Sebastien graduated from Dijon University, France in 1996 with an MA in Finance. He started his career at Ernst and Young in Luxembourg as an auditor, before moving to the Whitehall Hedge Fund in Paris as Portfolio Manager specialising in French Private Real Estate. From 2000 to 2008, Sebastien held a position concentrating on European Equities as Multi Fund Manager at the Russell Investment Group before being appointed as Chief Financial Officer for Chemaf.