About Ludovic Dumas

Ludovic leads VALORYS, a long-term investment partnership with entrepreneurial families dedicated to building and growing consequential businesses.

Valorys is led by a founder‑investor with over 20 years of experience acquiring, strengthening, and scaling companies. Ludovic’s international perspective on family enterprises was shaped through senior leadership roles in corporate strategy, investment banking, and one of Canada’s most respected family offices. That experience instilled a conviction: flexibility, patience, and alignment are enduring competitive advantages. He brings institutional depth, an ownership mindset, and entrepreneurial drive to every partnership.

Valorys was created to invest with permanence and purpose — partnering with enterprising families, entrepreneurs, and operators to build businesses designed to endure and compound value across generations.

Prior to joining the family office and private equity world at Claridge, Ludovic worked in investment banking at CIBC. As a trusted financial and strategic advisor to businesses, he was involved in a broad range of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, corporate sales and divestitures, and financings. He worked on over 45 mandates across diverse industries, including software, food, industrials, and services over the course of his tenure at CIBC.

Prior to joining CIBC, Ludovic was a management consultant with Deloitte where he worked on corporate strategy, corporate restructuring, market analysis, commercial due diligence, and regional economic development mandates. Furthermore, prior to his involvement with Deloitte Consulting, Ludovic was part of ING Group’s investment banking team in Frankfurt, Germany, and was an analyst in mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Dumas has a Bachelor of Business Administration from HEC-Montreal where he majored in Finance and graduated with the Mercure Distinction. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder (CFA).