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Richard Sarnoff
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Richard Sarnoff brings his extensive experience serving in senior leadership roles, including chief financial officer, and on the boards of directors of media and digital technology companies, and has served on our board of directors since August 2012. Since January 2011, Sarnoff has served as Managing Director and as senior advisor to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a private equity firm. Previously, Sarnoff was employed by Bertelsmann, a diversified media and services company, where he served as the Co-Chairman of Bertelsmann, Inc. from 2008 to 2011 and the President of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments from 2006 to 2011. Prior to those roles, Sarnoff served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Random House, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. Sarnoff also served as a member of the supervisory board of Bertelsmann from 2002 to 2008 and served as a member of the boards of directors of Activision Blizzard from 2005 to 2015,The Princeton Review from 2000 to 2009, of Audible from 2001 to 2008 and of Amdocs from 2009 to 2011. Sarnoff currently serves on the boards of directors of several privately held companies. Sarnoff holds a B.A. in art and archeology from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Mayo A. Shattuck
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mayo A. Shattuck IV (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2008. He leads investments in energy, power, and utilities across the firm’s credit strategies. Mr. Shattuck currently sits on the board of Fortune Creek Midstream. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Shattuck was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the investment banking division in both New York and London. While there, he focused on mergers and financings in the industrials and natural resources group. Mr. Shattuck received a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Shattuck serves as a director of the Solid Rock Foundation.
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Jamison Ely
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jamison C. Ely joined KKR in 2004 and is head of the KKR Strategic Investment Program (“KSIP”), a credit focused direct co-investment strategy. Prior to running KSIP, Mr. Ely was part of the KKR Credit investment team for over 10 years, with direct oversight for $2.5 billion of performing and distressed credit positions across public and private markets. Between 2007 and 2008, Mr. Ely lived in London and worked with a small team to expand KKR Credit internationally. Mr. Ely sits on the Board of Directors for Cengage Learning and Preferred Sands LLC. He graduated from Occidental College with a B.A. in Economics.
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James Rudy
Director, Principal Activities of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James Rudy (New York) joined KKR in 2008 and is a member of the Corporate Development team. Previously he was a member of the New York Private Equity team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Rudy was with Bear Stearns & Co., where he was involved in a variety of merger, acquisition and financing transactions. He holds a B.S., summa cum laude, from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
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Stephen Jordan
Director, Global Head of Tax of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Stephen Jordan (New York) joined KKR in 2014. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Jordan was a tax partner in the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. He received a J.D., cum laude, from SMU Dedman School of Law and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law.
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Greg Guest
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Greg Guest (New York) joined KKR in 2007 with a focus on KKR Capital Markets and KKR Private Equity Investors. Currently, Mr. Guest is involved in both debt and equity aspects of capital markets transactions, focusing primarily on developing distribution relationships with major institutional investors, marketing securities offerings, and providing assistance with capital structures. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Guest spent twelve years at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Most recently he served as managing director in Citigroup’s equity capital markets division covering a mix of global accounts such as Wellington, Gartmore, HBK, Morgan Stanley, T. Rowe Price, and Frontpoint. Mr. Guest began his career at Wellington as a research analyst on the $20 billion Windsor fund run by John Neff and Chuck Freeman covering financials and industrials. He holds a B.A. from Princeton University.
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Cade Thompson
Director, Capital Markets of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Cade Thompson (New York) joined KKR in 2011 as a member of the KKR Capital Markets team. Prior to joining KKR he was a senior member in the Americas Financing Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he focused on leveraged finance capital markets and distribution. Previously, Mr. Thompson held positions with Banc of America Securities and Wachovia Securities. He received a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia.
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Edward Law
Managing Director, Capital Markets of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Edward Law (New York) joined KKR in 2010 and is a member of KKR Capital Markets, focused on providing equity capital markets advice to corporates globally. Mr. Law transferred from London to New York in 2012. He has worked in the industry for over 22 years. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Law was head of Western European Equity Capital Markets at Deutsche Bank. He has also worked in the equity capital markets team at Citigroup Global Markets and at James Capel. He holds a B.A. with honors from Exeter University.
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Terence Gallagher
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Terence P. Gallagher (New York), a Director on the finance team, joined KKR in 2005. He was previously a Firm Director in the Private Equity Group of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Gallagher graduated from Pace University in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and received a master’s degree in Taxation from Pace University in 1993. He is licensed in the state of New York as a Certified Public Accountant.
