Christian Munafo

Christian leads VanEck's private markets group. He brings over two decades of experience in private markets investing, with a specialized focus on growth strategies across a broad range of fund structures and transaction types. As Head of Private Growth Strategies and a key contributor to VanEck's private markets capabilities, his insights are shaped by deep relationships across the private innovation ecosystem and a track record of executing complex transactions for institutional and individual investors. He combines deep secondaries expertise with late-stage private growth experience, with a strong emphasis on expanding client access to compelling investment opportunities.