Chetan Makam

Chetan Makam leads Terumo Penpol as its Managing Director with accountability for the India operations and businesses. In addition, as Vice President, Global Services, Terumo BCT, Chetan leads a globally integrated service team encompassing all the post-sales customer facing functions, across 130 countries.

He brings over 25+ years of experience in the medical device/blood and cell / healthcare and other industries range from creating and running businesses, general management, strategic marketing, product management, sales and new business development, business process consulting, manufacturing, R&D and operations. Having worked in various parts of the world he brings a unique perspective and understanding of various cultures and people.

Chetan is a member of the Executive Team of Terumo BCT and is trained as a LEAN Six Sigma Master Blackbelt.

He has an MBA (cum laude) from Babson College, an M.S. in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and a B.S. (Gold Medalist) in Polymer Engineering from the University of Poona, India.

Chetan is an avid reader and is an amateur numismatist and is based in Colorado.