Elena Botelho Biography

Elena is a senior partner at ghSMART. She has supported first time CEOs and CEO transitions for over 15 years ranging from Fortune 50 to middle market companies across a wide range of industry sectors including services technology healthcare financial services manufacturing consumer products. She supports major corporate and alternative investment clients globally including: Pfizer IBM CHOP Carlyle Group Centerbridge Berkshire Tiger Global and many others. Her effectiveness is powered by her consummate dedication to clients courage pragmatism relentless mindset of possibility and penetrating insights connecting business context with individual behaviors and organizational dynamics.
She leads extensive ghSMART research on first time CEOs globally in partnership with leading academics at the University of Chicago NYU and SAS Inc. CEO Genome® project explores paths and behaviors that lead to the top typical setbacks first time CEOs encounter and ways to prevent them. Elena is a published author and frequent speaker at leading industry events on leadership talent management and M&A. She is a member of the McKinsey M&A Integration council – an invitation-only working group of M&A integration leaders from major corporations.

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