Jay L. Koh

Head of Investment Funds and Chief Investment Strategist

Jay Koh is the Head of Investment Funds and the Chief Investment Strategist for OPIC.  Leading the Investment Funds Department, which provides support for private equity investment into emerging markets, Mr. Koh oversees 33 active funds with over $2.3 billion in commitments, with an additional $1.5 billion approved to 19 funds.  As Chief Investment Strategist, Mr. Koh guides development of new products and strategic relationships for OPIC. Mr. Koh also served at OPIC’s Chief Financial Officer from 2010-2011.

Prior to joining OPIC, Mr. Koh invested in private equity and growth equity, both in the United States and internationally. Most recently, he led private equity and illiquid investing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as a Partner and the Head of EMEA Private Equity at R3 Capital, a global multi-strategy hedge fund; and was a Managing Director and the Head of EMEA Private Investment for the Global Principal Strategies Division of Lehman Brothers.

Previously, Mr. Koh focused on growth investing with a particular emphasis on telecommunications and security as a Principal at The Carlyle Group in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, where he worked for nine years. Mr. Koh also served as a law clerk to Justice David H. Souter on the United States Supreme Court and to Judge Michael Boudin on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Mr. Koh earned a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was a Notes Editor on the Yale Law Journal and an Articles Editor on the Yale Journal of International Law. Mr. Koh also read a Masters in Management from Oxford University, focusing on international management. He received an A.B. in Economics magna cum laude from Harvard College and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.