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Gregory J. Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer
Founded Instar in 2014
30+ years of experience
Visionary leadership, value creation, corporate and investment strategy
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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
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Minnie Chan
Chief Financial Officer
Joined Instar in 2023
11+ years of experience
Company administration and operations, fund accounting, treasury management, tax, financial reporting, compliance and investor relations
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George So
Managing Partner
Joined Instar in 2015
30+ years of experience
Principal investing, asset management, restructurings, acquisitions and capital raising
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Stephen Simpson
Partner
Joined Instar in 2014
15+ years of experience
Infrastructure investing and asset management (e.g. aviation, agribusiness and energy transition sectors)
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Daniel Perruzza
Partner
Joined Instar in 2017
15+ years of experience
Infrastructure investing and asset management (e.g. transportation, aviation, utilities and industrials sectors)
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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)
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Jeff Lanes
Principal
Joined Instar in 2023
12+ years of experience
Healthcare investing, deal origination and execution, portfolio management
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Cathy Xue
Principal
Joined Instar in 2014
10+ years of experience
Deal evaluation, execution and structuring; asset management
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Matt McDonald
Vice President
Joined Instar in 2017
6+ years of experience
Deal evaluation, due diligence, execution, asset management
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Kingston Fyffe-White
Vice President
Joined Instar in 2018
5+ years of experience
Financial analysis, modelling and valuation; asset management
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Andrew Rogers
Associate
Joined Instar in 2020
3+ years of experience
Financial analysis, modelling and valuation; asset management
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Marco Martino-Coons
Associate
Joined Instar in 2023
2+ years of experience
Financial analysis, modelling and valuation, portfolio management
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Jenn Lai
Vice President, ESG
Joined Instar in 2022
7+ years of experience
GHG accounting and reporting, sustainability and internal control frameworks, diverse sector experience
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Morgan Scalena
Manager, Investor Relations and Communications
Joined Instar in 2022
4+ years of experience
Strategic communications, social media, public relations, research-based communications
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Gregory Joffe
General Counsel
Joined Instar in 2014
13+ years of experience
Corporate legal, compliance, governance, structuring
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Parmjit Sidhu
Corporate Law Clerk
Joined Instar in 2021
15+ years of experience
Corporate legal, compliance
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Connie Chow
Manager, Finance
Joined Instar in 2019
11+ years of experience
Financial reporting, investment accounting, fund administration
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Kirti Dhull
Senior Financial Analyst
Joined Instar in 2021
9+ years of experience
Financial accounting, investment reporting, fund administration
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James Jun
Senior Financial Analyst
Joined Instar in 2024
3+ years of experience
Financial accounting, investment reporting, fund administration
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Alex MacDonald
Senior Financial Analyst
Joined Instar in 2024
3+ years of experience
Financial accounting, investment reporting, fund administration, driving process efficiencies through automation
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Jonathan Trope
Vice President, Information Technology & Cybersecurity
Joined Instar in 2020
15+ years of experience
Information technology, cybersecurity
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Ashley Smith
Vice President, Head of Communications
Joined Instar in 2016
10+ years of experience
Digital & traditional communications, marketing, brand creation
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Iris Roesler
Office Manager and Executive Assistant
Joined Instar in 2014
25+ years of experience
Office administration and operations
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Dennis Freeman
Advisory Board
M&As and alternative assets
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David Mullen
Advisory Board
Financial sector, middle-market PE, mezzanine investments