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Max Lin
Partner & Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Max C. Lin (Menlo Park) joined KKR in 2005 and is a member of the Health Care Industry team within KKR’s Private Equity Platform. He has played a significant role in several investments including Biomet, HCA, PRA, Go Daddy, and The Nielsen Company. Currently, he is on the board of directors of Biomet and PRA. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Lin was with Morgan Stanley where he was involved in a number of mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions. He holds a B.S. and B.A.S., summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Webster Chua
Director, Principal Activities of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Webster B. Chua (New York) joined KKR in 2006 and is a member of KKR’s Principal Activities team and Head of Strategic Stakes. From 2006 to 2013, he was a member of the private equity team where he was involved with the investments in First Data Corporation, IPREO, Legg Mason, and Visant Corporation. He is currently on the board of directors of Visant Corporation. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its technology, media, and telecommunications investment banking group, where he was involved in a number of merger, acquisition, and financing transactions. He holds a B.S., summa cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Steve Schepps
Director, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Steve Schepps (New York) joined KKR Capstone in 2009. Mr. Schepps leads KKR’s Capstone’s Global Cross-Portfolio Indirect Procurement Program. In this role he leverages the combined portfolio spend in commonly purchased indirect (non-inventory) expense areas in order to reduce the costs paid by portfolio companies. Prior to joining KKR Capstone, he was a Director of Consulting Services at CGI Inc, and a Vice President at Silver Oak Partners, Inc. Previously, he was a strategy consultant at the Mitchell Madison Group and served as a Captain and Senior Pilot in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Schepps holds a B.S. with honors from CCNY and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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John Park
Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
John Park (Menlo Park) joined KKR in 2013 and is a member of the Technology industry team. He is currently a member of the board of directors of SunGard Data Systems, Mitchell International, Internet Brands and GoDaddy, and is also involved with KKR’s investments in Ping Identity, Ticket Monster and Cylance. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Park was with Apax Partners, where he focused on investments in technology and participated in transactions involving Epicor Software Corporation, Activant Solutions, Paradigm Geophysical and Sophos. Previously, Mr. Park was a member of the mergers & acquisitions practice at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Park holds an A.B., cum laude, in Economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Waldemar Szlezak
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Waldemar Szlezak currently serves as a Managing Director in the private equity group of Soros Fund Management LLC (“SFM”). Prior to joining SFM, he worked at Soros Private Equity Investors and prior to that, in the Mergers & Acquisition Investment Banking group at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York. Mr. Szlezak currently serves on the board of directors of Guinness Peat Group plc, Coats plc, Hyperoptic Ltd, TowerCo 2013 LLC, Helios Towers Africa Ltd, ExteNet Systems Inc., Quattro Consultoria em Telecomunicacoes Ltda, and GSRP LLC. He earned his B.S. in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from Columbia University in New York, NY and his B.A. in Mathematics from Knox College in Galesburg, IL.
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Blaine MacDougald
Director & Co-head of Credit Research, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Blaine MacDougald (New York) joined KKR in 2011 and serves as Co-Head of Credit Research for Credit. In addition, he is responsible for covering a number of sectors for Credit and for managing several pools of opportunistic capital. Mr. MacDougald is also a member of Credit’s Portfolio Management Committee. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. MacDougald was a vice president with the Credit Opportunities Group at D.E. Shaw & Co, where he invested in public and private equity and credit opportunities. Previously, he was an associate at RBC Capital Markets. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University, and is a CFA Charterholder.
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Doug Tapley
Director, KKR Capital Solutions Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Doug Tapley (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2006 and is part of the Capital Solutions Group focusing on private debt origination and syndication for KKR’s credit platform and for MerchCap Solutions. He has overseen credit investments across a broad range of sectors including retail/consumer, healthcare, media, business services, technology, and industrial businesses. Mr. Tapley brings more than thirteen years of investment experience to his position at KKR. Previously Mr. Tapley was a vice president at GE Capital where he underwrote and led debt transactions for sponsored buyouts in the media, communications, and healthcare sectors. Prior to his tenure with GE Capital, Mr. Tapley worked as a management consultant in the telecommunications and technology sectors. Mr. Tapley holds a B.A. from Rice University, an M.B.A. from Yale University, and is a C.F.A. charterholder.
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Patrick Devine
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Patrick Devine joined North Bridge Growth Equity as an Associate in 2013. Patrick focuses on seeking out compelling growth investment opportunities in the technology and technology enabled services sectors. He enjoys meeting passionate entrepreneurs and identifying businesses whose current trajectory and strategy can benefit from a Growth Equity partnership with North Bridge
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Dev Gopalan
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Dev Gopalan (New York) joined KKR in 2010 and is a Director in KKR Credit and serves as head of U.S. Private Credit. Previously, Mr. Gopalan worked at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as a principal in private investments and private debt. Prior to that, he worked for Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase in high yield capital markets as well as high yield/leverage loan research covering a variety of sectors. He currently sits on the board of directors of LCI Helicopters Limited, Battery Point Trust, LLC, Towergate Insurance Limited and DCAL Aviation Finance Limited and serves on the limited partner advisory committee of Star Mountain Multi-Manager Credit Platform, LP. Mr. Gopalan is also on the board of Rebound Hounds, a non-profit organization. He has a M.A. in International Finance from Brandeis University and a B.S. from Georgetown University.
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Janice Cook Roberts
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Janice Cook Roberts (New York) joined KKR in 2007 and is a member of KKR’s Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Roberts was co-CEO of the New York City Investment Fund. Ms. Roberts focused on developing the strategy of this civic venture fund, identification and execution of transactions and monitoring portfolio companies. Previously, Ms. Roberts was an executive director in MCA/Universal’s Home Entertainment Group (now owned by Comcast) and was with Bankers Trust in its corporate finance department. Ms. Roberts earned a B.A. from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Ms. Roberts serves on the board of directors of The Robert Toigo Foundation.
