Sheila Ennis

Sheila specialises in strategic financial communications, with a focus on capital markets, investor engagement and high-stakes special situations. She brings more than 30 years of experience in Silicon Valley, including over 20 years in equity capital markets as a sell-side analyst and investment banker at technology-focused firms. Over the course of her career, she has advised on hundreds of IPOs and other capital raising transactions, as well as dozens of M&A assignments for both public and private companies.

She provides senior counsel on a wide range of complex situations, including activism defence, litigation, business model transformations, management changes and major internal and external crises. Drawing on her experience “across the table,” she works closely with leadership teams and boards to prepare for high-impact stakeholder engagement.

Her recent experience includes advising Medtronic, Comcast, Webull, Seagen, Hershey, McKesson, Sinovac, CrowdStreet and GitLab on transactions, investor relations, activism defence, litigation and crisis communications. Sheila is also a frequent speaker on IPO readiness, including disclosure strategy and board preparation for shareholder engagement.