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21-23 October 2025
The Ritz-Carlton, DIFCDubai

Serge Lépine
Managing Partner at Cabot Capital Partners
Panellist

Profile

Serge is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Cabot Capital Partners (CCP) established in 2018. CCP advises Family Offices and institutional investors on governance, strategy, portfolio construction, manager selection and direct investment opportunities.

Prior to establishing CCP, Serge has worked with sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East, Asia and Canada; In the Middle East, Serge was latterly the founding CEO of QADIC, a US$2bn global investment platform jointly funded by Qatar Investment Authority and Mubadala; Chief Investment Officer for Mumtalakat (Bahrain) and had been appointed to senior roles at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) establishing the co-investment and direct investment business units respectively.

Before relocating to the Gulf in 2004, Serge had been based in Asia since 1996 establishing the initial private equity operations of the Caisse de Dépot et Placement du Québec (CDPQ).

Serge’s early career encompassed working in Montreal for CDPQ as well as other leading Canadian financial institutions, focused on direct investment, mergers and acquisitions advisory and corporate finance.


Agenda Sessions

  • Why the Middle East?

    09:20