Jay L. Koh is Co-Founder & Managing Director of The Lightsmith Group. Lightsmith is a global growth equity firm that leads the first private investment fund for adaptation and resilience to climate change. Mr. Koh has over 20 years of experience in private equity and sustainable investment. Prior to founding Lightsmith in 2016, Mr. Koh held senior investment roles at Siguler Guff, R3 Capital Partners, and The Carlyle Group as well as OPIC (now US DFC), the U.S. government’s development finance institution. Mr. Koh chairs the Global Adaptation & Resilience Investment Working Group (GARI) and advises NYSERDA and NY Green Bank. Mr. Koh holds an A.B. magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard, a master's degree in Management from Oxford, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Mr. Koh clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter and is a member of the California Bar and Council on Foreign Relations.