Justina Lai

Justina Lai serves as a member of the investment team with a focus on the firm's private markets strategies. Previously, Justina was an Associate at the Rockefeller Foundation, where she helped manage the Foundation's Program Related Investments Portfolio and was responsible for the full investment process for domestic and international impact investments in private equity and private debt. She was also a core member of the Impact Investing team where she advanced and shaped the initiative strategy focused on building the field of impact investing. In addition, she has held positions with Legacy Venture in Palo Alto, CA and Rwanda Ventures, a business incubator launching and operating sustainable agricultural companies with social impact in Kigali, Rwanda. Prior to her career in impact investing, she was an Associate in the New York and Paris offices of Vestar Capital Partners, where she conducted comprehensive due diligence and participated in structuring negotiations and legal documentation for growth equity and leveraged buyout transactions across the US and Europe. Justina began her career in the sponsor coverage group within Citigroup's Investment Banking Division in New York, where she assisted in financial advisory and capital raising services for private equity clients. Justina received a BS in Finance and International Business, summa cum laude, from New York University and an MBA with certificates in Public and Global Management from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Justina is proficient in Cantonese Chinese and Spanish and has lived and worked in Hong Kong, France, the UK, and Rwanda.