Stephanie Sirota

Chief Business Officer & Partner, RTW Investments, Ltd

Stephanie leads a team at RTW overseeing business development, strategic partnerships, communications, and investor relations. Her background in investment banking and expertise in financial markets has helped position the firm as both a partner to life sciences companies and a steward of investors’ capital. Stephanie also manages RTW’s relationships with key partners including banks, academic institutions, corporations, investors, and NGOs. She has led the firm’s entry into the UK and European markets and serves as a director of RTW Biotech Opportunities Ltd., a publicly traded investment fund listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Prior to joining RTW, she served as a director at Valhalla Capital Advisors, a macro and commodity investment manager. Stephanie also worked in the New York and London offices of Lehman Brothers, where she advised on various Mergers & Acquisitions, IPOs, and capital market financing transactions with a focus on cross-border transactions for the firm’s global corporate clients. Stephanie graduated with honors from Columbia University and also received a Master’s Degree from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She serves as president of the RTW Charitable Foundation and is a member of the Weill Cornell Children’s Health Council and Council of the New York Philharmonic.