Col. Harinder Singh Chehal

Col. Harinder Singh Chehal is currently Group Director and Chief Executive Officer (Cluster 2) at Max Healthcare. He has over 43 years of experience and is responsible for hospital operations, business development, service excellence and quality management for Max Super Speciality Hospitals at Patparganj, Vaishali, Noida Sector-19, Noida Sector-128, Mohali, Bathinda, Dehradun and Lucknow.

Prior to Max Healthcare, he was Chief Operating Officer, NCR at Fortis Healthcare, managing all clinical and non-clinical operations, the formulation and execution of growth strategy, compliance and governance and various operational excellence strategies for the organization.

He is an Army veteran with numerous awards and accolades to his name. He served with tanks in the Armoured Corps and flew helicopters in the Army Aviation Corps. He opted for premature retirement in April 2008 after commanding 71 Armoured Regiment and completed a certificate course in Business Administration from IIM Ahmedabad. Albeit less exciting, but an equally illustrious career followed when he decided to join the healthcare sector. His zealous nature and passion for excellence saw him rise rapidly through the ranks to become the COO of Fortis Healthcare in January 2016.