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Usman Rabbani
Managing Director & Director, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Usman Rabbani (Menlo Park) joined KKR Capstone in 2015. Mr. Rabbani leads technology related value creation efforts across the private equity portfolio and works with the Technology industry team on evaluating new investments. Previously, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company focused on the high tech sector and the enterprise IT function. Before that, he spent 10 years in software engineering and operational roles as Founder and CTO of a cloud video surveillance platform, as an enterprise IT architect at Pfizer, as a tech team lead at Scient, and as a software developer at Massachusetts General Hospital. Mr. Rabbani earned an M.B.A. at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Computer Science at Harvard University, and a B.A. in Computer Science and Psychology at Yale University.
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Dashiell Lane
Director, Energy & Infrastructure of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Dashiell Lane (Houston) joined KKR in 2011 and is a member of the Energy & Infrastructure team. During his time at the firm, he has been involved in the firm’s asset-level oil and gas strategy, including investments with Comstock Resources and EXCO Resources. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Lane was with First Reserve Corporation and was directly involved in numerous investments, with a particular focus in oilfield equipment, manufacturing and services and North American upstream oil & gas. Prior to joining First Reserve, he was with Lehman Brothers in its natural resources investment banking group where he was involved in a number of corporate advisory transactions and financings. He holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Texas. Mr. Lane sits on the board of directors for the Small Steps Nurturing Center in Houston, Texas.
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Philip Kim
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Philip Kim (New York) joined KKR in 2012 and is a member of KKR Capital Markets. Mr. Kim is responsible for managing the firm’s interest rate and foreign exchange exposure. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Kim was with Morgan Stanley in its corporate derivatives group. He holds a B.A. from Stanford University.
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Henry C. Hager
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Henry C. Hager (New York) joined KKR in 2011 and is a member of the Client and Partner Group. He has been involved in the Firm’s global capital raising activities and currently works as a product specialist focused on energy and infrastructure. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Constellation Energy in its corporate strategy and development group, where he was involved in a number of merger, acquisition, and other corporate advisory transactions. He holds an M.B.A. from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and a B.S. from Wake Forest University. Mr. Hager is an active board member of the Building Conservation Trust.
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Felix Gernburd
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Vincent Letteri
Managing Director, TMT Growth Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Vincent E. Letteri (Menlo Park) is a member of the TMT team, focusing on growth equity. Mr. Letteri originally joined KKR Capstone in 2007 before becoming a part of KKR’s TMT team in 2015. While at KKR Capstone he worked across a number of KKR portfolio companies including US Foods, Oriental Brewery, MMI, Yageo, and First Data. Mr. Letteri transferred to the Hong Kong office from 2009 to 2011 to assist in developing KKR Capstone’s Asia operations and to work with portfolio companies in the region. He also co-led KKR’s Green Portfolio Program from 2009 to 2012. Prior to KKR Capstone, Mr. Letteri worked for Nike, Inc., and McKinsey & Company in Boston, where he focused on private equity, retail, and consumer goods companies. He holds a B.A. with honors from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
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Kyle Matter
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Kyle Matter (Menlo Park) joined KKR Capstone in 2010. Prior to joining KKR Capstone.
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Anthony C. Hass
Managing Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Anthony C. Hass (New York) joined KKR in 2003 and is a member of KKR Client and Partner Group. Mr. Hass is involved in institutional investor coverage and capital raising activities. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Hass was with Deutsche Bank, Bankers Trust, and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Hass holds a B.A. from Trinity College and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School at UCLA.
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Saul Kopelowitz
Private Equity Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Saul Kopelowitz (New York) joined KKR in 2015 and is a member of the Technology, Media & Telecommunications industry team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Kopelowitz was with The Carlyle Group, where he worked on investments in the financial services sector. Prior to Carlyle, he was a member of the financial institutions group at J.P. Morgan, focusing on financial technology companies and banks. Mr. Kopelowitz holds a B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, from the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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J.B. Kiley
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
J.B. Kiley (New York) joined KKR in 2009 and is a relationship manager in the Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, he was an alternative investment product specialist within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Before joining GSAM, Mr. Kiley was a relationship manager in the pension solution groups of both Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Kiley has worked with institutional investors on issues related to alternative investments, synthetic beta solutions, complex portfolio restructurings, and ALM since 1999. Mr. Kiley received a B.A. in Economics from Washington and Lee University.
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Steve Codispoti
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Steven Codispoti (New York) joined KKR in 2012 and is a Director in the Finance department responsible for Private Fund Business Operations. Prior to joining KKR, he was the chief financial officer for BAML Capital Partners, also known as Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity. It was at Merrill Lynch where he spent the prior 16 years holding a variety of roles within the global private equity division. He holds a B.A. in Accounting from Pace University.
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George Mueller
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
George Mueller (New York) joined KKR in 2009 and is a member of KKR Capital Markets. Prior to joining KKR, he worked at Barclays Capital where he worked in high yield credit research, credit trading, and capital markets with a focus on high yield, leveraged loan, and mezzanine transactions. Mr. Mueller holds a B.A., magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University.
