NEW YORK, April 28, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LifeSci Advisors, LLC, (the "Company" or "LifeSci") an investor relations and corporate communications firm focused on the life sciences sector, today announced the appointment of Niki Dilger as Advisory Managing Director and Head of European Corporate Access. Based in the UK, Niki will enhance and manage LifeSci’s pan-European corporate access capability, bringing together LifeSci’s US and European clients and specialist investors in Europe.
Niki has over 15 years experience in the healthcare sector including 10 years in institutional equity sales in Europe specializing in US and European Healthcare stocks at Cowen, JP Morgan and then Fortis Bank, with a particular focus on Biotechnology companies at the latter. In 2009 she founded Aetia Ltd, a UK-based specialist financial services firm offering capital raising and investor access services to private and public healthcare companies around the world, further developing her long-standing relationships with the healthcare investment community across Europe. During her career, Niki has managed numerous deal and non-deal roadshows across the UK and Europe and has a successful track record raising capital for a wide range of both public and private global life science companies at various stages of development. Prior to her investment banking career, Niki worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She has a BSc in Business Management and Languages from King’s College, London.
"Niki has exceptional relationships across Europe and will strengthen LifeSci’s unparalleled access to specialist institutional investors on behalf of our clients," said Michael Rice, President and Co-Founder of LifeSci Advisors. "We are committed to growing our European team due to increased interest from European companies seeking access to the US capital markets as well as continued interest from our US-based clients to access the European healthcare investment community."
“LifeSci’s clients can now benefit from upgraded seamless industry-leading IR services on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean thanks to Niki joining our team,” added Chris Maggos, Managing Director of LifeSci Advisors’ European business.
LifeSci Advisors, LLC (www.lifesciadvisors.com) is a unique investor relations consultancy founded to provide companies in the life sciences a comprehensive solution to investor communications and outreach. With local presence in New York, Boston, Chicago, and Geneva, the firm provides the highest quality service for its clients through its deep sector specialization. Our roster of Ph.D.s enables us to better understand our clients' R&D, regulatory, and commercial strategy, and our team of financial services, investor relations, and public relations specialists help our clients effectively communicate their strategies to the marketplace. This combination of life sciences, financial services, and investor relations expertise allows us to provide a valuable and unique service offering to our clients.