Elisa Kahn, Non-executive Director
Elisa’s career spans more than 25 years in investment banking working for Mizhuho Bank, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch where she specialized in debt capital markets. She is the founder of W Global Capital, set-up in 2016, which focuses heavily on the biotech/biopharma markets globally introducing companies at various stages of development to potential funding partners. Prior to W Global Capital, Elisa worked for Knight Capital helping Asian based investors restructure their portfolios after the crash in 2008, the Greek government bond crisis and other difficult and delicate situations. Elisa worked for more than 10 years at Lehman Brothers where she set up a fixed income Japan/Asian sales group. She is a fluent Japanese and Mandarin (Chinese) speaker.