Matthew Harris is one of five Founding Partners of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and a Senior Managing Director at BlackRock. GIP, now a part of BlackRock, is recognized as one of the world’s leading infrastructure private investment firms, investing globally in the energy, transportation, water and waste and digital infrastructure sectors by combining deep industry expertise and relationships with best practice operational management. Matt has been intimately involved in GIP’s investment, management and strategic activities since its formation in 2006.
Matt has overseen a period of massive growth for GIP, transforming it into a market leader which now manages more than $175.0 billion for its investors in high quality infrastructure assets and businesses in both OECD and developing countries. Matt has championed GIP’s forward-leaning approach to growth and innovation, helping complete multiple strategic partnerships, and leading the firm’s entry into new markets including infrastructure in developing countries and new energies infrastructure critical to global decarbonization and the energy transition.
Matt is a member of GIP’s Investment Committees across its fund complex and a member of GIP’s Portfolio and Valuation Committees. Matt is Chairperson of both the GIP Transition Fund and its accompanying Investment Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and the Investment Committee of Decarbonization Partners, a joint venture between BlackRock and Temasek. Matt is a member of the Board of Directors of GE Vernova.
Matt is the founder of the Bedari Collective (Bedari), an impact platform investing in opportunities that acknowledge the importance of regenerative infrastructure. Infrastructure is the foundation of modern life and must be designed in the future to elevate both humanity and the ecology of the planet. Bedari believes that all regenerative infrastructure must be
rooted in place, acknowledging each region’s natural rhythms, histories and strengths. It attempts to co-create infrastructure solutions that reflect the land, traditions and people it serves.
Bedari takes a holistic approach to problem-solving and solutions-creation, combining both market-based and concessional strategies to move ideas forward and drive impact. Bedari centers its work around four essential sectors of infrastructure transformation: energy, transportation and mobility, food and agriculture and water and waste. The goal is to prove that regenerative solutions are not only possible but necessary for a shared future with our planet.
Matt is a minority owner of the Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball team.
Matt holds a B.A. in Political Science (cum laude) from the University of California at Los Angeles. He serves as Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the Columbia University Center for Global Energy Policy, is a member of the Columbia University Climate School Advisory Board and the UCLA College of Social Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board and is a member of the Board of Directors of Pioneer Works and the World Wildlife Fund.
