020
View Live Interactive Profile →Amit Kakar joined Novo Holdings Asia in August 2020 as Head of Asia and is Managing Partner, sitting on the firm's Life Science Leadership Team. He leads investments and partnerships across the region, focusing on China, Japan, Singapore and Southeast Asia. Novo Holdings says he has more than 25 years of healthcare experience with senior management roles in India, China, Singapore and the United States. He was previously with Everlife Asia in Singapore as Head of M&A and Business Development, with Avenue Capital Group as Head of healthcare investments for Asia and with GE Healthcare in several senior leadership positions. He is a medical doctor with a postgraduate degree in radiation and nuclear medicine from Tata Memorial Hospital and Cancer Centre in Mumbai.