Chetan Makam

Managing Director
TERUMO PENPOL Pvt Limited

Chetan Makam leads Terumo Penpol as its Managing Director with accountability for the India operations and businesses. In addition, as Vice President, Global Services, Terumo BCT, Chetan leads a globally integrated service team encompassing all the post-sales customer facing functions, across 130 countries.

He brings over 25+ years of experience in the medical device/blood and cell / healthcare and other industries range from creating and running businesses, general management, strategic marketing, product management, sales and new business development, business process consulting, manufacturing, R&D and operations. Having worked in various parts of the world he brings a unique perspective and understanding of various cultures and people.

Chetan is a member of the Executive Team of Terumo BCT and is trained as a LEAN Six Sigma Master Blackbelt.

He has an MBA (cum laude) from Babson College, an M.S. in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and a B.S. (Gold Medalist) in Polymer Engineering from the University of Poona, India.

Chetan is an avid reader and is an amateur numismatist and is based in Colorado.

Faith Chua

Director

Faith Chua is the Regional Controller of Terumo BCT in APAC, based in Singapore. She currently serves in the Board of Directors in Terumo BCT companies and is responsible for all finance support activities to the commercial team in APAC. She is a seasoned strategic finance business partner with more than 20 years of experience in various industries (Medical, Technology, Oil & Gas, Shipping). Strong in controllership, international taxation & finance transformation, she brings to the business knowledge and experience to respond to dynamic changes in the environment.

In her recent roles in Microsoft & Infineum, she had successfully led finance transformation through outsourcing, optimizing resources & process improvements.

Faith received a Bachelor degree in accountancy from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and is a fellow member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Manoj A

Wholetime Director
Vice President- Global Product Development and Engineering

As Vice President, Innovation & Development- India, Manoj leads the Disposables development, Medical Equipment development and Scientific studies. He reports to Terumo BCT Inc. and is a member of the global I&D leadership team. India team partners with Terumo BCT sites in US, Japan, Belgium, Vietnam and Northern Ireland on collaborative projects.

Manoj started his career as a Production engineer in Penpol in 1986 in the early days of establishing blood bags factory. He played a key role in the company in developing and establishing manufacturing processes, Quality systems, Quality Assurance, Product Development, Regulatory and Engineering. Following the joint venture, he was instrumental in transferring Terumo technology to India.

Manoj held various positions in Terumo Penpol including head of Factory, Production, Quality, Product Development, Project Management and Management representative. He has wide international experience including working in Middle East in Senior Management position in medical device domain. He has extensive experience in developing products and process and establishing medical device facilities and Quality systems.

He is a member of several committees of Bureau of Indian Standards, a trained medical device auditor, lead auditor for QMS and Life member of IIIE.

Manoj has a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Trivandrum and Post Graduate Diploma in Plastics Engineering from Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, Chennai.