Ep 66 - Sasha Kelemen, Head of Women and Family Healthcare Investment Banking, Leerink Partners: “2 Truths, 1 Critical Decision” That Accelerated This Banker’s Career and Family

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SHOW NOTES:

At Leerink Partners, Sasha Kelemen runs an investment banking team unlike any other on Wall Street. How did she rise to lead a team in women and family health, a historically overlooked and underfunded space? Sasha discusses how being a banker and mother are central to her identity – and success. We talk about she went from media to banking, two truths to becoming a successful mother and banker, and the most important decision she made to fuel her personal and professional success. For her work, Business Insider named Sasha one of 30 leaders under 40 transforming healthcare.

• “Mother and Banker”: Sasha’s Why and Identity
• How Leerink Partner’s and Sasha’s Women and Family health & technology group became a first on Wall Street
• Combining passion + market potential + focus and ambition to create something new
• “Before that I never owned a suit:” How two important platforms accelerated Sasha’s shift from media to banking
• The early importance of being a sponge
• Drafting her first S1: Identifying transferable skills that helped her stand out and shine early on
• “Share your thoughtful perspective and don’t be afraid to speak up”
• The 2 truths she accepted when she decided to pursue a career in banking – and have a family
• The most important decision that one can make in determining your professional and personal success
• Time blocking and outsourcing: keys to managing family life and a highly demanding job

 

BIO AND LINKS:

Sasha Kelemen in Head of Women and Family Healthcare Services and Technology Investment Banking at Leerink Partners, based in New York. She is deeply passionate about all thing digital health, smashing taboos and elevating women. Prior to Leerink, Sasha worked at Goldman Sachs (VP, Healthcare Investment Banking Group), and in media planning and buying. She holds a BA from Boston College, MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, and named to Business Insider’s “30 under 40” list of leaders transforming healthcare. She resides in New York with her husband and two curious daughters. Michael and Sasha thank our mutual friend, Professor Peter Belmi at Darden, for connecting us.

• Sasha on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sasha-kelemen/
• Leerink Partners: https://www.leerink.com
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow Program: https://mlt.org
• Business Insider names Sasha to their “30 under 40” list of leaders transforming healthcare: https://www.businessinsider.com/30-leaders-under-40-changing-healthcare-2023
• The gender and race gap in finance (McKinsey): https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/financial-services/our-insights/closing-the-gender-and-race-gaps-in-north-american-financial-service
• Women’s health: the best and most underfinanced investment opportunity https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/is-this-the-world-s-best-and-most-under-financed-investment-davos23/
• Prof Peter Belmi on social class and building power (previous episode on 97% Effective): https://tinyurl.com/2xtrmryu
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://tinyurl.com/453txk74

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