Bengaluru: Dr Somesh Mittal has been appointed as the CEO of Vikram Hospital, a leading multi-specialty health facility here.

The appointment is with immediate effect, a hospital release said.

Vikram Hospital, Bengaluru is owned by Multiples, a US 1 billion private equity platform spearheaded by Renuka Ramnath.

Mittal is an alumnus of Faculty of Management Studies and was, until recently, the Zonal Director of Fortis Escorts Institute overseeing 4 hospitals and 5 heart command centres across the Asia Pacific region.