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Michelle Banham

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Chief of Staff at elvex
📍 Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Michelle is a seasoned Chief of Staff for GenAI and SaaS startups, currently with elvex. ai. She specializes in scaling operations, HR, finance, and legal departments for high-growth companies. People she has worked with describe her as an organized, charismatic, effective, and authentic leader who brings order to chaos. She holds a certificate from Schulich School of Business.

Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, Michelle has a generalist mindset and excels at guiding company strategy and strategic project management for CEOs and founders.

She has co-led successful Series B fundraising rounds totaling over $200M, managing due diligence and investor relations.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Chief of Staff
Location
Greater Toronto Area, Canada
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Startup Operations
Specializes in bringing "order to the operational chaos" by building foundational systems for Ops, HR, Finance, and Legal in fast-growing startups.
Generative AI
Currently Chief of Staff at GenAI leader elvex. ai and previously at You. com. She also holds a Chief of AI Fellowship.
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Work history

9-2025
Chief of Staff
elvex
12-2023 - 4-2025
Chief of Staff
You.com
3-2023
Chief of Staff
MB Consulting for Startups
5-2022 - 12-2023
Fellowship
On Deck
2-2022 - 6-2023
Chief of Staff
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Education
6-2025 - 7-2025
Certificate
Schulich School of Business - York University
5-2025 - 6-2025
Chief of AI Certificate
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