Vikram Raju is a Managing Director and serves as Head of Private Equity Climate Investing for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. He joined Morgan Stanley in 2014 and later established the 1GT platform which focuses on growth stage equity investments in companies that can contribute materially to CO2 emissions avoidance. Prior to that Vikram was the Climate Funds Lead at the IFC/World Bank Group. Previously, he was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and a portfolio manager with Lazard Frères. Vikram received Masters degrees in Finance and International Affairs from Bombay and Columbia University, respectively. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.