Christiane El Habre
Regional Managing Director, Middle East & Global Head of Family Office
Apex Group
Citizenship: Lebanon
Platinum Member
Candidate’s Bio
Christiane El Habre is the Regional Managing Director for the Middle East and Global Head of Family Office at Apex Group, overseeing strategic growth, client engagement, and expansion across the region and beyond. With more than 25 years in financial services, she has played a key role in
strengthening the investment ecosystem across wealth management, governance, regulatory
solutions, family office advisory, and capital markets.
Under her leadership, Apex grew assets serviced in the Middle East from approximately US$30 billion to more than US$170 billion. She has been instrumental in building capital corridors across the GCC and internationally, including UAE to UK, UAE to Singapore, and UAE to Cayman to U.S. connectivity, helping investors, family offices, and institutions navigate cross border growth and capital formation. She works closely with regulators, sovereign entities, and institutional investors to support the UAE and wider Middle East as global financial hubs.
Prior to Apex, Christiane served as CEO and Executive Board Member of FFA Private Bank Dubai and held senior roles across banking and investment management in the UAE and Lebanon. She is also Chair of LIFE Nurture, supporting scholarships and mentorship initiatives for young Lebanese
professionals worldwide.
A recognized industry voice, Christiane speaks regularly at regional and international forums on
governance, investment trends, and innovation. As Member at Large at AmCham Abu Dhabi, her focus is on strengthening the commercial bridge between the UAE and U.S. business communities across financial services, investment, and cross border growth.
Her work developing the family business and fund ecosystem, combined with Apex’s role in servicing a significant share of the world’s asset management industry, positions Christiane to help facilitate capital flows into Abu Dhabi’s priority sectors, including AI, defence, energy, food security, financial services, advanced manufacturing, real estate, and infrastructure.