Dr. Mayank Gurnani is Deputy Director, Venture Creation & Growth at A*STAR – Agency for Science, Technology and Research.
He is a physician turned healthcare strategy leader with over two decades of experience as a clinician, scientist, corporate VC and commercial/BD&L roles.
Currently at A*STAR, he drives venture creation and growth in the medical technologies, diagnostics, AI and digital health areas. He also crafts new programmes, partnerships, and strategic initiatives to draw in the necessary early stage capital, strong talent & access to key markets for new ventures addressing critical unmet needs in global healthcare. Mayank also serves as an Executive Committee member at co11ab, Singapore’s only biomedtech incubator located in HealthCity Novena to accelerate translational development of biomedical technologies.
Prior to joining A*STAR, Dr Gurnani was Programme Director for the JUMPstart programme and Faculty for GRIP at NUS/NUHS driving venture creation and growth in healthcare and life sciences. Earlier, Dr Gurnani spent considerable time at leading pharmaceutical companies, Novartis and Cipla, in management roles in Corporate Venture Capital, Business Development & Licensing and Global Product Strategy and Commercialization.
In addition to his medical degree, Dr Gurnani holds an MBA specializing in Strategy & Finance and a MS specializing in Health Economics. Mayank continues to give back as an active mentor, trained mediator, and advisor to driven founders and entrepreneurs.
Dr. Mayank is a speaker at Beyond Activ World in Singapore.
