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Valerie Evans, MBA
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Valerie Evans is a current MBA candidate at INSEAD, founded by the father of venture capital, Georges Doroit. Prior to INSEAD, Valerie spent five years in M&A in New York City. At PwC, she advised Fortune 500 companies in the consumer space at PwC on capital markets transactions and strategies to increase profitability. Subsequently, Valerie worked at TPG in the commercial real estate group and assisted in various capital markets transactions, including issuing $125M of equity and $2.0B of debt throughout her tenure. Prior to starting her MBA, Valerie was a fellow for the Dallas chapter of the SoGal Foundation, the largest platform dedicated to bridging the diversity gap for both founders and funders in venture capital.
At INSEAD, Valerie is Vice President of Due Diligence for the Impact Student Investment Fund for her cohort, assisting in creating venture capital webinars with Professor Henning Piezunka, and becoming entrenched in the venture capital ecosystem by managing global partnerships for a London-based logistics startup and analyzing acquisition targets for a SPAC listing by a French venture capital firm. Throughout quarantine, Valerie has remained active by joining classmates in training for a Spartan race. In her spare time, she enjoys playing golf, scuba diving, and traveling, when possible again.
At INSEAD, Valerie is Vice President of Due Diligence for the Impact Student Investment Fund for her cohort, assisting in creating venture capital webinars with Professor Henning Piezunka, and becoming entrenched in the venture capital ecosystem by managing global partnerships for a London-based logistics startup and analyzing acquisition targets for a SPAC listing by a French venture capital firm. Throughout quarantine, Valerie has remained active by joining classmates in training for a Spartan race. In her spare time, she enjoys playing golf, scuba diving, and traveling, when possible again.
