API Holdings Ltd appoints five independent directors, to hire over 200 engineers

API Holdings Ltd, the parent company of digital healthcare brand PharmEasy, on September 13 said it has appointed five independent directors to its board.

The new appointments to the Board are Vineeta Rai, IAS (Retd) Officer who was the ex-revenue secretary of India; Subramanian Somasundaram, who recently retired as the CFO of Titan Company, Ramakant Sharma, Founder and COO of Livspace; Dr Jaydeep Tank, Mumbai-based gynaecologist and the Secretary General, FOGSI; Deepak Vaidya, a veteran of the pharma industry, as well as microfinance, healthcare and private equity.

"The fresh appointments bring a great amount of cognitive diversity to the board, with luminaries from the world of public service, technology, pharma, medical fraternity, and the consumer sector," the company said in a statement. With the new appointments, API Holdings' board strength stands increased to 12 directors.

Meanwhile, PharmEasy announced on Monday it was looking to hire over 200 engineers for its soon-to-be-launched development centres in Hyderabad, Pune and NCR region.

PharmEasy is building a larger ecosystem to solve outpatient healthcare challenges, bridging the gap in the healthcare industry.