Serge Lepine is responsible for the strategic asset allocation of investment funds for Bahrain's investment vehicle, Mumtalakat. He is also in charge of the long-term growth of its investment portfolio, which includes the likes of the National Bank of Bahrain and McLaren Group.

Lepine has more than 20 years financial experience and has worked in Canada, Asia and the GCC. In the Middle East he has worked for both the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council. And while in Asia Lepine participated in the establishment of the Asian private equity activities of Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ), one of Canada's largest institutional investors.

Lepine has a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance & Marketing) from Bishop's University (Canada) and has completed the Maîtrise ès Science (MSc) class curriculum in Corporate Finance at Sherbrooke University (Canada).