Afsaneh Naimollah


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Director & Chair of the Audit Committee

Afsenah spent over three decades as an investment banker and strategic advisor working collaboratively with CEOs and board of directors of technology and healthcare companies on growth and exit strategies helping create billions of dollars in shareholder value. Over the course of Ms. Naimollah’s career, she has executed over 150 M&A and capital raising transactions with large and medium-size companies spanning 20 countries. From 2005 – 2010, Ms. Naimollah served on the board of ON2 Technologies, a U.S. public company that was acquired by Google.

Afsaneh is currently an Executive-in-Residence at Plug & Play Tech Center. PnP is the largest early stage venture fund and corporate accelerator with 35 global locations and 15 industry verticals. Afsaneh is also the founder of XEN Partners, a Silicon Valley-based strategy advisory firm working with next generation healthcare companies. Ms. Naimollah received her BA in Economics and Philosophy from Milton College and earned her MBA in International Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also attended Northwestern University’s executive program for Barclays Capital MDs. In 2019, Afsaneh completed the Directors’ college program at Stanford University.