Emel Kayihan

Director

Business

Financial Advisory

Location

London, United Kingdom

Emel Kayihan joined Lazard in 2012 and is a Director in the Shareholder Advisory Group, advising clients on shareholder activism, trends in corporate governance and ESG, and the changing profile and behaviours of their public shareholders. Emel joined the Group in New York in 2017, before transferring to Paris to assist with the development of the European practice.

Experience includes advising a number of clients on confidential corporate preparedness and shareholder engagement matters. Emel previously spent three years in the ECM team advising on IPOs and secondary offerings after joining Lazard in London as an M&A analyst.

MA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

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