Christopher Lee is a director at the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets, where he develops new ventures for the Institute, its affiliates, and its external partners. Lee joined the Institute after his tenure as deputy director of the Development Credit Authority at the U.S. Agency for International Development. For this $5 billion global credit platform, he oversaw strategy, product development, and investment origination involving more than 75 countries. In previous government roles and as an entrepreneur, private equity investor, and investment banker, Lee has been involved with launching many novel transactions, including funds for African agriculture private equity and environmental investments, financing facilities for global health commodities and education funding, and growth capital products for emerging market suppliers of multinational corporations. Over his career, he has completed transactions across nearly 30 countries and more than ten sectors ranging from health care to garments, technology, real estate, financial services, and telecommunications. Lee earned a B.S. in finance and a B.A. in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.