Bio

As Investor Relations Director, Ellinor works with a number of the world’s most respected institutional investors on behalf of Verdane, covering investor relations, ESG reporting, fundraising, co-investments, and business development. She joined Verdane in Stockholm in 2021 from the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP6). At AP6, she held a position as Investment Director of Fund Investments as well as a permanent position on the Fund’s dedicated sustainability and ESG team. During her time at AP6, she expanded the Fund’s activities to invest in US growth and buyout funds, holding a number of advisory committee seats for top-quartile GPs based out of Europe and the US. Prior to that, Ellinor held a position as Investment Director at the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, where she was responsible for managing a number of state-owned companies on behalf of the Swedish government, delivering on a longstanding combination of sustainability and financial targets pioneered by the Swedish government. Ellinor also holds venture capital experience from working at HealthCap as an Investment Associate focusing on investments in life sciences, with previous experience from management consulting and investment banking in Stockholm, London, and New York. She holds an MSc in Business and Economics as well as a BSc in Informatics from Lund University with studies at Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley. An avid tennis player, Ellinor enjoys challenging professional and private acquaintances alike to chess games.