MATTHEW HARRIS is one of five Founding Partners of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). GIP is recognized as one of the world’s leading infrastructure private equity firms, investing globally in the energy, transportation, water and waste and digital infrastructure sectors by combining deep industry expertise and relationships with best practice operational management. As part of the leadership team at GIP since the firm was started in 2006, Harris has been intimately involved in all of GIP’s investment, management and strategic activities. He has overseen a period of massive growth for the Company, transforming it into a market leader which now manages more than $115.0 billion for its investors in high quality infrastructure assets and businesses in both OECD and developing countries. Harris has championed GIP’s forward-leaning approach to growth and innovation, helping complete 16 strategic partnerships representing a total investment of approximately $20.0 billion by GIP, and leading the firm’s entry into new markets including infrastructure in developing countries and new energies infrastructure critical to global decarbonization and the energy transition. He is a member of the Executive Committee of GIP, of its Investment Committees across its various fund products and its Portfolio Valuation Committee. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of EnLink Midstream LLC, a publicly-listed NYSE energy infrastructure GIP portfolio company and a member of the Board of Directors of GE Vernova, the independent public company created following its spin-off from General Electric. Prior to the formation of GIP in 2006, Harris was Co-Head of the Global Energy Group at Credit Suisse First Boston where he succeeded Adebayo Ogunlesi and served as Head of the EMEA Emerging Markets Group. Previously, he was a senior member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group and served as Co-Head of Americas Mergers and Acquisitions. Before joining Credit Suisse First Boston, he was a senior member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Kidder Peabody & Co. Incorporated. Harris is the founder of The Bedari Collective, an impact organization investing in solutions that acknowledge the importance of regenerative systems including, natural, essential, care and built infrastructure – all supporting the ability for individuals, communities and the planet to heal and grow, together. The Bedari Collective takes a holistic approach to problem-solving and solutions-creation, combining research, education and both market-based and philanthropic impact strategies to synergistically move ideas forward and drive systems change. The Bedari portfolio consists of operating companies, issue-focused investments and philanthropic programs, all designed around a shared set of criteria that help to effectively invest Bedari’s human, knowledge and financial capital. Harris is a minority owner of the Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball team. Harris holds a B.A. in Political Science (cum laude) from the University of California at Los Angeles. He serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Columbia University Center for Global Energy Policy, is a member of the Columbia University Climate School Advisory Board and the UCLA College of Social Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board and is a member of the Board of Directors of Pioneer Works and the World Wildlife Fund.
