Drew Guff

Bio

Mr Guff is a Managing Director and founding principal of Siguler Guff. He is responsible for Siguler Guff's direct investment and merchant banking activities and sits on both Siguler Guff's and Russia Partners' investment committees. Mr Guff has over 20 years of experience in private equity investing. Prior to founding Siguler Guff, he was with PaineWebber for 11 years in a range of both principal and advisory capacities. In 1994, Mr Guff was instrumental in the formation of Fund I, the first major private equity fund to invest in Russia. His work in Russia began in 1991 as an adviser to the Yeltsin Presidential Administration regarding long-term foreign direct investment. Before establishing Russia Partners, he was a Principal within PaineWebber's Merchant Banking Group, where he was engaged in structuring and managing investments using PaineWebber's capital. He also served for four years as Assistant to the President of PaineWebber. In 1989 Mr Guff founded Pacific Media KK, which today is Japan's largest outdoor media company. In addition to his Russia Partners portfolio management and directorships, Mr Guff is a board member of the US-Russia Business Council as well as a member of the US-Ukraine Business Council. He is a trustee of the Eurasia Foundation and the Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers. Mr Guff holds an AB in Economics from Harvard University. He speaks, reads and writes Russian, and attended Leningrad State University in 1981.