Marie-Pierre Lépine

Strategic, transformative, and determined, Marie-Pierre Lépine has a rare ability to see what needs to change and brings an entire organization along for the journey. Her deep sensitivity allows her to read human dynamics quickly and channel them into the transformations she leads. She holds a background in psychology and marketing, and brings over twenty years of experience in organizational transformation and strategic growth. Before co-founding Kairos with Stéphane, she held senior leadership roles at Marketel (McCann), Laurentian Bank, and Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton.

Associate and co-founder of Kairos, she is also Chief Operating Officer at Richter. A double role that flows directly from her work at Kairos, where she contributed to defining the firm's new business model and strategic repositioning. True to Kairos's ethos “in it for the long haul” she made the leap to lead that transformation from the inside. Since then she has been rallying the organization, creating clarity, amplifying the vision, and proving that a century-old institution can be deeply oriented toward the future.

Her best piece of advice that she received and freely gives: before moving to plan B, make sure you've pushed plan A as far as it deserves to go. She prefers to dig deeper and strengthen the original direction before considering another path. Once it’s ready she commits to it without reservation.

Outside of work, Marie-Pierre is drawn to anything that broadens her perspective: travelling, reading, learning, and spending quality time with the people she loves.