Wendell W. Robinson brings over 40 years of experience in domestic and international financial, investment, and company management to his service on the investment committees of GEF’s Clean Technology funds.
Before joining GEF in 1994, Mr. Robinson was a senior investment professional for Rockefeller & Company where he oversaw the investment and successful sale of more than $250 million in private equity and venture capital positions in the United States, Southeast Asia and Europe. In 1992, Mr. Robinson expanded the firm’s global private investment programs to include an additional $140 million of investments in Latin America, Asia, Europe and the United States.
Mr. Robinson has been an active member of investment advisory boards and investment committees for private investment funds and partnerships in Argentina, Brazil, China, Spain, and France as well as the U.S. Mr. Robinson holds an MA degree in Economics from formerly Western Reserve University, now Case Western Reserve University, from which he also received his undergraduate BBA degree. Mr. Robinson is a CFA Charterholder.