Snehal Patel

Snehal holds an MD from the Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons and a JD from Columbia Law School. In addition, Snehal completed his internship in surgery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Snehal is an avid traveler who enjoys tennis, golf and running, when he finds the time.

Snehal Patel, M.D., J.D., C.F.A.

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Snehal Patel is the Managing Director of Saena Partners, a venture studio based in Singapore.

In that capacity, he has co-founded seven angel and venture-backed companies in sectors

spanning healthcare, F&B/lifestyle to financial services, companies like MyDoc, Southeast

Asia’s first regional insurance-focused telemedicine company which the firm exited last year.

A Kauffman Fellow, CFA Charterholder and 6X Forbes Asia 30-under-30 judge, Dr. Patel

moved to Singapore from the US to found and lead the healthcare team at the Clermont Group,

a multi-billion dollar investment fund, where he led the procurement and management of

investments across South and Southeast Asia.

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Prior to the work at the Clermont Group, Dr. Patel practiced law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore,

LLP in New York City. Dr. Patel received an MD and a JD from Columbia University and served

as a Clinical Fellow at the Harvard Medical School. In addition to multiple board and advisor

roles, he currently serves as a Faculty Affiliate of the Center for Primary Care at the Harvard

Medical School and is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

A member of Class 14, Snehal performed his fellowship at the Richard Chandler Corporation in Singapore.