Hrishikesh Kulkarni is a medical doctor from India with a specialisation in Pharmacology. Currently, he is working at Fresenius Kabi in Germany as Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Advocacy for the Business Unit of Parenteral Nutrition, Keto-analogues and IV Fluids. Over the last 26 years, Dr. Kulkarni has worked for Fresenius in various positions in Germany, Hong Kong, and India. Before that, he worked in other pharmaceutical companies such as Sun Pharma and Sarabhai in India and taught as a lecturer at his alma mater, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College, Pune, India. He acts as a communicator between the company and various external stakeholders such as opinion leader clinicians, academia, government agencies, and policymakers in his current role. He has about 48 academic publications in clinical nutrition, nephrology, oncology, and critical care medicine.