Akumin Inc. announced the appointment of Krishna Kumar as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective as of June 16, 2023. Krishna has valuable experience and exceptional insight into the radiology space, having served as Senior Vice President & Business Leader - Precision Diagnosis at Philips North America, where he built a top performing team and business, over the last four years. Prior to this role, he led global businesses in Pathology, Oncology and Neuro at Philips based in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 2015-2019 and prior thereto was the CEO of Philips India.

Before joining Philips, Krishna served in leadership roles across the US, Japan, China and India with Johnson & Johnson, where he was instrumental in building and scaling up many high growth businesses with innovative go-to-market strategies. Krishna is a Master of Business Administration (MBA) graduate from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, holds a post-graduate degree in management from the Indian Institute of Management and an undergraduate degree from Bangalore University in India.