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John Hockin
Managing Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
John C. Hockin (Menlo Park) joined KKR in 2015 to work within the private equity group and focus on its public equity investment effort. He joins from Golden Gate Capital where he was Co-Head of Public Equities from 2010-2015. Prior to Golden Gate, he spent fifteen years at J.H. Whitney & Co. where he devoted the first ten years to the private equity side of the business and the last five years to managing the Whitney Green River hedge fund. He started his career in the investment banking group at Morgan Stanley in New York. In college, he successfully launched and sold a baseball hat company called J&J Lids. He holds a B.A. in Economics (cum laude) from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Arjay Miller Scholar).
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Jeff Van Horn
Managing Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jeffrey B. Van Horn (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2004. Mr. Van Horn is a Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer of KKR’s Credit business. Previously, he was the Co-Head of the KKR Global Tax Team and the KKR Global Public Markets Tax Director. Mr. Van Horn is also the Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Director of Tax of KKR Financial Holdings LLC. He previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of KKR Financial Holdings LLC from May 2006 to November 2010. Before joining KKR, Mr. Van Horn worked in various finance positions, including senior vice president of Investments and Chief Financial Officer of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. and its predecessor, Bay Apartment Communities, Inc., respectively. Prior to that, he was a tax partner with Arthur Andersen LLP serving clients in the real estate, leasing, private equity, and REIT industries. Mr. Van Horn was also a member of Arthur Andersen’s firmwide Partnership and REIT Tax Specialty Teams. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Business Administration from California State University, Stanislaus. Mr. Van Horn is also a California licensed Certified Public Accountant.
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Billy Butcher
Director, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Billy Butcher (New York) joined KKR in 2004 and is a member of the real estate team. Prior to helping to establish the firm’s dedicated real estate business, Mr. Butcher worked in the Firm’s corporate private equity business, including moving to Tokyo in 2006 and 2007 to assist in developing KKR’s pan-Asian operations. Prior to joining KKR, he was at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its technology, media and telecommunications investment banking group, where he was involved in a number of merger, acquisition, and financing transactions. He holds an A.B., summa cum laude, from Princeton University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was the Henry Ford II Scholar and an Arjay Miller Scholar.
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Daniel McLaughlin
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Daniel McLaughlin (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2009 and is a member of the Client and Partner Group..
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Brandon Donnenfeld
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Helenmarie Rodgers
Managing Director, KKR Prisma of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Helenmarie Rodgers (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2004. Ms. Rodgers is part of the Client and Partner Group, focusing on customized hedge fund solutions. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, she was a managing director of institutional client management at J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management. Previously, Ms. Rodgers was managing director and head of worldwide marketing and product development for Chase Alternative Asset Management, the predecessor firm to J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management. Formerly, she was a portfolio specialist for several funds of hedge funds and feeder funds at Union Bancaire Privee, Geneva, Switzerland. Ms. Rodgers’ rior career positions include: senior vice president for the World Gold Council in Geneva, Switzerland; vice president at Salomon Brothers, NY in the pension consulting, real estate corporate finance and fixed income capital markets groups; and corporate lending officer at Continental Bank in Chicago. Ms. Rodgers holds a B.A. degree from Tulane University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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Karr Narula
Director, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Karr Narula (Menlo Park) joined KKR Capstone in 2007. Since joining KKR Capstone, Mr. Narula has worked closely with KKR’s investments in Biomet, Energy Future Holdings, Intelligence, Harden Healthcare, Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Research Pharmaceutical Services, Air Medical Group Holdings, and Panasonic Healthcare. Mr. Narula actively works with KKR’s Healthcare industry team and is also involved in KKR’s portfolio wellness and consumer-driven health initiatives. Previously, he was with Bain & Company, where he worked across a number of industries including logistics, retail consumer products, high-tech OEM, and private equity. Mr. Narula also worked in corporate M&A for Harrah’s Entertainment on the acquisition and integration of Caesars and in HIG Capital’s private equity group, executing private equity transactions. He holds a B.S. with distinction from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Lesley Nurse
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Lesley Nurse (New York) joined KKR in 2010 and is a member of KKR’s Client and Partner group. Prior to joining KKR, she was managing director and head of consultant relations at PineBridge Investments (formerly AIG Investments) focused on the cultivation and development of relationships within the investment consultant community. Ms. Nurse’s prior experience includes consultant relations, sales and marketing roles at Deutsche Asset Management and PaineWebber. She holds a B.S. with honors from the Pennsylvania State University and is a CFA Charterholder.
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Peggy Shaughnessy
Managing Director, Business Operations of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Peggy Shaughnessy (New York) joined KKR in 2012 as the Global Head of Office Operations. She is responsible for the management and integration of internal operations across the world. She also oversees the execution of all Investor events globally throughout the year. Ms. Shaughnessy joined from Goldman Sachs with considerable operational and managerial experience across a wide range of support activities, functions and regions over the course of her 20 years there, most recently as managing director and global head of hospitality and retail operations. She serves on the board of The Great Oaks Foundation, a non-profit organization founded with the mission of supporting the achievement of public school students.
