PAST AND PRESENT SPEAKER PROFILES - EVCA

EVCA | Institute: Private Equity Management TrainingPAST AND PRESENT SPEAKER PROFILESPrivate Equity Foundation Course for Limited PartnersLLM, University of London, 1997Career to date:2005-present: Senior Legal Counsel - European Investment Fund2000-2005: Associate - Herbert Smith, London1997-2000: Associate - Gianni Origoni & Partners, RomeLanguages:English, Italian, FrenchPierre-Yves MathonetHead of Risk Management, Venture Capital, EuropeanInvestment Fund (Luxembourg)Pierre-Yves Mathonet is heading the venture capital unit within the risk management division of theEuropean Investment Fund. As risk managers he is responsible for one of the largest European privateequity portfolio of almost 300 funds with almost €5 billion committed and more than €7 billion undermanagement.He is also a member of the private equity subcommittee of the Chartered Alternative InvestmentAnalyst® Program. Before that, he worked as an investment banker in the technology groups ofDonaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and Credit Suisse First Boston, and, previously, for the audit andconsulting departments of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He initiated and chairs the EVCA 's Private EquityFoundation Course for Limited Partners.He co-authored two books "Beyond the J Curve" and "J Curve exposure". Beyond the J Curve is since2007 a required reading in the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst® Program. It has beentranslated in Chinese and will soon also be available in Japanese.Pierre-Yves holds a Master of Science cum laude in Finance from London Business School and aMaster of Science magna cum laude in Management from Solvay Business School in Brussels. He isalso a Certified European Financial Analyst cum laude.Bastion Tower, Place du Champ de Mars 5, B-1050 Brussels Belgium - Tel +32 2 7150020 - Fax +32 2 7250704 - info@evca.eu - www.evca.eu