
Elena DK
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Studied at McGill University
Works at Peak Power
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Work Experience

Strategic Finance Director
Peak Power
November 2023 - Present
Responsible for growth strategy and operations, strategic finance and M&A, go-to-market and partnerships with private equity investors. Peak Power is the leading AI-powered B2B SaaS startup. Backed by Greenbacker Capital Management, Osmington Inc., BDC Capital, Export Development Corporation (EDC), Hatch, Sensata Technologies, and The Atmospheric Fund.

Chief of Staff
KPMG
September 2020 - August 2021

M&A Advisory for Private Equity
KPMG
August 2017 - November 2023
Value Creation, M&A Advisory, and Strategy Consulting for private equity. Clients include Brookfield ($900B AUM), CPPIB ($646B AUM), CDPQ ($452B AUM), Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan ($248B AUM), OMERS ($129B AUM), Vista Equity ($100B AUM), Birch Hill ($5B AUM), Clairvest ($4B AUM). Support private equity and institutional investment funds on their mergers, acquisitions and divestitures both on buy- and sell-side. Provide growth strategy and operational improvement consulting. On the buy-side, help clients maximize M&A deal value and EBITDA through comprehensive financial modeling, synergies estimation, integration planning, commercial and operational due diligence, data analytics, as well as increase value post-deal via synergy tracking, revenue growth strategy and operational improvement. On the sell-side, help clients manage separation of assets, divisions or operations being carved out, including financial modeling of standalone and stranded costs, separation design strategy, Day 1 and end-state operating model design, portfolio value creation and drafting of transitional services agreements. Additionally, provided operational and strategic support as the team's COO (Chief of Staff). Industries covered: technology, waste management, health care, renewable energy, CPG, financial services and insurance. Acquisition Integration, New Business Development and +42 skills
Education

McGill University
Bachelor's Degree with Distinction | Economics and Finance
Dean's Honour List (top 10%) Golden Key Honour Society (top 15%) Senior research paper - "Determinants of the price of the Canadian crude oil and its impacts on GDP, CPI and employment"
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Overall Rating
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Elena has helped Leland clients get into Microsoft