Hebbat Manhy
Director - Global Manufacturing Operational Excellence, Cochlear
Hebbat has over 20 years’ experience in innovation and business transformation. As a highly effective leader, she has a proven track record of delivering large-scale, complex engineering, commercial, marketing, and digital strategies that drive value and growth, underpinned by strong stakeholder alignment.
Hebbat is Director of Global Manufacturing Operational Excellence at Cochlear, where she leads enterprise-wide transformation to scale precision manufacturing through optimised systems, operational intelligence, and a culture of excellence.
As Expert-in-Residence at Australia’s flagship deep tech incubator, Cicada Innovations, Hebbat also supports founders in discovering novel business models and launching their ventures to market—from LEAN to Scale Up and beyond. Her outside-the-box approach blends innovative thinking with disruptive go-to-market strategies to help startups overcome growth challenges and reach their full potential.
With broad experience across the deep tech sector and deep expertise in MedTech and advanced industries, Hebbat has worked across Heavy Industry, FMCG, and Life Sciences. Her capabilities span business strategy, Concurrent Product and Process Design, advanced automation, digitised workforce enablement, channel development, value stream integration, and building customer-centric, commercially viable ecosystems.
