Claes Ekstrom
Mr. Ekstrom has over twenty years of experience in asset-backed investing, mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance across healthcare and various other industries.
Prior to joining Innovatus Capital Partners, LLC in January of 2016, Mr. Ekstrom was a member of the Perella Weinberg Partners' Asset Based Value Strategy Investment Team, where he focused on corporate, healthcare, and consumer opportunities. From 2011 to 2013, Mr. Ekstrom was a full-time consultant to the Asset Based Value Strategy Investment Team and provided advice on a range of matters. From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Ekstrom was a Managing Director at Bentley Associates, a boutique investment bank focusing on middle market M&A and private placements. From 2007 to 2009, he served as a Director in the M&A group at Merrill Lynch & Co. From 2004 to 2007, he was a senior member of the healthcare investment banking group at Lehman Brothers, where he provided M&A and financing advice to leading healthcare companies and healthcare investors. Mr. Ekstrom started his investment banking career with Merrill Lynch & Co. in 1996 and was a member of the M&A group where he executed M&A transactions across a wide range of industries.
Mr. Ekstrom received a M.Sc. in Economics and Business from the Stockholm School of Economics.