Mark Florian is a GIP Partner and Head of GIP Mid-Market Fund (GMF), having started the franchise in 2009. Since inception, Mr. Florian has overseen all GMF’s activities across US$19 billion of capital commitments, including overall strategy, portfolio construction, investment origination, structuring, execution, monitoring, and exit strategy. He is the Chairman of the Investment Committee. He is also a member of the GIP Executive Committee and the GIP Currency Committee.

Previously, Mr. Florian was a Partner at Goldman Sachs, fulfilling two primary roles at the firm: (1) managing its global Infrastructure Investment Banking business, and (2) serving on the Investment Committee for Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners. His 23-year Goldman Sachs career spanned a wide range of areas within the firm, including the government finance, corporate finance investment banking, and the mergers & acquisitions group. While at Goldman Sachs, he oversaw US$25 billion of transactions and structured over US$35 billion in financing and hedging transactions.

Mr. Florian has been asked to testify to the U.S. Congress on infrastructure issues multiple times and was appointed to a Federal Government commission, which developed recommendations to the U.S. Congress on key changes to its infrastructure finance system. Mr. Florian holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Economics, magna cum laude, from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.