Mickias Hailu

Head of Finance

2023 - Current

FinTech Consultant

2023

FinTech & Financial Services projects, Startup Advisor, Market Intelligence, Investor Sourcing

Investor

2021 - 2022

+$1B Global FinTech-focused fund: Seed, Series A and B Board observer: Albert, Atomic, Alpaca Investments: Albert, Atomic, Alpaca, Pearler, stealth payments

Rock Venture Partner, Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship

2020 - 2021

Investment Committee for HBS Rock Accelerator Program Advise startups via board positions

Investor

2020 - 2021

Partnerships/New Products

2020 - 2020

Series C digital health startup backed by Deerfield, Google Ventures & Founders Fund. On-demand EMT/Paramedic network and telehealth solution that delivers healthcare (i.e. urgent care services, COVID testing) to underserved and elderly populations.

M&A and Strategic Ventures

2016 - 2019

Venture investments: Homee (Series B), Cape Analytics (Series B), Flock (acq. Paychex), Coterie, StrongArm Tech $6 billion in M&A transactions: $2b for Navigators (Global Specialty business), $1.5b for Aetna's Group Benefits Business, $2b for Talcott Resolution (Wealth mgmt runoff), $200m for Foremost (Farmers Small Business) Strategy/Internal Consulting work: Hypothesis-driven strategic initiative presentations, Market research and presentations, Quarterly Board of Directors presentations, Competitive Intelligence, Startup/disruptive company research

LDP Analyst: Wealth Management Strategy / Finance

2015 - 2016

LDP Analyst: IT Finance

2014 - 2015

Support $300 million IT invest Project portfolio for Commercial Businesses Helped to streamline IT expense allocation process to ensure accuracy and efficiency Introduced an improved variance analysis technique to communicate to business customers