Hanif Kanji

Biography

"Hanif qualified as a doctor and has eleven years experience in banking with leading financial institutions including Prudential-Bache in London and New York, and Société Générale (SocGen) (Paris: GLE) in Paris and Hong Kong. Hanif returned to healthcare in 2000 in a turnaround role as COO for Hong Kong for HK-listed ehealthcareasia.com (formerly HKEx: 835), where he led the development of an innovative combined medical claims processing and clinic management software, its subsequent implementation into Hong Kong’s largest physician group of over 700 doctors, and turned the company from loss to profit in nine months. In 2004, Hanif founded Sinophi as an Asian healthcare consultancy. Clients included general and specialty hospitals, institutions (including the World Bank, IFC and Asian Development Bank) and Governments (such as Brunei and Abu Dhabi) for hospital projects and investments in China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Brunei, Philippines and the Middle East. Hanif has developed expertise in hospital design, commissioning and management, operational effectiveness, healthcare finance and the implementation of hospital and medical governance. Hanif co-chairs the Insurance and Healthcare Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. He graduated in medicine from Cambridge University and received his MBA from The Wharton School, USA"

Research Interest

 healthcare, Pharmaceuticals