Vinay Nagaraju is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Riders for Health, an award-winning international social enterprise. Riders has managed vehicles for over 20 years to overcome the barriers that distance and isolation cause for delivering equitable health care.
They run fleets of vehicles and motorcycles in sub-Saharan Africa for Ministries of Health and other partners on a non-profit basis, ensuring health workers regularly reach isolated and vulnerable people on an efficient and cost-effective basis.
They operate in The Gambia, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Lesotho.
Vinay holds an MBA from University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Engineering from Bangalore University, India. He is an ardent writer, passionate traveller and an international award-winning philatelist.

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