Drew Guff is a managing director and founding partner of Siguler Guff & Company. Guff is responsible for Siguler Guff’s emerging markets and direct investment activities. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Russia Partners, Siguler Guff has become known as a pioneer in investing long-term capital in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. In 1994, Guff formed Russia Partners Company, LP, the first major private equity fund to invest in Russia. Today, Russia Partners manages approximately $1.3 billion in private equity assets in the region. Guff sits on the board of directors of a number of Russia Partners’ portfolio companies, including EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM). He is a board member of the US-Russia Business Council and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Guff holds an AB in economics from Harvard College.