Manish is a Co-Founder of Curadev and serves as its COO & CFO. He has over 30 years of experience in the life sciences industry, during which time he was responsible for various commercial activities, including manufacturing, finance, contracts, Intellectual Property, and regulatory compliance. Manish led the negotiations and was responsible for the out-licensing agreements with Roche, Takeda, and Bayer. Manish led the expansion of Curadev in the UK and the US.

Before that, he was principally involved in restructuring operations at TCGA, a public-private genomics enterprise of TCG Lifesciences (Chembiotek). Before this, he was the General Manager at Albert David Ltd, a pioneer LVP formulation company, where he rose rapidly to head the operations within ten years of his induction as a trainee. His significant achievements include turning around and bringing profitability to a 200-man medical device manufacturing plant without retrenchment. Mr. Tandon holds an MSc in Biochemistry from MS University, Vadodara, and an MBA in Finance. He has completed an executive course for Lifesciences executives at Wharton.