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Veronika Litinski coordinates the MaRS venture services programs delivered to entrepreneurs, investors and high-growth companies. She also provides advisory services to entrepreneurs and high growth companies, with a special focus on life sciences markets, specializing in corporate finance and business development.

Veronika started her career as a research scientist at Lawrence Livermore Lab in Berkeley, California, where she focused on mechanisms of DNA repair. Transitioning to the business world, Veronika founded a medical journal and earned her MBA (Finance) at the University of San Francisco. Since 1998, Veronika has worked in corporate finance, first as an associate in the Capital Markets group with Union Bank, then with GATX Financial Corporation, where she focused on highly structured transactions and M&A. She was promoted to director of the venture finance group, where she was responsible for the firm’s international operations and life sciences portfolio. She provided technology and industry expertise, reviewed new investment opportunities and managed operations of the international partnerships. Veronika is a member of Financial Women Association (FWA) and Financial Executives International (FEI).