Abigail Rayner

Abigail Rayner is a senior private markets executive with around 15 years of experience in principal investing, fundraising, and product design.

She currently serves as a Senior Private Wealth Product Specialist at HarbourVest, focusing on delivering institutional quality products in private markets to high net worth clients and their advisors, overseeing the strategy, execution, and management of global evergreen vehicles for private wealth.

Abigail previously held various roles at HarbourVest Partners, including Principal in Wealth Product Specialist and Infrastructure Product Specialist capacities.

Her educational background includes a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from London Business School, with additional business studies at AGSM @ UNSW Business School, Ivey Business School at Western University, and HKUST Business School through semester abroad programs.

Aside from her corporate experience, Abigail Rayner has also contributed to academia as an Instructor at Schulich School of Business at York University.

Prior to her current role, she held positions at Octopus, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, CPP Investments, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, focusing on asset management, business development, and private equity.

Abigail Rayner's expertise lies in private markets, wealth products, institutional funds management, infrastructure, and asset management strategy.

Her career highlights include orchestrating and streamlining HarbourVest's global private wealth offerings and playing pivotal roles in diversifying portfolios for high net worth individuals.