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PAST AND PRESENT SPEAKER PROFILES - EVCA

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<strong>EVCA</strong> | Institute: Private Equity Management Training<strong>PAST</strong> <strong>AND</strong> <strong>PRESENT</strong> <strong>SPEAKER</strong> <strong>PROFILES</strong>Private Equity Foundation Course for Limited PartnersThomas MeyerDirector, <strong>EVCA</strong> (Europe)Thomas studied computer science at the Bundeswehr Universität in Munich followed by doctoralstudies at the University of Trier, and holds an MBA from the London Business School. After 12 yearsin the German Air Force he worked for the German insurance group Allianz AG in corporate financeand M&A with focus on Japan, and as the regional Chief Financial Officer of Allianz Asia Pacific inSingapore.For the last years he was responsible for the creation of the European Investment Fund 's riskmanagement function. Focus of his work was the development of valuation and risk managementmodels and investment strategies for venture capital fund-of-funds.Thomas was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo and is a ShimomuraFellow of the Institute of Capital Formation of the Development Bank of JapanTogether with Pierre-Yves Mathonet he authored the book "Beyond the J Curve: Managing a Portfolioof Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds" by John Wiley & SonsGauthier MonjanelEuropean Investment Fund (Luxembourg)Gauthier holds a Master of Science in Management from the Reims Management School.He started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the audit department, focusing on the financialsector. After, he joined the EIF where he was responsible for the financial control of its VC portfolio. Hethen moved to the Risk Management Department.He is currently taking part in the review of each VC operation presented to the EIF Board. He is also incharge of VC portfolio monitoring and management (portfolio review, cash flow forecasts, …) and ofdeveloping EIF's risk management function.He participated in writing the books "Beyond the J Curve - Managing a Portfolio of Venture Capital andPrivate Equity Funds" (by Meyer and Mathonet) published by Wiley finance in July 2005 and "J Curveexposure: Managing a Portfolio of Venture Capital and Private equity Funds" (by Meyer and Mathonet )to be soon published.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

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