Meet Our Management

Milind Kadam, Head of Site at Pharmax, has more than 25 years of experience in projects and plant engineering in the pharmaceutical industry in Dubai and India.

Milind has played a key role in project management and now looks after the engineering functions.

Has over 15 years’ experience in pharmaceutical sales including Egypt, Bahrain and UAE

Experience includes working at Julphar Pharmaceuticals and Bayer Healthcare

Ibrahim Speaks Arabic and English

Has a master’s in Business Administration from the British University in Dubai in 2017

Ibrahim joined the Pharmax team in August 2019

Sunil has over 26years of pharmaceutical industry experience and long track record of proven success.

He is responsible for the quality functions.

Roula has over 25 years of track record in managing operations, setting up new divisions, developing new markets and expanding portfolio and territories. She has extensive experience in several industries: pharmaceuticals, healthcare and heathtech and biotech.

Sankar joined Pharmax in August 2016 as the Production Manager, responsible for manufacturing, packaging and warehouse operations.

Sankar has 16 years of experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing operations with a focus on solid oral dosage formulations. He has vast experience in high-quality automated production lines in-built with the latest process control technology which produce high-quality medications.

He is passionately striving towards continuous improvement in leadership, organisation and management. Well versed with international GMP & regulatory requirements.

He holds a Master of Pharmacy specialising in pharmaceutical biotechnology.

Gokul Gopalakrishnan, Head of IT Pharmax is an IT Graduate, has over 17 years of experience, having worked in the United Arab Emirates and India. Gokul has worked across various information technology segments focusing on IT infrastructure/security, computerized system validation and ERP. Gokul started his career in India and moved to the United Arab Emirates in 2005.

Gokul has previously worked with the founding partner of Pharmax and has been assigned to handle all the information technology needs of Pharmax from its inception and has managed the entire IT project while building the facility and eventually moved to Pharmax in 2017.

“Ritesh Pandey is the Manager of Quality Control, where he is responsible to supervise staff and oversees product development procedures to ensure that products meet quality and efficiency standards within Pharmax. With 13 years of industry experience ensuring legal obligations are followed and ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies with respect to health and safety guidelines.

Ritesh Pandey previously worked for CIPLA Ltd., where he held a key role as Assistant Manager Quality Control to maintain the Quality Standards as per requirements for raw materials from suppliers and monitoring their compliance along with Products Quality.

Ritesh Pandey holds a Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Rajiv Gandhi Technical University.”

Salman has over 11 years of experience in pharmaceuticals, accountancy, and financial institution.

Ratnam has more than 12 years experience in drug regulatory affairs having exceptional skills in Pharmaceutical Product registrations and Life cycle management for European as well as MENA markets.

Madhukar Tanna, CEO of Pharmax, has over 30 years of international pharmaceutical experience, having worked in Canada, India and the Middle East. Madhukar has worked across multiple disciplines within the pharmaceutical segment, including business development, sales, marketing, distribution, licensing and regulatory affairs.

Madhukar has been with Pharmax since its inception and has been an integral part of the start-up process, overseeing the building of a new facility, creation of a quality lab and the recruitment of a team of professionals with global experience.