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Mariko M. Uyeda
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mariko M. Uyeda (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2004 and is a member of the Client and Partner Group, and previously she was a member of the fixed income division at KKR. Ms. Uyeda graduated with a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego.
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Amanda Siegel Lansky
Managing Director, Customized Portfolio Solutions of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Craig Larson
Managing Director, Investor Relations of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Craig Larson (New York) is the Head of Investor Relations for KKR and leads KKR’s efforts to engage with public investors and industry analysts. Prior to this role, Mr. Larson was a member of the Client and Partner Group. Mr. Larson joined KKR in 2009 after spending 17 years at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. where he was a managing director in the global communications franchise. While at Citigroup, Mr. Larson played a leading role on a broad array of merger and acquisition and financing assignments for global media and telecommunications clients. Mr. Larson graduated with a B.A. with honors from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada.
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Paul Wasserman
Director, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Paul Wasserman (Houston) joined KKR in 2014 and is responsible for KKR’s real estate asset management and portfolio management activities. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Och-Ziff Capital Management, Inc. in New York where he was head of asset management, responsible for establishing and running asset management and for asset-level operational oversight of the firm’s real estate funds as well as spearheading certain acquisition opportunities. Previously, he was an acquisition and asset management professional at Time Equities, Inc. where he acquired and managed a diverse portfolio of office industrial, retail, residential, and development assets in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Wasserman has also held real estate positions with Workspeed, Jones Lang LaSalle, and the NYC Department of Design and Construction. He is a council member of the Urban Land Institute and received his B.A. with honors from Trinity College.
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Jill Henn
Director, Human Resources of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jill Henn (San Francisco/Menlo Park) joined KKR in 2010 in Human Resources. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Henn spent over 11 years in a wide range of HR roles. Ms. Henn came to KKR from Cerberus Capital Management, most recently as HR director for the capital markets business at GMAC (a Cerberus portfolio company) and before that as the director of talent management and director of recruitment for Cerberus. Earlier in her career, Ms. Henn had a variety of HR roles at General Electric and HRfirst. Ms. Henn holds a Bachelors of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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Mike Shea
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Michael T. Shea (New York) joined KKR in 2008 and is a Director in the Finance Department responsible for public company financial accounting and reporting. Prior to joining KKR, he was a manager within the Assurance Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy and a Minor in Management Information Systems from Villanova University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
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Donna Heitzman
Director, Hedge Funds of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Donna Heitzman (New York) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2004. Ms. Heitzman is a Portfolio Manager, with a specific focus on event, credit, and distressed hedge fund strategies. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, she served as a portfolio manager in the capital market strategies group at AEGON facilitating the portfolio’s significant growth and broad diversification across all hedge fund strategies with a specialty in researching and implementing new strategies. Prior to this role and also at AEGON USA, she served as the director of private placements, responsible for credit research and private placement production and as director of the financial division, where she was responsible for fixed income investment portfolio analysis. Previously, she was an audit supervisor at Coopers and Lybrand, specializing in the manufacturing and financial institution sectors of both publicly held and privately owned clients. Ms. Heitzman received a B.S. in Accounting, with high honors, from the University of Louisville. She is also a CFA Charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant.
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Billy Fisher
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
William B. Fisher (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2004 and brings more than 30 years of diversified management experience to his position as Chief Investment Operations Officer at KKR. Prior to joining our operations team, Mr. Fisher served as Managing Director at myCFO, Inc., a startup wealth management firm representing more than $20 billion in AUM. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Executive Office at Furthco, a privately-held company, managing a conglomeration of businesses and investments. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Arkansas.
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Mohani Singh
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mohani D. Singh (New York), a Director in Finance on the Private Markets – Funds team, joined KKR in 1998. Prior to joining KKR, Mrs. Singh was a Tax Manager with the tax practice office of Deloitte & Touche. Mrs. Singh graduated from Baruch College with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in Accountancy in 1991 and an M.B.A. in Taxation in 1993. She is licensed in the state of New York as a Certified Public Accountant.
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John Reed
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
John M. Reed (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2008 and is a member of Credit, serving as the Head of Credit Trading. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Reed was a director at Bear Stearns & Co. in their institutional fixed income department. Previously, he was an analyst at BNY Capital Markets in the syndicated loan, private placement and high yield groups, and also worked in the asset strategies group and The Office of Management & Budget of New York City. Mr. Reed received a B.A. in Business Administration and Psychology from the University of South Carolina and a Global Professional M.B.A. from the Fordham University School of Business Administration.
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Thomas Kim
Director & Global Risk Manager, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Thomas Kim (New York) joined KKR Capstone in 2010 as Principal & Global Risk Manager.
