Robert’s professional career has focused on investing in the emerging markets.

Prior to Gaia Labs, Robert was the concept originator, co-founding partner and liaison to Citi for the Citicorp Venture Capital (CVC) sponsored and Rio de Janeiro-based CVC/Opportunity Equity Parnters L.P., (the “CVC Fund”) a USD 1.7+ billion PE fund (USD 750MM from Citi) focused on Brazil’s privatizations. Before the CVC Fund, Robert was VP-Equity Investments for Citi in New York City and responsible for the bank’s global debt-to-equity swap program.

Prior to Citi, Robert spent four years in New York City government, focused on infrastructure finance, real estate and economic development.

Robert has an undergraduate degree from Stanford and a law degree from Harvard.

Robert will be the principal deal structurer and/or General Partner in all of Gaia Labs’ deal flow.