Ela Drazba
Chief Strategy Officer
About
- AI enthuasiast, entrepreneur and long-term investor (except occasional commodities short trading windows)- Globally minded: studied and worked in 11 countries across 3 continents and travelled to 106 countries - Previously, both generalist and specialist Investment Banker with deals in industrials, B2B services, software, internet, Telco, consumer, retail and healthcare across all product types (M&A, ECM - including IPOs, ABBs and private placements, DCM - including LevFin)- Brand collector: JPM, DB, Mid Europa Partners, Barclays and KPMG- Philomath: qualified ACCA accountant with first-time passes, top of class at HEC Paris (Masters in Finance) and First Class Honours in Law from King’s College London - Personal mottos: “If you can dream it, you can do it” and “No rarely means really "no”, often it just means not yet"
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Poland
Investment Banking
Autodesk Build, Economics, Business Strategy, Corporate Finance, Mergers, Private Equity, Financial Analysis, Capital Markets, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Law, Accounting, Financial Reporting, Financial Markets, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Business Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Strategic Financial Planning, Corporate Governance
Experience
Chief Strategy Officer
Designing next chapter
Technology Investment Banking Coverage
Deutsche Bank
London Area, United Kingdom
Technology (online presence, software, fintech, IT services) and broader tech enablement (from hotels through leisure to real estate) TMT infrastracture
Investment Banking
Barclays Investment Bank
London
Generalist; M&A execution and CEE coverage Sectors covered: industrials, B2B services, consumer, retail, healthcare, infrastracture (incl. renewables), technology (incl. payments and software), telco, financial services
Private Equity
MidEuropa
Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Agnostic with time spent in healthcare, consumer, retail, B2B services, tech Poland focus, opportunistically broader CEE (e.g. Romania)
Investment Banking
J.P. Morgan
London, United Kingdom
Diversified industries with special interest in chemicals, manufacturing, IoT 4.0, autos, TIC, B2B services
Entrepreneurial ventures
Run a multichannel e-commerce Consultany services for Poles in Poland (translations, pre-employment admin and legal support)
Investment Banking Summer Analyst
Barclays Investment Bank
London, United Kingdom
Spent time across natural resources and securitisation
Mentee
London / Paris
E-commerce payment solutions in France
Associate
KPMG
London Area, United Kingdom
Getting fluent in financial statements through audits, regulatory returns, FDDs, internal audits and pre-IPO DD Enjoyed an unfettered mandate to ask candid, wide-ranging questions
Freelance Interpreter
Lionbridge
Part-time work, as an interpreter in hospitals, to support myself financially whilst studying in London
Education
HEC Paris
Finance, Strategy, Management
HEC Paris Excellence Scholarship (merit-based) Dean List of Excellence (top 1% of students annually) Master Thesis: "Value Creation in European Private Equity Investments: Theoretical Framework and Case Study of PE Primary and Secondary Investment in Poundland - UK-based company." under supervision of Patrick Legland - special recognition by Vernimmen / available here: http://www.vernimmen.net/Lire/Memoires_de_recherche.php
King's College London
Law
20 Essex Street Prize in Public International Law Academic Scholarship from the Voivode of Warminsko-Mazurskie Region (October 2010)
ACCA
Uppsala University
Law
• Received 2nd place overall (out of 27 countries represented) and won The Carnegie Foundation Awards for the Best Memorial (Written Argumentation) for the Applicant and the Best Memorial for the Respondent at Telders International Law Moot Court Competition
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