Violetta Ostafin
highactivehealthcare-execadvisorlauderwharton
Current Roles
- Venture Advisor, Acrew Capital (Jul 2025–present) — healthcare/life sciences early and growth stage investing
- Principal/MD, VVO Advisors — advisory to healthcare companies, sponsors, boards (investment diligence, strategy, commercialization, GTM, growth, transformation)
- Independent Board Member, BP Sao Paulo — strategy and finance committee
Career Highlights
- EVP & Chief Strategy Officer, CVS Health — led strategic vision across payer, provider, retail, services. P&L for Clinical Trials Services startup.
- Global COO, Health Solutions, Aon — ran operations for ~$2B business, 7k people, 100+ countries
- CEO, Health Solutions Latin America, Aon — fastest-growing region, transformed Brazil market
- BCG background
Status
- Feb 10: Sent initial message. She responded interested, asked for deck.
- Feb 11: Sent deck + proposed times for next week. Waiting on her reply.
Notes
- High-value relationship. She's not just a contact — she advises healthcare companies for a living and invests in them. Perfect overlap with DaisyAI.
Who
- C-suite healthcare executive — former CVS Health CSO, Aon Global COO, BCG
- Now independent: runs VVO Advisors (healthcare consulting) and is Venture Advisor at Acrew Capital (healthcare/life sciences investing)
- Board member at BP (leading Brazilian hospital system)
- Based in Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Connection to Us
- Lauder Institute alumni — shared network with Michael
- Wharton connection (she did MBA there)
- Reached out Feb 10, she responded interested and asked for a deck
Why She Matters
- Knows the healthcare ecosystem inside out — payer, provider, employer, life sciences
- Currently advising healthcare companies on exactly what DaisyAI does (commercialization, GTM, growth)
- VC lens through Acrew Capital — understands what investors look for
- Could be advisor, connector to enterprise buyers, or investor bridge
- Multilingual (comments in Portuguese, Spanish) — international healthcare network