Championing Women in M&A

Women in M&A spotlight: Elisabeth Lefer

Elisabeth Lefer
Manager | Risk & Financial Advisory
Transactions M&A, Financial Services
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Working at Deloitte allows me to advise our clients in their pursuit of strategic growth opportunities within the financial services industry. Every transaction in M&A has its own unique complexities, and I enjoy working through these challenges with my team. My colleagues are thoughtful, insightful, and intelligent, and it is exciting to collaborate with our industry leaders on engagements in rapidly changing industries (e.g., fintech and cryptocurrency, among others). Furthermore, it is rewarding to navigate niche accounting issues with our clients and add value to their analyses.

I really value the experiences and opportunities Deloitte provides to contribute to my overall growth. Our business is constantly evolving, and it’s exciting to work on teams that are working to solve meaningful problems.

Outside of work, I love to travel and have spent my time off this year visiting Hawaii and Indonesia with family and friends. In my spare time, I also enjoy cooking, and I have recently used Deloitte’s well-being subsidy to start an organic vegetable garden to grow healthy ingredients.

FY2022 Accomplishments

• Launched NextGen WMA summit for female M&A leaders with 40+ clients attending at Deloitte University in May 2022
• Hosted 115+ female PPMDs, senior managers, and managers at WMA mini-internal summit in May 2022 (last summit held in December 2019)
• Held various internal events that engaged more than 100 female WMA practitioners over the past year, including International Women’s Day watch parties, Chicago WMA lunch-in, Atlanta mini-golf outing, and holiday celebrations
• Launched an internal peer-to-peer program

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Deloitte Women in Mergers & Acquisitions: Visit our global site to learn about how we’ve made great strides over the past several years in increasing the number of women in client service and leadership roles, including those in M&A-related fields such as Valuation & Modeling, Corporate Finance, Turnaround & Restructuring, and Infrastructure & Economic Advisory.