#SLLYMentor Darnell Irozuru, Head of Finance

Success Looks Like...Financial Freedom.

Role: Head of Finance

Company: Elevate Health

Sector: Health and Social Care

What does your role involve?

- Prepare business for upcoming equity

- Raise and provide ongoing commercial and operational support

- Responsible for treasury management, budgeting and forecasts and effective deployment of capital post ICO

- Wrote business Plan for the purposes of supporting the business in opening a bank account in Gibraltar and for inclusion within the investor presentation deck

- Made significant contributions to a white paper

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Darnell's Career Journey

I graduated my master's degree, MSc Economics with Distinction in thesis in 2012.

I then joined Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) on their graduate scheme in 2012.

Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2015.

Moved into Mergers and Acquisitions.

Joined Disney in 2017 as a Finance Analyst.

Joined Coinsilium in 2018 as a Venture Capital Associate.

Joined Elevate Health (a Coinsilium portfolio company) as Head of Finance in August 2018.

Education

What qualifications do you have?

GCSEs

A Levels

Undergraduate degree

Masters degree

Other professional qualifications

Degree subject: Economics at the University of Birmingham

What did you take away from your university experience or education?

Independent Study

Critical Thinking

Planning

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The Jump

Tell us about the transition you found most difficult and why?

A-level to university as you had to create your own structure