Patrick Sayer is the Chairman of Eurazeo’s Board of Directors since May 2002. Prior to this, he was Associate Manager at Lazard Frères et Cie, Paris, and Managing Director at Lazard Frères & Co., New York. Mr. Sayer is also Vice President of the Supervisory Board of ANF Immobilier, and a Director of Accor, Europcar, Rexel, Banca Leonardo (Italy), Tech Data (USA) and of Kitara Capital (Dubai). He is a former President of the French Association of Investors for Growth (“Association Française des Investisseurs pour la Croissance”, or AFIC), and a Director of the Paris Museum of Decorative Arts (“Musée des Arts Décoratifs”), and teaches finance at the Paris University of Dauphine. A member of the Lawyers Club (“Club des Juristes”), Mr. Sayer is a judge of commercial cases at the Paris Commercial Court. His private equity experience dates back to the creation of Fonds Partenaires, where he was active from 1989 to 1993. He subsequently helped redefine the investment strategy of Gaz et Eaux which had become Eurazeo. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique (1980), of Ecole des Mines de Paris (1982) and of the French Financial Analyst Center.