All
Executive Committee
Investment
Investor Relations
Operations
Advisory

Gregory J. Smith

President and Chief Executive Officer

Founded Instar in 2014

25+ years of experience

Visionary leadership, value creation, corporate and investment strategy

Sarah Borg-Olivier

Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President

Joined Instar in 2014

20+ years of experience

Corporate strategy, investor relations, ESG, people and culture

George So

Managing Partner

Joined Instar in 2015

25+ years of experience

Principal investing, asset management, restructurings, acquisitions and capital raising

Morty White

Managing Partner

Joined Instar in 2021

25+ years of experience

Business development, investment origination and execution

Jonathan Stone

Partner

Joined Instar in 2017

20+ years of experience

Infrastructure investing and asset management (e.g. power & utilities, energy, transportation and social infrastructure sectors)

Stephen Simpson

Partner

Joined Instar in 2014

15+ years of experience

Infrastructure investing and asset management (e.g. aviation, agribusiness and energy transition sectors)

Daniel Perruzza

Partner

Joined Instar in 2017

15+ years of experience

Infrastructure investing and asset management (e.g. transportation, aviation, utilities and industrials sectors)

Will Chow

Principal

Joined Instar in 2017

15+ years of experience

Infrastructure investing and asset management (e.g. water, healthcare, social accommodation, transportation and mixed-use sectors)

Jeff Lanes

Principal

Joined Instar in 2023

12+ years of experience

Healthcare investing, deal origination and execution, portfolio management

Cathy Xue

Vice President

Joined Instar in 2014

9+ years of experience

Deal evaluation, execution and structuring; asset management

Matt McDonald

Associate Vice President

Joined Instar in 2017

6+ years of experience

Deal evaluation, due diligence, execution, asset management

Kingston Fyffe-White

Associate Vice President

Joined Instar in 2018

5+ years of experience

Financial analysis, modelling and valuation; asset management

Andrew Rogers

Associate

Joined Instar in 2020

3+ years of experience

Financial analysis, modelling and valuation; asset management

Marco Martino-Coons

Associate

Joined Instar in 2023

3 years of experience

Financial analysis, modelling and valuation, portfolio management

Dustin Ashley

Associate

Joined Instar in 2023

6+ years of experience

Financial analysis, modelling and valuation, portfolio management

Alicia Lobo

Head of Investor Relations

Joined Instar in 2023

15+ years of experience

Capital raising, private equity investing, corporate finance, fund management, operations

Sonja Weiss

Manager, Investor Relations

Joined Instar in 2017

6+ years of experience

Fundraising, investor relations, deal origination

Gregory Joffe

General Counsel

Joined Instar in 2014

10+ years of experience

Corporate legal, compliance, governance, structuring

Parmjit Sidhu

Corporate Law Clerk

Joined Instar in 2021

10+ years of experience

Corporate legal, compliance

Minnie Chan

Head of Finance

Joined Instar in 2023

10+ years of experience

Company administration and operations, fund accounting, treasury management, tax, financial reporting, compliance and investor relations

Emma Iafrate

Manager, Finance

Joined Instar in 2023

5+ years of experience

Financial reporting, fund accounting, auditing, client service and relationship management

Irely Hernandez

Manager, Corporate Accounting

Joined Instar in 2017

15+ years of experience

Corporate accounting, treasury management, tax and financial reporting

Connie Chow

Manager Fund Accounting

Joined Instar in 2019

8+ years of experience

Financial reporting, investment accounting, fund administration

Kirti Dhull

Senior Fund Accountant

Joined Instar in 2021

6+ years of experience

Financial accounting, investment reporting, fund administration

Jonathan Trope

Vice President, Information Technology & Cybersecurity

Joined Instar in 2020

15+ years of experience

Information technology, cybersecurity

Jenn Lai

Associate Vice President, ESG

Joined Instar in 2022

8+ years of experience

GHG accounting and reporting, sustainability and internal control frameworks, diverse sector experience

Ashley Smith

Vice President, Head of Communications

Joined Instar in 2016

8+ years of experience

Digital & traditional communications, marketing, brand creation

Morgan Scalena

Communications Associate

Joined Instar in 2022

2+ years of experience

Strategic communications, social media, public relations, research-based communications

Iris Roesler

Office Manager and Executive Assistant

Joined Instar in 2014

25+ years of experience

Office administration and operations

Keilan Clarke

Administrative Assistant

Joined Instar in 2023

5+ years of experience

Office administration and operations

Dennis Freeman

Advisory Board Chair

M&As and alternative assets

David Mullen

Advisory Board Member

Financial sector, middle-market PE, mezzanine investments

Jim Dougan

Advisory Board Member

M&As and alternative assets

Mary Hemmingsen

Advisory Board Member

Energy, power, utilities, clean tech and financial sector

Mike Crawley

Advisory Board Member

Renewable power and financial sector

Vee Kachroo

Advisory Board Member

Supply chain, transportation and logistics