Dr. Hasit Joshipura

Venture Partner at Eight Roads Ventures

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Biography

Dr. Hasit Joshipura is a Venture Partner with the Eight Roads Healthcare team in India. His profile states he joined to offer strategic support to portfolio companies and founders. It records a career beginning at Tata Administrative Services, then Unilever Group of Companies India in sales, marketing and business management roles, then President of Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceutical business and an executive director of that company, then Senior Vice President South Asia and Managing Director India of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited, with chairmanships of GSK Bangladesh, a locally listed entity, and GSK Sri Lanka. The profile states he currently serves on the board of Schneider Electric India Private Limited as a non-executive director and chairs its CSR and ESG committee.

Education

• Electrical Engineering, Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute (VJTI), Mumbai University
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
• PhD, School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
• Law degree

Previous Experience

• Tata Administrative Services
• Unilever Group of Companies, India
• President, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals and Executive Director of the company
• Senior Vice President South Asia and Managing Director India, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited
• Chairman, GSK Bangladesh
• Chairman, GSK Sri Lanka
• Independent Director, L&T Technology Services Limited

Board Seats

• Schneider Electric India Private Limited - non-Executive Director and Chair of the CSR and ESG committee

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