Francois Xavier Meyer joined SEB Alliance in 2011 at the foundation of the investment vehicle. A French-German and a graduate from ESCP Europe (Paris-Oxford, Berlin) Business School and the German Diplom Kaufmann, Francois began his career in the telecoms/media M&A department of Lehman Brothers in London. He later moved to the Transactions Services department of PwC in Paris. Francois then joined the French packaging company Ileos as a strategy and development manager and later UFG Private Equity (now UFG-Siparex).