Chetan Makam

Chetan Makam

General Manager, Global Blood Solutions

Chetan Makam serves as General Manager, Global Blood Solutions, for Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, as well as Managing Director and Board Chair for our India subsidiary, Terumo Penpol Private Ltd.

He leads our vision to create comprehensive solutions that transcend the walls of traditional blood centers. Our customers and partners operate in new, dynamic ways. They must meet donors where they are and constantly develop new ways to provide blood products that improve patient care along the donor-to-patient therapeutic continuum.

Increasingly, this path includes complex and virtual networks. These extend far beyond a physical place and require equally dynamic partners and suppliers that can serve these connected networks with total value propositions.

With this reality in mind, Chetan champions our winning aspiration to elevate the standard of care by driving disruptive innovation across the entire blood transfusion value chain and positioning Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies as the undisputed market leader in global blood collection, processing, transfusion, and services.

Chetan joined us in 2018 as Vice President, Global Services, and successfully built our Global Services business with teams that encompass all customer-facing functions after sale in 150+ different countries. His articulation of the “Services Ecosystem” and development of the “Beyond Equipment” paradigms has helped to form key strategies for the corporation.

Having worked in various parts of the world, Chetan brings significant experience in medical devices, healthcare, and other industries, as well as a unique perspective and understanding of various cultures and people.

He earned an MBA (cum laude) from Babson College, a master’s degree in plastics engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and a bachelor’s degree (gold medalist) in polymer engineering from the University of Poona, India, and is a certified LEAN Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Chetan is an avid reader and an amateur numismatist. He is based in Colorado.