Our Team

Ms. Rao joined Castlelake in 2018 as part of the Global Special Situations team and is focused on investments in emerging, developing and developed economies. Prior to joining Castlelake, Aparna was with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, where she was focused on debt and equity investments in banks and financial services companies in the Middle East and Asia. Prior to joining EBRD, Aparna worked at Goldman Sachs in New York in the Natural Resources M&A Group and focused on power and energy transactions. Aparna received her B.A. in economics - math and M.A. in international finance & policy from Columbia University with honors.