Rakesh Menon

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India23 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Pioneered India's first cancer navigation company.
Achieved 95% treatment follow-through in cancer care.
Led large-scale cancer screening initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare entrepreneur with extensive experience in cancer care and operational risk management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cancer ScreeningBusiness StrategySocial EntrepreneurshipProject ManagementConsultingEntrepreneurshipInternational TradeOperational RiskQuality AssuranceBanking Operations

Other Skills

CSR & ESG-Backed Health PartnershipsTeam LeadershipFundraisingPreventive MedicineQuality ManagementStakeholder ManagementInvestmentsTradingInvestment BankingAuditingWealth Management ServicesTeam ManagementPublic-Private Healthcare ModelsCross-Border Healthcare ExpansionDigital Health & Behavior Nudging

About

Founder & CEO, Previu Health. India's first care navigation company rooted in cancer. We stay with every patient until care is complete. Not just screened. Not just diagnosed. Treated. Eight people in my family lost to cancer. My father is in Stage 4 right now. In India, you don't walk away from that. I left 20 years at JPMorgan and Citi because I had no other choice. We proved the model in cancer first. 20,000 screenings. 2,000 early detections. 95% care completion against a national average of 32%. Now expanding to lifestyle disorders, NCDs, and critical illness. Seed round open. UK Impact Fund, Ram Gopal ex-CEO Barclays India, and Dr Visvanathan Krishnaswamy invested at pre-seed. Also founder, Cancel the Cancer Foundation (80G) — free cancer screening in rural India via CSR. If you work in health-tech, impact capital, or CSR — rakesh@previu.health

Experience

23 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

7 mos

Current Experience

Cancel the cancer foundation

Founder, Cancel the Cancer Foundation.

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

A Section 8 nonprofit focused on cancer prevention, early detection, and timely treatment access across India.

Fundraising

Previu

Founder & CEO, Previu

Apr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

India detects cancer late because no one stays with the patient after the test. Reports get filed. Follow-up doesn't happen. Previu closes that gap.
We are India's first cancer screening and navigation network that tracks every abnormal result until the patient is diagnosed and treated - not just screened.
Traction (Ratan Tata-funded pilot):
20,000+ people screened
2,000+ cancers caught early
95% treatment follow-through vs 30% industry norm
Current focus: B2B scaling across corporates and communities in Bangalore.
Revenue model: Corporate wellness contracts + community health programs + CSR partnerships.
Actively raising our next round.

Cancer ScreeningBusiness StrategyCSR & ESG-Backed Health PartnershipsTeam LeadershipFundraisingSocial Entrepreneurship+1

Consulting

Cancer Screening Program Lead - Ratan Tata-funded

Oct 2021 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · India · On-site

Led a cancer screening pilot with IVDP (Integrated Village Development Project) in rural Tamil Nadu. Screened 20,000+ people, caught 2,000+ cancers early, achieved 95% follow-through to treatment.
This work became the foundation for Previu.

Social Entrepreneurship

Capco

Principal Consultant

Feb 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

I am part of CAPCO Leadership providing oversight over Wealth, Finance and Regulatory Transformation Programmes in India, partnering with some of the large Global Banking Institutions.

Project ManagementQuality ManagementTeam LeadershipConsultingStakeholder Management

Divino exim (divino foods international)

Managing Director

Jan 2013 – Dec 2019 · 6 yrs 11 mos · Asia & Middle East

Imports and exports of agricultural commodities in bulk to/from India, Asia and the Middle East. Created an organic brand 1Fresh which supplied organic fruits and veggies in Bangalore (B2C) direct to homes.

EntrepreneurshipInternational TradeTeam LeadershipInvestmentsTrading

Credit suisse asia pacific

Sr Vice President and Controller

Nov 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Pune/Singapore

Set up Operational Risk Frameworks for the CFO Function in Singapore/India and contributed to a firmwide product control change program.

Operational RiskProject ManagementQuality AssuranceTeam LeadershipStakeholder Management

J p morgan europe

Sr Vice President & Controller

Jun 2007 – Oct 2011 · 4 yrs 4 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · On-site

Global Risk Manager for a $750 Mill Commodities Business with a footprint in the US, Singapore, Hong Kong,Australia and India. Project Manager having worked E2E in Regulatory Compliance Audit Corrective Programs in UK.

Operational RiskProject ManagementInvestment BankingTeam LeadershipAuditingStakeholder Management

Citigroup middle east

Head-Quality Assurance

Apr 2004 – Jun 2007 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Bahrain

Head of Internal Controls for Citigroup in the Middle East with a reporting to London.Deputy Compliance Head responsible for the relationship with the regulator and running strategic regulatory projects.

Operational RiskProject ManagementQuality AssuranceWealth Management ServicesTeam LeadershipAuditing