Yelda is the Senior Director of Transactions in Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center in California. In this role, she is responsible for securing deals in areas of strategic interest.

Yelda joined the Johnson & Johnson Innovation family from GSK’s worldwide business development group. Leveraging a diverse career practicing emergency medicine, corporate law and business development, she brings extensive experience to transactions delivering a unique breadth of deals across sectors with an established track record of successfully leading, structuring, negotiating and executing complex deals over the last ten years.

Yelda holds a MBBS, LLB, and MBA from the University of Melbourne.