Ameera Shah

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Ameera Shah is an Indian businesswoman who is the Promoter & Managing Director of Metropolis Healthcare Limited (Metropolis Labs is a chain of diagnostic companies, with its central laboratory in Mumbai, Maharashtra). Under her authority and supervision, Metropolis raised standards of diagnostic accuracy, customer experience, empathetic service, technological equipment, and research.In the 1980s, Dr. Sushil Shah (father of Ameera Shah), a Mumbai-based pathologist, left for the US on a fellowship program and studied the methods and procedures of pathology there. He was fed up with the mediocre facilities available for conducting medical tests in India. After completing his studies in the US, he returned to India and started his own pathology laboratory, Dr. Sushil Shahs Path Lab in Gamdevi, Mumbai, from his garage. As a teenage girl, Ameera spent several summers and winter holidays assisting at her fathers lab writing receipts and bills, answering phone calls, and even cleaning patients arms before technicians drew blood samples.At the age of 21, at Goldman Sachs in New York, Ameera was working in a coveted position. But after a while, she quit the position as she didnt enjoy the financial services space. In 2001, on her return to India, her father asked her if she wanted to be an executive or an entrepreneur. He told her, In the first, you can have a great career, prestige and money. If thats what you want to do then you should stay in the US because thats where the best opportunities are. But if you want to create impact, if you want to be the heart and soul of a company where the work you do matters, then you need to be an entrepreneur. And for that you need to come back to India With no prior work experience, Ameera chose to be an entrepreneur.Dr. Sushil Shahs Laboratory was a 1500 square feet venture in South Mumbai when Ameera joined her fathers clinic in 2001. It was a reputed organization but within the limits of South Mumbai only. It was a sole proprietorship, with no computers, emails, systems, and processes. Ameera Shah knew that the growth and expansion of a business demanded functioning at a larger scale.In an interview, Ameera Shah said that she was the bosss daughter, and initially, people believed that she was having fun, and pursuing entrepreneurship as a hobby. She explained, People assume that youre privileged, that you dont actually have to be responsible and follow any rules. But the minute you are not those things, people see it. In the first few months people realized that I was there for building a business. I was working longer hours than everybody else. I was taking standing at the front desk and talking to patients and taking the shouting and firing when necessary. I was not running away from anything or sitting in a comfortable cabin; I was willing to lead from the front..In May 2011, in an interview, Ameera was asked who was her role model. She explained that she admired the principles and dedication of Mahatma Gandhi towards his nation (India). She further told that she followed Warren Buffet and Bill Gates because of their unique contribution to society. She said, I admire different characteristics In different leaders. I admire Mahatma Gandhi for his principles and dedication, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates for their actions to give back to society, my mother and father for being professionally successful and wonderful parents, and all sports achievers for their determination and passion..In an interview, in 2014, when Ameera was asked what did she like to do when she didnt work. She said, Spending time in the outdoors with the sun on my face and the wind in my hair..While addressing 70 managers, who had come in from locations all over India, Sri Lanka, Ghana, and Mauritius, Ms. Shah, at a company get-together, talked about the values of accuracy and empathy towards humans. She said, We are not dealing with soap, which was half in size when you bought it; we are dealing with life and death, where a lab result determines somebodys treatment. If that treatment goes wrong because of your diagnosis, then there should be a very heavy price to pay..Under the leadership of Ms. Ameera Shah, Metropolis has also gained extraordinary value for its stakeholders by keeping the highest standards of corporate governance and ethics in business. In April 2019, Metropolis provided a 9% premium to its stakeholders, successfully. Some reputed private equity investors in India did 3 rounds of investment in Metropolis because of its unique growth model and competitive advantage.At the Empower enclave 2019, while talking about the attributes of an entrepreneur, Ameera said, If you as an entrepreneur are risk-averse then the company will be risk-averse, if you are not organized, the business will not be organized. So it is important to work on yourself as an entrepreneur parallel to building the business, find your weakness and make them stronger and do the same for the company..