Our Team

Anil is a seasoned healthcare leader with over 25 years of experience across providers and payers in the EMEA and European markets.

He has held senior leadership roles with global hospital groups and insurance organizations, driving over 300% growth, turning around underperforming units, and delivering large-scale greenfield and brownfield healthcare projects across the GCC.

Anil has pioneered end-to-end electronic RCM platforms, achieving 200% revenue improvement and sub-2% denial rates, and has led strategic roles with organizations including Mediclinic Group, Allianz, Cigna, and Nextcare.

A frequent speaker at global forums including the World Economic Forum, Anil combines deep strategic insight with a strong passion for preventive and geriatric care.

Dr. Jain is the President and CEO of Scan Group and Scan Health Plan. He is a nationally recognized leader in value-based care and healthcare innovations.

Dr. Jain’s earlier roles include serving as Chief Medical Information & Innovation Officer at Merck, and Deputy Director for Policy and Programs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).

At ABGD Ventures, he advises on U.S. healthcare transformation, guiding portfolio strategies that bridge India-origin innovation with U.S. payer, provider, and population health priorities.

Carole, a former Partner and U.S. Health Sector Leader at EY, is a distinguished expert in healthcare strategy, governance, and financial transformation.

With over three decades advising leading health systems, payers, and life sciences organisations, At ABGD Ventures, Carole advises on fund governance, healthcare investment strategy, and scaling innovation across the U.S. and global markets.

Eric Alfuth brings 25+ years of extensive investment banking and venture financing experience through his leadership at Caymont Ventures, Houston.

His background spans equity research, institutional fund management, and CFO leadership roles, including multiple successful exits and an IPO. As a Founding Advisor to ABGD Ventures, Eric contributes his deep investment and capital markets expertise, guiding the fund’s investment strategy, structuring, and fundraising initiatives.

Professor Ravi Mahajan is a leading clinician and healthcare innovator with over three decades of experience and deep expertise in advancing technology-driven healthcare transformation.

At ABGD Ventures, he advises on the fund’s strategy in validating and scaling healthtech innovations that address regional healthcare challenges and can be expanded into developed markets under the fund’s ‘One World, One Health’ mission. His guidance ensures ABGD’s investments remain clinically grounded, scalable, and globally impactful.

Howard Gough, former Regional CEO at Cigna and Managing Partner at Emica Consulting (Dubai), brings over three decades of leadership in global healthcare strategy, insurance, and population health.

At ABGD Ventures, he serves as Healthcare Transformation Advisor for the GCC and EMEA regions, mentoring portfolio founders, guiding cross-border commercialization, and advancing the fund’s One World, One Health mission to scale innovation that improves care access, quality, and outcomes across emerging and developed markets.