Col. Harinder Singh Chehal is an Army veteran with numerous awards and accolades to his name. He served with tanks in the Armoured Corps and flew helicopters in the Army Aviation Corps.  He opted for premature retirement in April 2008 after commanding 71 Armoured Regiment and completed his certificate course in Business Administration from IIM– Ahmedabad. Albeit less exciting, but an equally illustrious career followed when he decided to join the Healthcare Sector. His zealous nature and passion for excellence saw him rise rapidly through the ranks to become the COO of Fortis Healthcare in January 2016.

Col. Harinder Singh Chehal is currently the Senior Director and Chief Operating Officer – Cluster-2 at Max Healthcare. He is responsible for hospital operation, business development, service excellence and quality management for Max Super Speciality Hospitals at Patparganj, Vaishali, Shalimar Bagh, Noida, Mohali, Bathinda & Dehradun. 

Prior to Max Healthcare, Col. Harinder Singh Chehal was Chief Operating Officer, NCR at Fortis Healthcare managing all clinical, non-clinical operations, formulation and execution of growth strategy, compliance and governance and various operational excellence strategies for the organization.