Our People

Patrick G. Barclay, LL.M. is CEO and founder of the Bambu Fund LLC and Bambu Wellness, Ltd. As an experienced chief executive officer, Mr. Barclay has a demonstrated history of over 35 years of being a skilled negotiator, business planner, operations manager, facilities manager and an exceptionally strong business development professional. Mr. Barclay was the first chief operating officer at Ariel Investments, while the firm’s assets under management grew from US$500 million to US$1.8 billion.

Through Bambu’s initiatives, Mr. Barclay aims to demonstrate that the often-overlooked Latin American Caribbean (LAC) region is investor safe and filled with undiscovered opportunities that offer substantial social and financial returns. Mr. Barclay and the team he carefully assembled are developing projects designed to enhance lives, create jobs and impact economic development in the LAC.

As the President of Nephtali, Inc. for more than 20 years, Mr. Barclay managed a variety of corporate real estate service activities for clients that included The Home Depot and BP. This involved: acquisition and disposition services; commercial land valuations; managing the environmental remediation of former petroleum marketing locations and the management of 18 cafes inside the former EXPO Design Centers in the Midwest and Southern regions of the United States. Additional responsibilities while with Ariel Investments, included secretary to the board of directors and a director of the Ariel Foundation. Prior to his time at Ariel, Mr. Barclay was special assistant to former Governor James R. Thompson in the State of Illinois, while on loan from AT&T.

Mr. Barclay earned his primary law degree, in Chinese Civil & Commercial Law, from Renmin University of China Law School in Beijing, China; and was among the first Americans to do so. Mr. Barclay holds a Master of Laws degree in U.S. Law from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri. Additionally, Mr. Barclay has earned several graduate degrees, including an Ed.M. from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His undergraduate degree is a B.A. in Economics, which was earned from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Mr. Barclay is a member of the Jamaican Bar Association. As part of his charitable activities, Patrick enjoys being an Alumni Admissions Representative for both Tufts and Harvard universities.