Elena Zafirova (Past Speaker)

Elena Zafirova is part of the CEO & Co-Founder’s Office at Palantir Technologies responsible for identifying and scaling strategic partnerships. Elena works with the leaders and executives of the world’s leading organisations to help them accelerate their digital transformation to deliver on their commercial and operational objectives. A dual-qualified US and UK lawyer by background, Elena previously practised wealth management and tax law at Baker McKenzie for over 6 years, where amongst other mandates she was deeply involved with the compliance and regulatory aspects of a large number of Swiss financial institutions. Prior to joining Palantir, as a Senior Wealth Management Consultant for Lombard International Association SA, a company owned by Blackstone, Elena initiated and developed the strategic partnership between Lombard and the multi-family office Stonehage Fleming. 

Elena graduated with a bi-lingual English and German International Baccalaureate from Institut Le Rosey, Rolle/Gstaad, Switzerland, she obtained her undergraduate in Law (LL.B) from University of Warwick, U.K., and her Masters in Financial Law (LL.M) from King’s College London, U.K. Elena has completed the Leadership Development Program (PLD) at Harvard Business School, and is certified as a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP).