Abbott India Limited informed that upon recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors have approved the appointment of Ms Richa Tripathi as Associate Director - Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE) and Project Management Office (PMO) effective August 3, 2023. She will be part of the Senior Management team of the Company. Richa has close to 12 years of experience as a strategy, growth, and business transformation professional.

She is joining the Company from Accenture, where she has worked for 4+ years as a strategy consultant within the Pharma and FMCG space. Prior to that she spent close to 5 years with Cipla across 3 key roles - Marketing Strategy, M&A and GCEO and MD's Office (Strategic projects). Her core skill lies in evaluating business needs and subsequently designing and implementing sustainable solutions through cross-functional collaborations with internal and external stakeholders to drive growth.

She has built a strong acumen in functional areas like portfolio strategy, business expansion, spend strategy, route-to-market, and market entry as well as M&A deals for business diversification and streamlining while leading diverse teams towards successful results across her projects. Richa is an engineering graduate from VJTI with a Master's degree in Management from ISB Hyderabad.