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Kodak Alaris ropes in Cássio Vaquero as regional director
MUMBAI: Kodak Alaris has roped in Cássio Vaquero as its new regional director, information management division, for Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Based in Singapore, Vaquero succeeds Susheel John, who has been elevated to a global leadership role with Kodak Alaris in Rochester, New York.
In his new role, Vaquero will head the Asia-Pacific operations with a special focus on creating deeper relationships with customers and partners across important sectors such as government, banking and financial services.
“Asia Pacific is an exciting marketplace for our business and Cássio has the experience and energy to unlock that power for us,” said Kodak Alaris CEO Ralf Gerbershagen. “He brings a great mix of entrepreneurial spirit and trusted expertise to the table. Two traits that are core to everything we do here at Kodak Alaris,” he added.
Vaquero has been with the company for 15 years and has held a range of high profile marketing and sales positions. In his previous role, Vaquero was director of Kodak Alaris’ information management business in the Latin America Region (LAR), with responsibility for sales, marketing, service, and business operations.
“The Asia-Pacific region has a mix of developed and emerging markets with different adoption rates for information management solutions. The region is full of growth opportunities and offers us a really exciting challenge,” said Vaquero.
“I look forward to sharing ideas and best practices across Asia Pacific and Latin America and helping our customers and partners unlock the power of our information management portfolio for their organisations,” he concluded.
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Beacon Group appoints Dr Rajesh Patel as Group CEO
36-year healthcare veteran to lead Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek, Biogeny.
MUMBAI: A new chief, a fresh diagnosis and a sharper prescription for growth. Beacon Group has appointed Dr Rajesh Patel as its Group Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2026, signalling a decisive push to scale its presence in the diagnostics and IVD space. Patel steps into the role with 36 years of experience across the healthcare and diagnostics industry, bringing a career shaped by leadership roles spanning sales, marketing, business development and operational strategy. His mandate is both expansive and precise: to steer the group’s overall strategic direction while tightening coordination across its three core entities Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek and Biogeny Diagnostics.
In practical terms, that means driving cross-company synergies, accelerating market expansion and strengthening organisational capability areas increasingly critical as diagnostic players compete for scale in a fragmented yet rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem. The group is positioning itself to capture unmet demand across chain laboratories, key accounts and standalone labs, segments that remain underserved despite growing diagnostic needs.
The appointment comes at a time when the In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) sector in India is entering a more competitive and innovation-led phase, with companies focusing not just on product pipelines but also on service delivery, integration and customer-centric models. Beacon’s leadership appears to be betting that Patel’s execution-focused approach can help translate ambition into operational momentum.
Welcoming the appointment, Chairman Dr D K Joshi described Patel’s induction as a strategic move aligned with the group’s long-term vision, emphasising the role of leadership depth in navigating the next phase of growth.
For Beacon Group, the message is clear, in a sector where precision matters, leadership is the new differentiator—and this appointment is intended to set the tone for what comes next.
