Dr. Shanthi Bansal is the CEO – Apollo hospital. A highly motivated and entrepreneurial healthcare leader with clinical body of work in anaesthesiology, cardiac sciences, oncology, and critical care. She has led many Greenfield and Brownfield hospitals to financial health and excellence in clinical care by hand holding and supporting clinician teams. Her focus has been team building and process driven organization. With a proven capability of leading, motivating, and developing staff of diverse backgrounds and expertise across multiple operations in the hospitals, she is a leader who demonstrates value creation-based healthcare delivery. The foundation of data in healthcare and its importance in today’s digitally driven healthcare industry and health outcomes are the basis of her leadership skills. She is a strong, independent woman who believes in taking charge of her work life. Her understanding of day-to-day complexities in healthcare leadership and handling it with firmness, kindness and compassion amalgamated with knowledge of strategizing to overcome the challenges of healthcare industry define her as a healthcare leader par excellence.