Elisa Petris

Elisa is a Lead Partner of Syncona Investment Management Ltd.

She is a Director on the Board of Quell Therapeutics, Beacon Therapeutics and Forcefield Therapeutics and was previously on the Board of former portfolio companies Blue Earth Diagnostics and Neogene, and of current portfolio company Achilles Therapeutics. She was closely involved in the foundation of Quell, Blue Earth, Achilles and Beacon including their operational and strategic set-up.

Previously, she was a Senior Associate at Michel Dyens & Co. working on transactions covering the healthcare space, and a member of the Life Science team at L.E.K. Consulting based in London. While at L.E.K. she worked on projects for biotech, pharma and private equity clients. Elisa has a PhD in Molecular Biology from Imperial College and an MBA from London Business School.

Syncona portfolio companies

• Quell Therapeutics (Board member)
• Beacon Therapeutics (Board member)
• Forcefield Therapeutics (Board member)