Robert W. Schwabe
Managing Partner

Phone: (212) 290-1764
Fax: (212) 290-1763
rschwabe@forumcp.com

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Mr. Schwabe has more than 20 years experience within the financial services industry. He most recently served as Managing Director of the Private Equity Group of CIBC Oppenheimer, having joined its predecessor firm in 1994. As Managing Director, Mr. Schwabe was responsible for originating, structuring, marketing, and overseeing CIBC Oppenheimer's private equity fund sponsorship activities worldwide.

At CIBC Oppenheimer, Mr. Schwabe has acted as a Managing Director of the General Partner entities, and in certain cases as an investment committee member, related to the activities of the Argentina Private Equity Fund I and II, the India Private Equity Fund, Genesis Partners I and II, the Brazil Private Equity Fund, the Emerging Europe Private Equity Fund III and IV, and CIBC Oppenheimer Private Equity Partners.

Previously, he has served in various capacities for the investment banking departments of Societe Generale Securities Corporation, Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., and in management positions for Putnam Investments.

Mr. Schwabe is an honors graduate of Harvard University. He and his wife, Kristen, have a daughter, Taylor, and a son, Cooper.