Speakers

Sébastien brings more than 20 years of experience in project and infrastructure finance, having built a career across lending, investing, advisory, and contractor/developer roles. 
Since joining Canada Life’s Global Private Debt group in 2018, he has leveraged a uniquely well-rounded perspective shaped by prior leadership in major infrastructure pursuits at PCL Construction, where he spent five years overseeing the commercial and financial dimensions of large-scale opportunities across North America. Earlier, he advised clients as part of KPMG’s Global Infrastructure Advisory practice in Toronto and spent a decade with Halifax Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group across London, New York, and Toronto as a project finance specialist in lending and investing. 

Sébastien holds a Master of Science in Management from the Toulouse Graduate School of Business and Management and is fluent in both French and English.

Canada Life 

Canada Life’s Global Private Debt group is a scaled private debt investment platform with deep expertise across sectors and geographies, underpinned by a consistent origination, underwriting, and monitoring approach.

Our group originates and structures more than C$5 billion annually for multiple balance sheets (Canada Life, Empower, Irish Life and Canada Like UK). 
Our private debt portfolio exceeds C$34billion as of December 2025.

Expansion has been deliberate and disciplined, with a focus on growing our partner network and direct deal execution across North America and Europe.