Harisha Haigh has 25 years of experience advising and investing in fund managers and in companies. Her experience stretches across numerous asset classes and geographies. Harisha has a particular understanding of the institutional private markets. As a member of numerous advisory boards, she is a thought partner to general partners contemplating strategic and legal issues.

For the last 15 years, Harisha has managed the Private Investments and Real Assets portfolios for Northwestern University’s $11 billion endowment. Ms. Haigh is responsible for all aspects of the $5 billion illiquid portfolio, including venture capital, buyouts, real estate, and natural resources investments. 

Prior to joining Northwestern University in 2005, Harisha was a Principal at PPM America Capital Partners, LLC, the U.S. private equity manager for Prudential plc and Jackson National Life Insurance Company. She also worked in London for Silverfleet, a PPM affiliate, focusing on European middle market buyout transactions. Harisha began her career in the investment banking department of ABN AMRO, concentrating on mergers and acquisitions of small and middle market companies.

Ms. Haigh received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. Ms. Haigh is a CFA charterholder.

Harisha resides in Chicago with her husband and two children.