Karen Raz

Keren G. Raz is a Senior RI Manager at APG Asset Management. In that role, she serves as the global head of ESG and impact for private equity. Prior to APG, Keren helped develop and implement Apollo Global Management’s ESG program and advised other private equity firms on ESG as a Senior ESG Advisor at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. She has also served as Global Head of Environmental and Social Risk Management at Morgan Stanley, overseeing the Firm’s management of environmental and social risks including climate change and human rights. Keren’s long-standing interest in the intersection of business and sustainability led her to found the Law and Social Entrepreneurship Association (now SE-SL) as an NYU Law student. She was also NYU Law’s first Social Enterprise Fellow, studying legal issues faced by social enterprises. Her article, titled “Toward an Improved Legal Form for Social Enterprise”, was published in the New York University Review of Law & Social Change. Ms. Raz received her J.D. cum laude from New York University School of Law and a certificate through Columbia University’s inaugural Sustainable Investing Certificate program. Ms. Raz graduated summa cum laude with honors from the University of Arizona, with a B.A. in English and Political Science and minors in Chinese and Spanish.