Rachel Baras

Rachel is responsible for the execution of transactions for Manulife Investment Management’s Farmland Plus team. In this role, she sources, underwrites, negotiates, and closes investments in operating companies supporting clients’ agriculture portfolios. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, she held Corporate Development and New Product Introduction roles within the Product & Operations division of Impossible Foods. Rachel was previously Head of Commercial Operations at Modern Meadow and worked as a consultant at Deloitte.

• Education: B.A., International Relations, Tufts University; M.B.A., Quantitative Methods, The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
• Joined the company: 2022
• Began career: 2013