Matthew Harris is a Founding Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock and is based in New York City. Matt has been intimately involved in GIP’s investment, management and strategic activities since its formation in 2006. Matt is a member of GIP’s, Investment Committees across its various fund products and its Portfolio Valuation Committee. He 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, Matt 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. Matt 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.