Dr. Cyril Demaria

Cyril Demaria specializes in private equity and combines practical and entrepreneurial experience, academic knowledge and lecturing experience. He is Head of Private Markets at Wellershoff & Partners, where he focuses on top-down buy-side research and advisory. Previously, he was Executive Director in charge of private markets research at the Chief Investment Office of UBS Wealth Management. Throughout his career, he held various positions as founder and managing partner of a venture capital fund, CIO of Tiaré Investment Management, an associate and portfolio manager in a fund of funds and an insurance group. He started as an analyst in a venture capital fund in the US and Europe. Cyril holds a BA in Political Sciences from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Lyon, a Master’s in Geopolitics, a Master’s in European Business Law, a Master’s from HEC (Paris) and a PhD from the University of St Gallen. He is lectures at EADA, ESCP-Europe, HEC Paris and EDHEC. He is the authors of six books of which five are on private equity.