Partner
Erik Kankainen is a Partner and a member of the Forestry & Agriculture investment team where he is responsible for investments across the Americas. He is based in Boston.
Prior to its acquisition by TRG in December 2017, Mr. Kankainen was a forest investment manager for GMO Renewable Resources (GMORR). Before joining GMORR in 2012, he was a Senior Economist in Bioenergy at Forest Economic Advisors, and before that, he was a Senior Analyst in Timber at RISI, Inc.
Mr. Kankainen earned his A.B. in Economics from Dartmouth College and his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
