Nimish R. Parekh

A serial entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience in healthcare and health insurance related services with experience in having set up the first Third Party Administrator in India in 1996. He is currently Founder & President of Cecilia Healthcare Services, a health and well being Company operating under the Wellinformed Health Care brand.

Prior to this, Nimish launched the first Third Party Administrator in India - Sedgwick Parekh Health Management in 1996. He sold his stake in Sedgwick Parekh to UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH), a fortune 20 company with revenues of over $70 billion, in 2006. Nimish served as CEO & Managing Director of UnitedHealthcare – India Group Companies from 2001-2006 after which he served as Chairman of the Group until 2008.

Nimish graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison with degrees in Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering. Prior to University, Nimish attended the Cathedral & John Connon School in Mumbai.

Nimish serves on FICCI's Insurance & Pensions Committee, CII's National Healthcare Committee, the IRDA's Health Insurance Working Group and the Committee on Health Insurance for Senior Citizens.