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Birgit Meyer zu Selhausen has been working in M&A advisory in the Cooperative sector since 2012. She focuses on advising consumer goods and technology companies on transactions in the German Mittelstand, but also, for example, on group carve-outs and in special situations. As Supervisory Board Head, she also drives the development of the international M&A advisory network ADVIOR International.

Birgit Meyer zu Selhausen began her professional career in 1998 in the Equity Capital Markets division at WestLB Panmure. There she accompanied companies from the IT and Internet sectors on their IPOs on the New Market for several years. In 2001, she switched to M&A consulting in London and over the years has advised a large number of companies and entrepreneurs on transactions, some of them cross-border, often with stock market implications. In 2011, she took over the management of the Mergers & Acquisitions department at WestLB AG and supported the sale of the bank's portfolio assets with her team.

Birgit Meyer zu Selhausen studied business administration at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Augsburg and graduated with a degree in business administration. Prior to this, she trained as a bank clerk at Bayerische Vereinsbank, Munich. She is also an alumna of the Executive Programme at WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and a certified business mediator (Steinbeis).

Birgit Meyer zu Selhausen has been enthusiastic about the advancing possibilities of digitalisation for many years. Her favourite way to spend her free time is in nature.