Nadia Karkar

Managing Partner | 500 Global

Nadia Karkar is a Managing Partner at 500 Global, where she structures and invests capital across health, climate, and AI, and works with governments, sovereign funds and development finance institutions on investment platforms aligned with long-term economic development. She was previously Head of Business Development for TPG Inc.’s $32 billion impact investing platform, where she led the development and commercialization of TPG Rise Climate’s next-generation funds — TPG Rise Climate II; the Global South Initiative, an innovative blended finance vehicle designed to catalyze at-scale institutional capital for climate investments across emerging markets; and TPG Rise Climate Transition Infrastructure. She was also a key member of the leadership team for the Evercare Health Fund — a $1 billion integrated healthcare delivery platform across Africa and South Asia — managed by TPG. Prior to TPG, Nadia was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies in M&A and strategic transactions. Earlier, she led product development at Hastings Funds Management, an infrastructure manager with approximately $10 billion in assets under management. Former director of SmartSweets and Evercare IGA Holdings. A Fellow of the Aspen Institute Finance Leaders Fellowship. MBA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws, University of Melbourne.