DIVA SYNERGY UCITS FUND - Bernheim, Dreyfus & Co.

Portfolio Managers (as at June 1 st 2011)
Solid and complementary experience in mergers and acquisitions, trading and asset management
Lionel Melka
Co-Manager & Head
of Research
• Lionel started his career in 1998 with Lazard Frères, where he undertook numerous M&A advisory engagements for blue
chip clients (LVMH, Saint-Gobain, Casino, France Telecom, Thomson, Air Liquide, Kingfisher) in a large scope of
situations: privatizations, friendly and hostile takeover bids, LBOs, asset disposals and IPOs Then he joined the M&A
Department of Calyon, where he worked on various advisory assignments in the TMT-Defence team and LCF Rothschild
in 2005 where he led many M&A cross-border assignments in various industry sectors.
• Lionel is also a teacher at the University of Paris Dauphine, one of the leading academic institutions in Europe, in the
fields of corporate finance, asset allocation and alternative investments.
Amit Shabi
Co-Manager & Head
of Trading
• Amit is an ex-commander of an analyst team in a military intelligence unit of the Israel Defense Forces.
• After completing 3 years of army service, Amit moved to Paris to pursue his studies and obtained a Master’s degree in
Finance from Sorbonne University.
• Amit Started his career in the strategy department of LCF Rothschild Asset Management.
• After this experience in traditional asset management, Amit worked in the Capital Markets divisions of MAN Group and
Cantor Fitzgerald as a sales of sophisticated financial instruments for hedge funds, institutional and HNWI investors.
Sebastien
Dettmar
Co-Manager & Head
of Risk Management
• Sebastien started his career as research assistant in the Algebraic Geometry Laboratory of the Montpellier University of
Science. He developed several models on the resolution of the singularities based on the works of Alexander
Grothendieck.
• In 2001, Sebastien joined LCF Rothschild Asset Management as Risk Manager (€15bn AuM) where he established the
strategic direction, risk tolerance standards, and ethical culture for the asset management activities. After three years
spent as Risk Manager of the company, Sebastien became Head of Quantitative Research.
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