Apollo Hospitals Appoints Dr Ritu Mittal Garg as CEO for Multi-Region India

The latest appointment comes ahead of Dr. Madhu Sasidhar's departure from his position as President and CEO of Apollo Hospitals' Hospitals Division on 14 November 2026, following the completion of his tenure.

Apollo Hospitals has appointed Dr Ritu Mittal Garg as Chief Executive Officer for Multi-Region India as part of a leadership restructuring aimed at strengthening operations and supporting the hospital group's growth strategy.

In her new role, Dr Garg will oversee operations in India's North, Central, Western, and Eastern regions.

Further, Mittal is expected to provide strategic oversight of the Partner Hospitals network.

Sharing about her appointment in a social post, Dr Garg, CEO, Apollo Hospitals, said, “I am excited and honoured to share that I have joined Apollo Hospitals as Chief Executive Officer -Multi Regions, overseeing the North, Central, Western, and Eastern regions in India, along with strategic oversight of our Partner Hospitals network.”

In her new role, she will work with the teams to support the group's continued growth and transformation.

“I look forward to learning from an institution with such a remarkable legacy, working alongside our teams, and bringing my own experience and perspectives to contribute to its continued growth and transformation,” she added.

Dr. Garg brings over two decades of experience in hospital leadership, healthcare operations, business strategy, enterprise growth, and innovation.

She held diverse senior leadership positions at leading hospitals in India, including Fortis Healthcare and Sakra World Hospitals.

Prior to joining Apollo, she spent 16 years at Fortis Healthcare, where she held several leadership positions, including Chief Growth and Innovation Officer and Zonal Director.

As a Chief Growth and Innovation Officer, she led the organization’s comprehensive growth and transformation agenda, new vertical development, and innovation and strategic initiatives for revenue growth, building new business models, and scaling high-impact healthcare solutions across the network.

She also served as the Zonal Director of Fortis, where she oversaw the facility's overall operations, financial performance, and business turnaround. She led a workforce of approximately 2,000 employees and worked with clinicians to develop specialised centres of excellence.

At Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), she was also associated with the development of clinical centres across neurosciences, oncology, orthopaedics, renal sciences, cardiac sciences, and organ transplantation. Her portfolio included initiatives involving bone marrow transplantation, haematology, and robotic surgery.

She previously served as the VP of Medical Strategy and Business Development at Sakra World Hospital, where she led group-wide strategic expansion, financial planning, and Greenfield/Brownfield project evaluations, driving clinical strategy, quality benchmarks and accreditation, and clinical leadership development.

The latest appointment comes ahead of Dr. Madhu Sasidhar's departure from his position as President and CEO of Apollo Hospitals' Hospitals Division on 14 November 2026, following the completion of his tenure. During his leadership, Dr Sasidhar contributed to clinical excellence and the advancement of the group's digital health capabilities.

The new appointment is intended to ensure continuity and strengthen leadership of the hospital group before Dr Sasidhar’s exit as the Group CEO.

It forms a part of the wider leadership changes by Apollo including the appointment of Anand Wasker as Chief Business Officer for International Operations and Dr N. Venkatesan as Chief Procurement Officer.

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