Sahil joined the Ciliatech senior leadership team in January 2024 as Global Vice President, Glaucoma Sales & Marketing.
Sahil brings with him over 25 years of award-winning industry experience in Ophthalmology and specifically in the glaucoma field having worked for some of the largest companies in the industry including Novartis, Allergan (AbbVie) and previously Alcon where he held the position of Commercial Head of Europe for their Surgical Glaucoma division. In this role Sahil was instrumental in leading the integration of Ivantis Inc’s European operations into Alcon following their$475m acquisition of Ivantis in January 2022. This involved coordinating the integration of all European functional operations, and included building-out a full European sales and surgical training team.
Prior to this role Sahil was General Manager in the UK & Ireland for Ivantis Inc where he designed and executed the full pre-launch and launch plans for the Hydrus Microstent (MIGS stent). Through executing this plan, Sahil achieved the most successful International Launch of any non-US country in the world and subsequently received the ‘General Manager of the Year 2021’ award from Ivantis which inducted him into Ivantis’s prestigious ‘King’s Court’ Award group.
Prior to these roles and further highlighting Sahil’s experience in Glaucoma, he was Commercial Head of UK & Ireland Sales & Marketing for the launch of the CyPass Microstent (MIGS stent) with Alcon in 2017. Here he was again formally recognised as having planned and executed the most successful CyPass Microstent launch of any country in Europe, Middle East and Africa resulting in him receiving the individual 2017 ‘Alcon President’s Club’ Sales Manager’s award for EMEA.
Sahil’s initial experience in ophthalmology was gained through 6 years spent at Allergan where he worked across Glaucoma, Dry eye and Retina. In these roles Sahil achieved back-to-back ‘President’s Club’ sales awards in 2008 and 2009 having achieved the top 2% performance across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He later went on to spend 3 years at a French startup in Ophthalmology – Nicox where he was awarded ‘Regional Sales Manager of the Year’ in 2014 having hired and clinically trained a full team of Key Account Managers.
Sahil’s initial 8 years in industry were spent at Novartis where he won three ‘Victory Trip’ Awards as a top performing associate in a variety of customer facing roles of increasing responsibility. Sahil’s time at Novartis culminated in him winning the CEO’s personal ‘Larger Than Life’ Award in 2002.
Sahil holds an Honors Degree in Business and Marketing from London, UK earned in 1998.
