Sasson Darwish

Sasson Darwish is a Managing Director in the Technology Investment Banking Group at RBC, leading the converging technologies coverage which include IoT and all connected things efforts (cars, city, factory and wearables) across all the group's verticals; Sass is also heading the Israel country coverage for RBC.

Prior to that, he was a Managing Director and Head of the Americas Technology Investment Banking Group at Nomura Holdings and Head of East Coast coverage for the Technology Investment Banking Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Earlier in his career, he was a Vice President in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Lehman Brothers. Sass was a Captain in the Israeli Defense Force, received his undergraduate degrees in economics and management from Tel Aviv University and his MBA from Yale School of Management.

Education

• MBA Yale School of Management (1992.09 — 1994.06)
• BA Tel Aviv University (1988.09 — 1991.05)
• Gimnasya Herzeliya (1978 — 1982)

Companies

• Visiting Professor Yale School of Management (2019)
• Managing Director RBC Capital Markets (2014)
• Vice Chairman of the Board GlassesOff Inc. (2013 — 2014)
• Managing Director DS Advisory Group; Technology Investment Banking (2012 — 2014)
• Managing Director, Head of Technology Investment Banking Group, Americas Nomura (2010 — 2012)
• Managing Director Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2004 — 2010)
• President Emblaze Systems (2001 — 2003)
• Vice President Lehman Brothers (1994 — 2001)

Skills

• Equity Research
• Investor Relations
• M&A experience

Other

Emerging Markets, Financial Structuring, IPO, Alternative Investments, Due Diligence, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Valuation, Financial Modeling, Business Development, Corporate Development, Strategy, Start-ups, Finance, Equities, Private Equity, Investments, Mergers, Capital Markets, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment Banking