Sonia Benhamida, Principal, London

Sonia joined Kreos in 2021 and supports the General Partners in the entire deal life cycle including identifying, assessing, and performing investment analysis, as well as post investment monitoring. Prior to joining Kreos, Sonia was a Senior VP responsible for Healthcare Corporate Banking CEMEA at ONB, overseeing the client portfolio, managing relationships, and providing
inancing to mid-size and large companies in the sector. Prior this, Sonia was a VP of Business Development at Ipsen, in charge of in-licensing and acquiring new drug candidates from early to late stages of development and served as an M&A Manager at Rothschild & Co. Sonia is a former assistant professor and researcher at CentraleSupelec School of Engineering. She holds an MBA from HEC School of Management, and a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Université de Paris.