Mihaela Zahariuc is an assistant portfolio manager and senior analyst on the Emerging Markets Team with a focus on the consumer sector. Her in-depth fundamental research, idea generation and buy/sell recommendation are leveraged across the three strategies managed by the Driehaus Emerging Markets Team. Additionally, she serves on the firm’s ESG committee.

Before joining Driehaus Capital Management in 2018, Ms. Zahariuc worked as a consumer research analyst at Lisanti Capital Growth. Prior to that, she worked at William Blair & Co as a senior sales associate for institutional equity sales. Ms. Zahariuc began her career in institutional equity sales at Prudential Equity Group, followed by a similar role at JP Morgan Chase.

Ms. Zahariuc received her B.A. in Musicology from the National Conservatory of Music in Bucharest, Romania and an M.A. in Arts, Entertainment and Media Management from Columbia College in Chicago, IL.