Frederic Rombaut
Global DeepTech & Digital Infrastructure Private Equity investor / Board Director / Chief Investment Officer / SWF
The move
MoveSeraphim Capital → Emirates Investment Authority
TitleGeneral Partner at Seraphim Space Fund → Managing Director, Head of Special Situations, Private Equity Direct & Co-Investments
LocationLondon → Abu Dhabi
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · United Kingdom → United Arab Emirates
Years in UAE5.9
Total experience39.4 years
Emirates Investment Authority headcount11-50 employees
Emirates Investment Authority industryInvestment Management
Emirates Investment Authority HQAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
Emirates Investment Authority typeGovernment Agency
Career arc
- Senior Advisor & Board DirectorJan 2025 — Present
Strategic Capital Advisors, Inc.· Paris
- Managing Director, Head of Special Situations, Private Equity Direct & Co-InvestmentsJan 2019 — Dec 2024EEmirates Investment Authority· Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- General Partner at Seraphim Space FundSep 2017 — Mar 2019
Seraphim Capital· London, United Kingdom
- Managing Director, Head of Corporate Development InternationalJan 2012 — Aug 2016
Cisco· London UK & San Jose US
- Founding Managing Director of Qualcomm Ventures Europe (EMEAI)Jan 2006 — Dec 2011
Qualcomm· London UK & San Diego US
- Deputy General Director & CFOJan 2004 — Dec 2005NNoos (Liberty Global Inc. Group); Today SFR Altice· Paris, France· Full-time
- Private Equity investment Director - Head of the TMT sector - Growth/LBOJul 1998 — Dec 2003
Apax Partners LLP· Paris & New-York· Full-time
- Corporate Development Manager, co-founder of Bouygues TelecomJan 1992 — Feb 1997
Bouygues Group· Paris, France
- Project manager at IB2 Technologies (IBM / Bouygues)Jan 1989 — Dec 1991
IBM· Paris Area, France
- FM radio producer1981 — 1986
Radio Villages 103.8 MHz· Paris Area, France
Education
- IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business SchoolMBA · Business Management & Finance1993 — 1995
- ECE Paris.LyonGrande Ecole, Master of Electronic & Computer Engineering (École d’Ingénieur) · in Electronics, Embedded Software, Communications and SatCom1983 — 1988
Top skills
Senior Executive LeadershipEnterprise NetworkingWireless SpectrumFiber Optic NetworksChief Investment OfficerCisco Networking