Heran Getachew is a corporate strategy and development executive with 17+ years of experience leading initiatives across private equity funds and technology companies, including Carlyle, Jefferies, Illumen Capital, IBM, and Family Health International.
She has a proven track record of driving 2X company and fund-level growth through M&A, commercial due diligence, strategic planning, go-to-market, and post-merger integrations.
Her expertise spans:
• Corporate Strategy: Partnered with C-Suite and business unit leaders to lead 30+ strategy initiatives at FHI 360, including competitive analysis that identified $75M in expansion opportunities and 9 new service lines.
• Commercial Diligence: Executed $1B+ in M&A and capital markets transactions as an investment banker at Jefferies, including a $555M software buyout by a private equity firm.
• Private Equity Investing: Led diligence and investments across private equity, growth, and venture funds, achieving top-quartile performance across 10 funds and 200+ companies at Illumen Capital and FHI Ventures.
• Go-to-Market: Developed sales campaigns, predictive analytics tools, and AI software at Carlyle, enabling >5x fundraising growth for the private equity firm in one year.
• PMO Leadership: Directed cross-functional teams across the C-Suite and 8 Business Unit leaders as a PMO leader at FHI 360, contributing to doubling of the organization to $650M revenue and 4,000+ staff through a two-year transformation.
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