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Nicholas Zeitlin
Director, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Nicholas Zeitlin (New York) joined the firm in 2005 and is a Director in KKR Capstone. He moved to the London office in 2011 and returned to New York in 2014. At KKR Capstone, Mr. Zeitlin has worked with many of the KKR industry teams – including Financial Services, Industrials, Technology, Media, and Health Care – and KKR portfolio companies – including Avago, First Data, Lake Region Medical, Nielsen, SunGard Availability Services, and Tarkett. He has also helped to launch several KKR portfolio initiatives, including Strategic Sourcing and Innovation. He previously worked for McKinsey & Company in New York where he focused on the high technology, telecommunications, and healthcare industries. Mr. Zeitlin holds a B.A. with honors from Harvard University.
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Robert Dusel
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Kathy Chang
Director, Private Markets Operations of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Katherine Chang (New York) joined KKR in 2010. She was previously with Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ Transaction Services group where she worked across a number of industries on managing projects ranging from IPO’s, SEC registrations, financial reporting process and technology improvement. At KKR, Ms. Chang has been responsible for KKR’s Private Equity portfolio company reporting operations team and leads the business analysts responsible for the Americas Private Markets and Capital Raising Technology. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Boston College, an M.B.A. and M.S. Accountancy from Northeastern University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Kristi Huller
Director of Communications, Americas of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Kristi Huller is the Director of Communications, Americas at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
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Joshua T. Weisenbeck
Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Joshua Weisenbeck (New York) joined KKR in 2008 and is a member of the Industrials industry team. He has been actively involved with the investments in Capsugel, Capital Safety and Gardner Denver, and has portfolio company responsibility for BrightView. He currently sits on the Boards of Capsugel, Gardner Denver, and BrightView. He was formerly a Director of Capital Safety during the time that KKR owned it from 2012 until the successful sale of the company to 3M in 2015. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Weisenbeck was with Onex Corporation, focusing on Industrials private equity transactions, including Onex’s investment in Allison Transmission. Prior to Onex, he worked for Lazard Freres & Co. in its Power & Energy group, where he was involved in a number of merger and acquisition transactions. He holds a B.A. with honors, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Williams College.
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Joan Lavin
Director, Human Resources of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Joan B. Lavin (New York) joined KKR as Chief Learning Officer in 2010. Previously Ms. Lavin ran her own Executive Coaching Practice in Europe from 2006-2009, providing one-on-one leadership coaching to senior executives and high-potential business leaders to increase their individual effectiveness in leading businesses and teams. Prior to running her own business, Ms. Lavin was Vice President of the Goldman Sachs Pine Street Executive Leadership Development Group in New York. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Baruch College in New York, is a certified Executive Coach, and is licensed with the British Psychological Society to conduct psychometric assessments for coaching clients.
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Jason Carss
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jason Carss (New York) joined KKR in 2008. Prior to joining KKR, he was an attorney at Linklaters LLP in New York for five years. While at Linklaters, he represented a number of alternative asset managers, including KKR, in connection with structuring, raising and operating investment funds. Mr. Carss holds a B.A. from Columbia University and a J.D. from Fordham Law School.
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Justin Pattner
Director, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Justin Pattner (New York) joined KKR in 2011 and is a member of the Real Estate industry team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Pattner was at Eton Park Capital Management where he focused on real estate and real estate related opportunities. Prior to Eton Park, he worked with Lehman Brothers Real Estate Private Equity and Lubert Adler Partners where he was involved in sourcing, evaluating, and managing private real estate transactions. He holds a B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.
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David Kerko
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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John Knox
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
John J. Knox (New York) joined KKR in 2008 as a Controller for our hedge fund and capital markets groups.
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Elizabeth Seeger
Director, Public Affairs of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Elizabeth Seeger (Washington, D.C.) joined KKR in 2009 to help oversee the management of environmental and social responsibility issues and opportunities across KKR’s portfolio, including through KKR’s Green Solutions Platform. Ms. Seeger was previously a project manager in the corporate partnerships program of Environmental Defense Fund. Prior to EDF, she was a consultant with the Corporate Executive Board, where she advised companies across a broad range of industries in Europe and the United States. Before CEB, Ms. Seeger was an associate at the Environmental Law Institute, a non-profit organization focused on environmental law and policy research and education. She is a 2013 Aspen Institute First Movers Fellow and is on the Standards Council of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. Elizabeth has more than 15 years of experience working on corporate environmental and social issues and earned a B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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James Connolly
Director, Capital Markets of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James Connolly (New York) joined KKR in 2012 as a member of KKR’s Capital Markets team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Connolly was with Nomura Securities as a managing director on the Convertible Bond sales desk, advising some of the world’s largest mutual and hedge funds. Previously, Mr. Connolly was a director on the international convertible bond desk at Citigroup. Additionally, he was a pilot in the US Navy for eight years. Mr. Connolly received a B.A. from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.
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Brett Kelly
Director – Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Chris Wade
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Christopher Wade (San Francisco) joined KKR in February 2006 and brings over thirteen years of experience to his role as Director and Divisional Controller of KKR Credit. Previously, Mr. Wade worked at FEI Company and Riverbed Technology in SEC reporting manager and accounting manager roles, respectively. Mr. Wade began his accounting career at Ernst & Young LLP, serving a variety of clients in the technology and investment management industries. Mr. Wade graduated with a B.A. in Accounting with departmental honors from the University of Oregon.
