Mischa Travers

Mischa Travers is the US Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Pivotal Life Sciences. He joined Pivotal in 2022 and brings over 20 years’ experience in finance, legal, and operating roles across a range of organizations. Prior to Pivotal, he was Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel at Cequence Security, a venture-backed cybersecurity software company. Prior to that, Mr. Travers was a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell where he advised technology and life sciences companies on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, corporate governance, strategic partnerships, and SEC reporting and compliance issues; a derivatives trader and merger arbitrageur at Cutler Group, LP; and an investment banker focusing on the software industry at Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Travers holds a J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School and a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech.