Michaël Bijaoui

Partner / COO

With over 12 years of corporate development and investment banking experience, Michaël joined East Wind in 2009 from MESA, where he built the firm's education and business services practice. Michaël brings a unique combination of experience as a corporate development officer for a Fortune 500 media company and as an investment banker for traditional and new media companies. Prior to joining MESA in 2006, Michaël was Vice President, Business Development for McGraw-Hill Education where he led the publisher's global strategy and mergers and acquisitions activities. During his tenure, McGraw-Hill Education completed 13 acquisitions and equity investments in the U.S., UK, and China, as well as two divestitures.

Michaël holds an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. He received his bachelor's degree from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris, France.