Speakers
Keynote Speakers

Sudhir Kandarth
Veeva
General Manager, APAC

Sudhir Kandarth
Veeva General Manager, APAC
Sudhir is responsible for Veeva’s commercial suite of solutions across the Asia Pacific. The market spans Australia, South East Asia, Korea and India. Additionally, Sudhir is also the Regional Manager for South East Asia & India and is responsible for customer success in the region. Sudhir has over 16 years experience working in the Enterprise Software and Pharmaceutical Industry. Prior to setting up Veeva India’s operations in January 2015, Sudhir worked at Oracle Health Sciences Global Business Unit in Mumbai. In this role he was responsible for enabling pharma companies to adopt strategies and solutions to manage clinical trials, clinical operations, pharmacovigilance and safety. Sudhir also launched strategic initiatives at Dr.Reddy’s, leading large scale field sales deployment projects with one of the earliest technology led Sales Force automation projects in 2001. Sudhir has held roles in Consulting, Sales, Business Development and Alliances with SAS India, IBM Software and IBM GBS. Sudhir holds an MBA from North Maharashtra University.

Giorgio Castellini
Veeva
Sr Director, CRM Product Management APAC

Giorgio Castellini
Veeva Sr Director, CRM Product Management APAC
As Senior Director, Product Management Commercial Cloud, Giorgio is responsible for the definition and prioritisation of the roadmap for all Veeva CRM products, ensuring that Veeva delivers the best-in-class solution for the APAC region. Giorgio also supports the growth of the region and the expansion in new emerging markets, investigating and understanding the nuances of each country. Giorgio has worked in the pharma industry for over 13 years, evolving from a leadership role in EMEA support, to Professional Services to Product Management. He has managed regional and global CRM implementations for enterprise customers in both Rx and OTC at Veeva. Prior to joining Veeva in 2012, Giorgio worked at Eli Lilly as an external consultant for 9 years, leading their Regional Support CoE out of Italy and building knowledge in Clinical Operations, Global Product Safety, MedInfo, Sales and Marketing.

Tristan Tan
Veeva
VP, Data Cloud, Asia

Tristan Tan
Veeva VP, Data Cloud, Asia
Tristan leads the strategy and direction for Veeva’s data products in Asia, outside of China. This includes ownership of Veeva’s Data Cloud and OpenData products in the region. He is also responsible for building and strengthening relationships with Veeva’s Data Partners in key markets. He has 15 years experience leading teams and building Data and Analytics businesses in Asia. He started his career as a management consultant with the Monitor Group where he advised Consumer Goods clients in the areas of Revenue Management and Commercial Excellence.
Session Speakers

Sushant Aggarwal
Veeva
Principal & Team Manager, Commercial Business Consulting, APAC

Sushant Aggarwal
Veeva Principal & Team Manager, Commercial Business Consulting, APAC
Sushant is a Principal at Veeva Business Consulting. He has been helping commercial pharma teams in Asia with omnichannel strategy & operating model, market segmentation, go-to-market planning, and analytics to drive business growth. Prior to Veeva, Sushant worked as a strategy consultant at ZS, and Trinity Life Sciences. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering, and an MBA in marketing.

Ganesh Siddabattula
Veeva
Director, Product, OpenData India

Ganesh Siddabattula
Veeva Director, Product, OpenData India
Ganesh leads the Open Data initiative in India at Veeva, where he is responsible for building and managing the Open Data product. He works closely with customers to shape and support their data strategies, enabling product launches, customer engagement, and informed, data-driven decision-making. Prior to joining Veeva, he held key roles at Bayer, Abbott, and ICICI Prudential, contributing across Digital Transformation, Automation, Business Intelligence, and Sales Strategy & Analytics. Ganesh holds an MBA in Marketing and a Postgraduate qualification in Business Analytics and Business Intelligence. He is a passionate advocate for digital innovation, with a deep interest in automation and data analytics.

Anantha Nema
Veeva
Country Manager, India

Anantha Nema
Veeva Country Manager, India
As Country Manager, India Subcontinent, Anantha is responsible for all of Veeva’s operations and Customer Success in the region. Anantha has over 20 years of experience working in the Life Sciences Industry. Prior to joining Veeva, Anantha worked at RK SWAMY BBDO where he was responsible for enabling pharmaceutical companies design and adopt differentiated scientific communication strategies. Prior to RK SWAMY BBDO Anantha spent 11 years at Dr Reddy’s Labs in India where he was responsible for increasing sales management responsibilities.

Ketaki Deshpande
Veeva
Solution Consultant

Ketaki Deshpande
Veeva Solution Consultant
Ketaki is a Solution Consultant at Veeva with close focus for India and APAC. She has diverse consulting experience with life science companies with commercial and digital solutions, and offerings in the cloud and digital space, with an eminent technical and architectural background. She has been with Veeva for two years now, and prior to that Ketaki was a Project Lead for Salesforce and Veeva implementations at Accenture.

Shubham Suri
Veeva
Senior Technical Consultant

Shubham Suri
Veeva Senior Technical Consultant
Shubham is a Senior Technical Consultant with Veeva, specialising on the technical implementation and delivery of commercial products across India and the broader APAC region. He brings in broad consulting experience in managing implementation projects, providing tailored solutions, and driving customer success. He has been with Veeva for three years, following extensive work on customisation and integration projects at Cognizant.

Sumanth Kambhammettu
Veeva
Director- APAC Commercial Strategy

Sumanth Kambhammettu
Veeva Director- APAC Commercial Strategy
Sumanth Kambhammettu leads Commercial Strategy for the Asia Pacific region. In his role, he is responsible for evangelising & driving growth of Veeva’s solution suite across commercial cloud, data & business consulting by refining the GTM strategy, product messaging & positioning to enhance patient & HCP experience. He brings nearly 15 years of experience in delivering customer-centric solutions for pharmaceutical & life science companies, healthcare institutions, public health agencies, medical technology and digital health companies in Asia. In his most recent role, Sumanth led a healthcare robotics business for a Singapore based SME where he worked extensively with the local healthcare innovation ecosystem in Singapore. Prior to that, he spent nearly 10 years as a management consultant in Southeast Asia advising leading global/regional pharma, biotech, MedTech & public sector clients in the areas of commercial strategy, go-to-market strategy and digital transformation

Aditya Sridhara Rao
Veeva
Practice Manager

Aditya Sridhara Rao
Veeva Practice Manager
As a Practice Manager – Commercial India, Aditya is responsible for Veeva CRM implementation & its Customization. Aditya has 14 plus yrs of experience in Software Customization Delivery. Prior to Veeva, He has worked with Accenture, HP, Capgemini where he was in-charge of delivering the Salesforce and Veeva CRM customization for global pharma clients.