Raj Alva

As the Chairman, Raj helps advise the leadership team on tactical matters and setting the Company’s strategic direction. Raj has spent almost thirty years in the healthcare industry in private equity and investment banking. Raj is currently the CEO and Chief Investment Office of Avtar Investments, a healthcare-focused single family office based in Palm Beach, Florida. Prior to joining Avtar, he was a Managing Director at New Mountain Capital, a private equity firm with over $25 billion under management. Raj continues to be involved with New Mountain as a Senior Advisor. Raj has served as a Managing Director at Credit Suisse, where he was Head of Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions. He spent fifteen years at Lazard as a Partner leading various investment groups, Raj has five young children and in his (rare) spare time he enjoys golf and working with his investments in several private companies.

Raj has an undergraduate degree with High Distinction from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.