Alok Kanti

Alok Kanti is the President of Apotex International, responsible for our business in all markets outside Canada and the United States, along with our CanPrev, Cyto-Matrix, and Orange Naturals natural health product brands.

Alok brings nearly three decades of leadership experience and has managed organizations in nearly 30 countries. Prior to joining Apotex, he held progressively senior roles at Bayer, most recently as President & CEO of Bayer Inc. Canada.

Alok was Chair of the Board at Innovative Medicines Canada from February 2022 to September 2023 and is on the Board of Governors of Guelph University, Advisory Board member of Krembil Centre for Health Management and Leadership at Schulich School of Business and an executive in residence at the Rothmans School of Management, University of Toronto. He has been inducted into the Canadian Healthcare Marketing Hall of Fame by the National Pharmaceutical Congress.

Alok obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Delhi, his Master’s in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management in Manila, graduated from the exchange program at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, and completed the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program at the University of Toronto. He is fluent in Hindi, English, and German.