Dr. Thomas Meyer, European Investment Fund, Head of Risk Management and Monitoring

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		Thomas studied computer science at the Bundeswehr Universität in Munich followed by doctoral studies at the University of Trier. He holds an MBA from the London Business School and an MA in Japanese Language and Society from the University of Sheffield. After 12 years in the German Air Force he worked for the German insurance group Allianz AG in corporate finance and as the regional Chief Financial Officer of Allianz Asia Pacific in Singapore. Over the last years Thomas has been responsible for the creation of the European Investment Fund's risk management function. Focus of his work is the development of valuation and risk management models and investment strategies for venture capital fund-of-funds. He is a Research Fellow at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan and a member of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association’s (CAIA©) private equity sub-committee. Together with Pierre-Yves Mathonet he authored “Beyond the J Curve: Managing a Portfolio of Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds” and “J-Curve Exposure: Managing a Portfolio of Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds”(to be published in Fall 2007), both by John Wiley & Sons.