Vikram Raju

Executive Director
22 years industry experience

Biography

Vikram is an Investment Committee member and Partner responsible for emerging markets and impact investing for AIP Private Market. He has 22 years of relevant industry experience. Vikram leads emerging markets and impact investing at AIP Private Markets. Prior to joining the firm, he was a principal investment officer at the International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group, where he led the investment program for climate-related private equity funds across emerging markets. Previously, was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and worked with a range of clients including US private equity firms and Indian NGOs. Vikram has also been a portfolio manager with the emerging markets team at Lazard Frères & Co. Vikram received a B.A. in economics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and an M.S. in finance from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute, Mumbai. He also received master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

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Strategies

Strategy Name	Description
Impact Investing	Invests in private equity funds that offer financial return prospects and demonstrable and measurable positive social and environmental impact.
Private Equity Fund Investing - Global Diversified	Provides access to a globally diversified portfolio of private equity investments.
Private Equity Fund Investing - Thematic	Provides focused exposure to private market interests within a single strategy category. These themes may include distressed investments, income-oriented investments, real estate and real assets, geographic-specific strategies as well as dedicated secondaries and dedicated co-investment opportunities.
Private Equity Co-Investments Strategy	Provides clients highly tailored co-investments solutions globally and across the private markets strategy spectrum, alongside best-in-class sponsors.

Impact Investing

Invests in private equity funds that offer financial return prospects and demonstrable and measurable positive social and environmental impact.

Private Equity Fund Investing - Global Diversified

Provides access to a globally diversified portfolio of private equity investments.

Private Equity Fund Investing - Thematic

Provides focused exposure to private market interests within a single strategy category. These themes may include distressed investments, income-oriented investments, real estate and real assets, geographic-specific strategies as well as dedicated secondaries and dedicated co-investment opportunities.

Private Equity Co-Investments Strategy

Provides clients highly tailored co-investments solutions globally and across the private markets strategy spectrum, alongside best-in-class sponsors.

News & Insights

Investment Focus

Debunking Six Myths About Climate Investing

Apr 29, 2019

AIP Private Markets’ Head of Impact Investing finds that solutions to climate change are nuanced and may generate compelling investment opportunities.

Investment Focus

The rise of transformational secondaries

Feb 20, 2019

The Secondaries team of MSIM’s AIP Private Markets shed some light on transformational secondaries and why these can be attractive investment opportunities.

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Vikram Raju

Executive Director | 22 years industry experience

Vikram Raju

Executive Director 22 years industry experience

Biography

Strategies

Strategies

News & Insights

News & Insights

Executive Director
22 years industry experience