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Healthcare platform Practo has announced a new leadership structure as it enters its next phase of growth. Founder and CEO Shashank ND Singh has been elevated to Managing Director and Executive Chairman, while former Chief Operating Officer Jagnoor Singh has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective September 1, 2026. As Executive Chairman, Shashank will continue to oversee Practo’s overall vision, product and strategy. He will also focus on long-term innovation, capital strategy, inorganic growth and corporate development. Jagnoor Singh joined Practo as COO in January 2025 and has been leading the company’s growth strategy and expansion into new markets. Before Practo, he held senior operating roles at Bharti Airtel, Unacademy and OYO. As CEO, he will oversee Practo’s strategy, growth and operations across its global markets. Practo has also expanded the roles of several long-standing leaders. Siddhartha Nihalani, co-founder, has been appointed COO-B2C, while Rowel Coelho, previously Head of Monetization, will serve as COO-B2B. Co-founder Abhinav Lal has been named Chief Scientist and will lead the company’s work on AI research and partnerships in healthcare. The leadership changes come as Practo expands its consumer platform into the UAE and US. The company claims it is growing 40% year-on-year and has remained profitable for the past two and a half years. Practo currently connects users with more than 700,000 doctors and healthcare providers globally and operates its hospital management platform Insta across 1,200 facilities.
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