ICF Executive Fellows

Kevin Lu

Dr. Kevin Lu is a Partner and Chairman of Asia at Partners Group, a global private equity firm with $149 billion AUM. He sits on Partners Group's Global Executive Board. He is also the Chairman and CEO of Partners Group (Singapore) Pvt Ltd. He additionally chairs the International Advisory Council of the firm’s $1.5 billion social and environmental sustainability fund PG LIFE. Prior to Partners Group, Dr. Lu held senior management positions at World Bank Group, including as Director and Chief Financial Officer of MIGA. Dr. Lu was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010, and a Future Leader by the Institute of International Finance in 2014. He has published op-eds in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Washington Post, Foreign Policy and the Straits Times.

Dr. Lu has advised a number of international organizations, government agencies and businesses in his roles as:
• Member, the United Nations Sustainable Investment Advisory Council, Geneva
• Member, the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Future Council on Investing, and previously the WEF GFC on China, Geneva
• Advisory board member, the World Bank's Global Infrastructure Facility, Washington DC
• Advisory board member, IFC's Impact Management Principles, Washington DC
• Member of the Financial Centre Advisory Panel, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore Central Bank 
• Member, International Advisory Board, PANGAIA, Dubai/London 
• Member, International Expert Advisory Committee of Insurance Asset Management Association of China, Beijing 

In addition to his roles at Yale, Dr. Lu holds several other appointments with academic and think tank institutions including:
• Senior Fellow, Milken Institute 
• Adjunct Professor of Economics, Yale-NUS
• Adjunct Professor of Finance, Columbia Business School
• Distinguished Fellow, INSEAD
• Member, the Zeidman Program Advisory Committee of Sidwell Friends School of Washington DC