Evelyn D’An

President, D’An Financial Services; Director, Enochian Biosciences and Summer Infant, Inc.
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Evelyn is an experienced Independent Board Director and experienced Chair of Audit, Compensation and Nominating/Governance committees; CFO; Former Big 4 Audit Partner; and Hispanic business leader. Former Senior Finance Leader at a $5B global distributor and service provider for the wireless industry. Evelyn spent 18 years with EY where she served clients in retail, consumer products, technology, financial services, media and other sectors. Recently named a Director to Watch by Directors & Boards Magazine.

Evelyn has been sitting on Corporate Boards since 2005. In 2016, she joined the Board of Summer Infant, a NASDAQ manufacturer of infant and juvenile products, with distribution into major retailers such as Target, Walmart and Amazon. She chairs the Compensation Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. Digital consumer-centric transformation, restructuring/realignment functions, ecommerce relaunch and debt refinancing are key ongoing initiatives.

In early 2018, she joined the board of Enochian Biosciences, Inc., a NASDAQ biosciences technology start-up engaged in R&D, manufacturing and clinical trials of products for the human treatment of HIV/AIDS and cancer. She chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Nominating & Governance and Compensation Committees.

Evelyn has a diverse background which offers a valuable combination of private equity ownership experience, along with public company corporate governance and reporting. Throughout her career, she has taken on financial and operational leadership roles and has worked with a number of start- up companies, currently serving as the CFO of Anatomie, Inc., a European-made luxury travel leisurewear brand. Headquartered in Miami, Anatomie is a rapidly growing, lifestyle brand with a keen focus on customer service and engagement and multi-channel distribution strategies. Anatomie is sold in more than 300 locations across the US and Canada with an equal amount of sales generated via its online and ecommerce platforms. Building a strong infrastructure across all aspects of the organization while creating a collaborative and integrated working culture are leading key initiatives to support growth across all distribution channels.