Whitney Ijem Joins Guggenheim Securities as Biotech Analyst

Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Whitney Ijem has joined the firm as a Director in a planned expansion of the Healthcare Research team.

NEW YORK, NY – Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Whitney Ijem has joined the firm as a Director in a planned expansion of the Healthcare Research team. Ms. Ijem is focusing on the coverage of Biotech companies, working closely with the firm’s growing therapeutics team.

Ms. Ijem joins Guggenheim from Tourbillon Capital, where she was a healthcare analyst focused on companies across the therapeutics space. Prior to Tourbillon, she was a biotech analyst in the J.P. Morgan Equity Research Healthcare group. Before joining J.P. Morgan, Ms. Ijem was a biotech analyst at Canaccord Genuity. She began her career at Arcoda Capital.

“We are excited to have Whitney join Guggenheim,” said Stefano Natella, Director of Equity Research. “She is a great addition to our healthcare equity research team, and she represents our continued commitment to invest in our healthcare research platform. We look forward to her continued success at Guggenheim.”

In the last 12 months, Guggenheim has significantly expanded its therapeutics research team, which now includes Michael Schmidt, Adnan Butt, Seamus Fernandez, and Etzer Darout.

Ms. Ijem received her M.S. in Biomaterials Science from New York University and her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. She is based in Guggenheim’s New York office.

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