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Ian Wijaya
Managing Director - Healthcare Group
Lazard

Ian Wijaya is a Managing Director in Lazard’s Healthcare Group in New York and Co-Head of North America Healthcare, as well as Head of Lazard’s North America Healthcare Services practice, which he co-founded. Ian joined Lazard in 2011, with a focus on M&A, strategic advisory and recapitalization advisory for managed care insurance payers, providers across the continuum of care (e.g., acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, post-acute care, etc.), PBMs, distributors, payor and provider services companies, HCIT and digital health companies.

Ian is a member of Lazard’s Opinion Committee and the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Healthcare, as well as a Corporate Leader on the Council on Foreign Relations.

Ian has advised on more than $250 billion of corporate finance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, financial restructurings and reorganizations, joint ventures, and other matters and has advised on several of the largest and most transformative M&A transactions in healthcare, including three of the largest in recent history.

Prior to joining Lazard, Ian was an investment banker at Greenhill & Co., in New York, where he focused on healthcare M&A, but also provided M&A advice to companies in the technology and retail sectors. Prior to Greenhill & Co., he worked in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the financial restructuring group of Houlihan Lokey, in New York.

Ian has an M.B.A. in Finance and Strategy from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and a B.A. (cum laude) from Dartmouth College.

Chitra Nawbatt
Chief Business Development & Ecosystem Officer | Andor Health
Host | The HLTH Daily Show 

Chitra Nawbatt is the Chief Business Development and Ecosystem Officer at Andor Health.  She is responsible for market expansion, strategic partnerships and stakeholder relations.  Chitra brings more than 25 years of experience as a unique multi-industry and multidisciplinary business builder, operator and investor, with a track record in value creation and go-to-market acceleration.   
Chitra also is the co-creator/producer and host of The HLTH Daily Show where she interviews C-level leaders, entrepreneurs and investors on growth, innovation, business building and investing.    

Previously, Chitra was the Global Head of Health Assurance and Innovation at General Catalyst, a leading global venture capital firm.  She led the expansion and execution of General Catalyst’s Health Assurance thesis to transform the healthcare industry to make quality care more affordable and accessible.  In addition, Chitra developed new investment theses in areas such as technology, media, fintech, consumer, and originated and executed investments.  Chitra created and led an inaugural value creation and ecosystem business development function.  She originated, commercialized and managed strategic innovation partnerships for General Catalyst and its 75+ portfolio companies to accelerate value creation.  Chitra orchestrated collaboration and network effect between stakeholders, such as C-Suite customers and portfolio companies, and delivered go-to-market and revenue acceleration.    

Prior to being an investor, Chitra was the Global Head of Market Solutions at Genpact, an artificial intelligence, digital transformation and  analytics consulting firm.  She was responsible for driving Fortune 500 new customer acquisition, partnerships, innovation and operational improvement in industries such as technology, financial services, media, healthcare and consumer/retail.  Chitra created various digital transformation services in credit and financial crimes risk management, which enabled automation and insight capture from workflows and transaction processes.     

Before her career as a growth leader, Chitra was the New York based Anchor for Reuters International TV where her live broadcasts were seen by millions of households across the world.  Her reporting focused on companies, markets and consumers globally.  She conducted exclusive domain driven and in-depth interviews with global leaders such as the Citigroup CEO, Governor of the Bank of England and World Boxing Council Heavyweight Champion.   

Prior to media, Chitra spent more than a decade in financial services.  Chitra was a C-level leader at Deutsche Bank where she delivered impact by inventing working capital analytics and efficiency software, which enabled CFOs and Treasurers of Fortune 1000 clients to optimize their cash conversion cycle.  She also built and managed enterprise-wide risk data, analytics and measurement software to fulfill regulatory requirements, such as SOX and Basel, at Deutsche Bank and CIBC.  At CIBC she established risk management functions, including working with regulators, to adopt and operationalize Basel regulations.  Her career started at EY in Advisory and Assurance. Chitra has a Certified Public Accountant designation, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School, Harvard University and Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. 

Chitra has been involved in various leadership and philanthropic activities such as serving as an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers Business School, a Board and Faculty member of the PACE University COAP Program, Lincoln Center Women’s Leadership Council, Women’s Forum of NY, The Executive Leadership Council, and a team leader of researchers for a Social Competitiveness Index for the World Economic Forum.  

Her passions include mentoring students and global entrepreneurs, music having studied and played several instruments, speaking French and floral artistry.