Rajesh Swaminathan

Rajesh Swaminathan is a Partner and the General Counsel of Jasper Ridge Partners, an endowment-style asset management firm managing over $43 billion in assets, with expertise across all major asset classes (including private equity, venture capital, real estate, natural resources, hedge funds, public equities and fixed income.) He joined Jasper Ridge Partners in 2017, where he oversees the legal, compliance, tax and human resources functions and serves on the firm’s investment, portfolio construction, compliance, valuation and ESG committees. Previously, Rajesh served as Senior Managing Director and General Counsel at PineBridge Investments and held senior legal roles with AIG Investments in New York, London and Hong Kong. From 2008 to 2010, he led the $83 billion carve-out and sale of PineBridge Investments from AIG at the height of the Global Financial Crisis. Earlier in his career, he practiced corporate law at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in New York and Washington, D.C. Rajesh is a Salzburg Global Fellow and serves on fiduciary and advisory boards at the US Millenium Challenge Corporation, Columbia University, Georgetown University Law Center, the American India Foundation, and The Greenhill School. He is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Member of the Bretton Woods Committee. Rajesh holds a B.A. degree from Williams College, an M.Phil. degree from the University of Oxford and a J.D. degree from Columbia Law School.