Surendran Chemmenkotil

Mr. Surendran Chemmenkotil is the Chief Executive Officer of Metropolis Healthcare Limited. He is a seasoned leader with 34 years of rich and diverse experience across consumer facing companies such as Xerox India Limited and Bharti Airtel Limited. Prior to Metropolis, he was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Airtel Networks Ltd, Nigeria, a leading telecommunications company in Nigeria and the biggest market for Airtel Africa. He holds vast working experience across geographies, functions, and businesses to his credit.

Mr. Surendran began his career as a Customer Engineer at Xerox India Limited and was elevated to the rank of the Head of Outsource and Customer Satisfaction at national level. He then joined Bharti Airtel Limited., in 2003 and has worked across several verticals and in different roles across the country. He was the CEO for Airtel Northeast & Assam Circle and then moved in as CEO for Karnataka circle from 2015-2021, which is Airtel’s flagship market, heading Mobile, Broadband and Enterprise lines of business between 2013-2015.

On the education front, Mr. Surendran holds a Bachelor of Engineering with specialisation in Electronics and Power from Regional Engineering College, Nagpur, and an MBA from Annamalai University.