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Daniel Parant
Managing Director, Co-Head of Private Wealth Partners of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Daniel B. Parant (New York) joined KKR in 2012 and is a member of the Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Parant was a vice president and head of alternatives business development for intermediary distribution at Neuberger Berman, and previously was a member of the absolute return strategies business at Lehman Brothers. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Parant worked as an associate in the capital markets consulting group at Thomson Financial. Mr. Parant holds a B.S. in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University.
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Amy C. Stuart
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Amy C. Stuart (New York) joined KKR in 2007 and is a member of the Client and Partner Group. She has been involved in the Firm’s global capital raising activities and currently works as a product specialist focused on private equity activities. Prior to joining KKR, she was with Lehman Brothers in its global natural resources group, where she was involved in a number of merger, acquisition, and other corporate advisory transactions. She holds a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Kendra Decious
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Kendra L. Decious (New York) is a Director in KKR’s Finance Group. Ms. Decious joined KKR in 2006 and served as the Chief Financial Officer for the managing general partner of KKR Private Equity Investors, L.P until 2010. Previously, Ms. Decious served in several senior capacities at KKR private equity portfolio companies, including as Vice President, Controller for KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc., Chief Financial Officer for KC Distance Learning, Inc. and Director, SEC and Financial Reporting for Red Lion Hotels, Inc. Prior to working with KKR, she served as VP Corporate Controller for The Kushner-Locke Company and began her career in the audit practice of KPMG LLP. Ms. Decious graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a B.A. in Business Economics and with distinction from Ellis College, New York Institute of Technology, with an M.B.A. Ms. Decious is a certified public accountant.
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Albert Chan
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Albert Chan (San Francisco) joined KKR in September 2005 and is the Controller of KKR Financial Holdings LLC.
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Christopher Kim
Director: Global Head of Employee Experience – Benefits – Wellness of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Christopher Kim (New York) joined KKR in 2014 and is the Global Benefits Manager. Mr. Kim is responsible for managing KKR’s global benefit programs as well as developing and advancing a consistent global strategy across health & welfare and retirement plans. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Kim was the global head of benefits and wellness at Bloomberg. He also previously worked at Goldman Sachs in various benefits and compensation roles. He holds a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.
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Philipp Schumacher
Director, Information Technology of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Philipp Schumacher (New York) is a Director in KKR’s Information Technology group with global responsibility for the Management Companies’ Finance, HR and Corporate systems. Prior to joining KKR in 2012, he spent 12 years with PwC’s Technology Consulting practice in Luxembourg, Berlin and New York where he managed large scale, global ERP system implementation initiatives. Mr. Schumacher obtained his M.Sc. in international business from HEC Management School – University of Liège and holds a B.Sc. from Hautes Études Commerciales de Liège as part of which he spent a semester at HEC Montréal. He is a native German and French speaker and is fluent in English, Dutch, and Spanish.
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Joan Lacagnina
Managing Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Joan Lacagnina (New York), a Managing Director in Finance on the Private Markets-Funds team, joined KKR in 1997. Prior to Ms. Lacagnina’s 16 years with KKR, she was a Senior Manager with the tax practice office of Deloitte & Touche. Ms. Lacagnina graduated from St. John’s University in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and earned her Masters degree in Taxation from Pace University in 1995. She is licensed in the state of New York as a Certified Public Accountant.
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Neil R. Brown
Managing Director, KKR Global Institute and KKR Infrastructure of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Neil R. Brown (New York) joined KKR in 2014 and is the Director of Policy and Research of the KKR Global Institute. Previously, Mr. Brown served on the senior staff of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senator Richard Lugar and was a senior advisor at Goldwyn Global Strategies. He is a fellow at the German Marshall Fund and serves on the boards of The Lugar Center, U.S. Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative advisory committee for the U.S. Department of Interior, Merton College Charitable Corporation, and Association of American Rhodes Scholars. Mr. Brown graduated with a B.A. from Harvard University and M.Sc and M.Phil from Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar.
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Scott Cullerton
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Gary H. Jacobs
Managing Director, Capital Management Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Gary H. Jacobs (New York) joined KKR in 2008 to provide risk management, derivative structuring and trading insight to the Capital Markets business. Since 2009, he has been focused exclusively on capital management within Treasury. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Jacobs was a managing director at Citigroup within the equities division where he spent 16 years trading options, derivatives, convertibles and cash equities. Mr. Jacobs received a B.A. from Columbia College and an M.B.A. from New York University.
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Douglas Brody
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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David McNellis
Managing Director, Global Macro & Asset Allocation of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
David McNellis (New York) joined KKR in 2011 and is a member of KKR’s Global Macro and Asset Allocation team. Prior to joining KKR.
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Brad Bellomo
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Brad Bellomo (New York) joined KKR in 2011 and is a Principal in the Internal Audit team. Prior to joining KKR, he was an executive director in the finance department of Morgan Stanley, where he supported the real estate private equity business. Prior to his role in finance, Mr. Bellomo worked for nine years in Morgan Stanley’s internal audit division focusing on the audits of the investment management and merchant banking business. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. from Leeds University in England. He is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts (NYSSA).
