Georges Ralli holds a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in banking and finance from the University of Paris-V, and is a graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (economics and finance section) and the Institut commercial de Nancy. He joined Crédit Lyonnais in 1970, where he held various positions until 1981.
In 1982, he became Secretary of the Commission for the Development and Protection of Savings. From 1982 to 1985, he was director of Crédit du Nord's financial trading department (primary bond and equity markets, mergers and acquisitions, proprietary investment).
In 1986, he joined Lazard in Paris to help develop the primary capital markets business. In 1989 he joined the mergers and acquisitions business, becoming managing partner in 1993 and then co-head of mergers and acquisitions at Lazard LLC from 1999. From 2000 to 2010, he was Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of Lazard LLC (USA). At the same time, he was Head of the French House until 2009. He stepped down from his executive duties in 2010 and remained Chairman of the European M&A business and the European asset management and private banking businesses until 2012.
In 2013, he founded IPF Management and IPF Partners, management and advisory companies for investment funds specialising in the healthcare sector, which invest in biotech, medtech, diagnostics and vaccine companies in the form of structured loans. He was a director and manager until December 2021.
Finally, in 2017, he participated in the creation of LLC Real Estate Fund SCA, an investment fund dedicated to real estate in Luxembourg.