Irina Haivas MD

Irina Haivas MD General Information

Biography

Dr. Irina Haivas serves as Board Member at y42. She serves as Partner at Atomico. Dr. Irina served as Principal at Atomico. She also serves as a Board Member at LabGenius, Healx, accuRx, Kheiron Medical Technologies, and Qatalog. She formerly served as a Principal at GHO Capital. Irina is a healthcare specialist with a background in medicine and management consulting. She previously spent seven years with Bain & Company, where she was a leader in the European healthcare practice and brings a wealth of experience across Europe, the US, and emerging markets to the firm. Irina has advised multiple private equity funds on healthcare due diligence and post-acquisition projects and has worked directly with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and healthcare services companies on strategic initiatives including growth, business models, R&D and innovation, M&A, organizational development, and operational improvement. Irina is a medical doctor with a first-in-class degree and experience across multiple healthcare systems. She studied medicine at Iasi Medical University in Romania and Freiburg University in Germany as a Rotary Scholar and was a visiting surgical fellow at Harvard Medical School. She also holds an MSc in International Health Policy from the London School of Economics where she graduated with distinction. A native Romanian speaker, Irina is fluent in English and German and is conversational in French and Italian.