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KPJ Healthcare appoints Suriaghandi Suppiah as new chief operating officer
BERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 -- KPJ Healthcare Bhd has appointed Suriaghandi Suppiah as its new chief operating officer (COO), effective today, replacing Nik Zainon Yussoff, who is leaving to pursue other interests.
The company said in a statement today that Suriaghandi was formerly the chief transformation officer who led KPJ Healthcare’s ongoing transformation, including its digitalisation roadmap.
He has held numerous leadership roles prior to his time with the company, including as COO of Parkway Laboratory Services under Parkway Group Healthcare and Hospital Operations deputy general manager in Pantai Holdings Berhad.
Suriaghandi holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) degree from Monash University, Australia and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, the United States.
He is also an alumnus of the ASEAN Senior Management Development Programme from Harvard Business School as well as the Genovasi-organised Design Thinking School by Stanford School.
Meanwhile, KPJ president and managing director, Ahmad Shahizam Mohd Shariff said Suriaghandi is a proven leader with over 24 years’ experience in various aspects of business operations.
"He also has proven expertise in investments, energy, healthcare, asset management and property with an emphasis on strategy, business turnaround and expansion, which will benefit the company in our next phase of product and expansion, innovation and growth," he said.