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Nonie Lame
Director, Human Resources of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Travers Garvin
Director, Public Affairs of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Travers Garvin (Washington, DC) joined KKR in 2008 and is a member of the Global Public Affairs group. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Garvin was an attorney at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP where he represented clients on public policy matters before Congress and the Administration. Before joining the practice of law, he worked as a policy aide in the U.S. Congress focusing on issues before the Energy and Commerce committee. Mr. Garvin holds a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross and a J.D., cum laude, from the George Mason University School of Law.
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Joel Traut
Director, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Joel Traut (New York) joined KKR in 2015 and is a member of the Real Estate team. Prior to joining KKR, he spent thirteen years at GE Capital, most recently as a region manager at GE Capital Real Estate where he led their northeast commercial team, focused on sourcing, structuring, and negotiating first mortgage and mezzanine loans. Mr. Traut graduated from the University of Kentucky and holds a B.B.A., Summa Cum Laude, in Finance and Marketing.
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Anthony Cesare
Director & Real Estate Private Equity Controller of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Rony Ma
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Brian Wieber
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Brian Wieber (New York) joined KKR in 2010 and is the Chief Audit Executive. He has over 25 years of progressive experience in financial, operational, and information technology audit. Mr. Wieber joined KKR from Lazard Freres & Co., where he was a senior vice president and audit director with global audit responsibilities for asset management. Prior to that, Mr. Wieber was with Morgan Stanley & Co. for eighteen years, finishing his tenure as the senior vice president, audit director. He holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University and a B.S. in Accounting and Finance with honors from New York University. He has served as President and Vice President of the Internal Auditors Society of the Security Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), is NASD Series 7, 63, and 27 registered, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of CPAs.
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Ari Barkan
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Ari Barkan (New York) joined KKR in 2012 and is a member of the Client and Partner Group, focusing on institutional clients in the Midwest region of the U.S. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Barkan was a managing director in Credit Suisse Asset Management performing a similar role from 2009 until early 2012. Previously, he spent 12 years at Citigroup where he held both asset management and corporate banking roles. At Citigroup, Mr. Barkan served as a director in the Citi Alternative Distribution Group (CADG) between 2006 and early 2009. Before joining CADG, he served as chief of staff to the vice chairman of Citigroup and, for six years, held various corporate banking and relationship management positions in Turkey, Indonesia, Singapore, Mexico, Hungary, and Australia. Mr. Barkan holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University and Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Peter Zakowich
Director, IC Member & Portfolio Manager of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Peter Zakowich (New York) joined KKR Prisma in 2006. He is a member of KKR Prisma’s Investment Committee and a portfolio manager, responsible for portfolio and client management. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, Mr. Zakowich was an associate portfolio manager at J.P. Morgan Alternative Investments. Prior, he was an equity analyst at Edge Capital, a long/short equity hedge fund focusing on the technology and media sectors. Mr. Zakowich began his career at Putnam Investments as an investment associate covering global companies across the media, advertising, and automotive/industrial industries. Mr. Zakowich holds a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from New York University, Stern School of Business.
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Brian Dillard
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Brian Dillard (New York) joined KKR in 2006 and is a member of special situations investing business within Credit. Prior to joining the special situations team, Mr. Dillard was a member of the private equity team and has been involved with the investments in Harman International and Oriental Brewery. In 2008 and 2009, he worked in Hong Kong assisting in the development of KKR’s Asian operations. Prior to joining KKR, he was at Morgan Stanley & Co. in its mergers and acquisitions investment banking group, where he was involved in a number of merger, acquisition, and financing transactions. He holds an A.B. in Computer Science from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Hilary McNamara
Director, Business Operations of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Hilary McNamara (New York) joined KKR in 2011 and is a member of the Human Resources team, where she focuses on administration of the firm’s equity award, compensation, and relocation programs. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. McNamara managed compensation for the global mobility team at Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Prior to her tenure at Marsh & McLennan, she was a vice president at Lehman Brothers in New York and London, managing the International HR team and then the Equity Award Program. Ms. McNamara holds a B.A. from The College of William & Mary and an M.B.A. from Thunderbird School of Global Management.
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Elizabeth Hammond
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Elizabeth Hammond (New York) joined KKR’s Client and Partner Group in 2009. Prior to joining KKR, she was a director at Citi Alternative Investments where she was involved in consultant relations and had responsibility for managing the RFP team. Ms. Hammond has 20 years of experience working in asset management sales and marketing. Her prior experience includes Siguler Guff, Deutsche Asset Management, and Lynch & Mayer. She holds a B.S. from the College of Charleston and an M.B.A. from Fordham University.
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Alexander Hwang
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Alexander Hwang (New York) joined KKR in 2014 and focuses on specialized products and services.
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Christopher Arena
Director, Finance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Christopher Arena (New York) joined KKR’s Internal Audit team in 2011. Mr. Arena collaborates on all aspects of Internal Audit’s risk based universe and four-year plan. He is directly responsible for the audit execution of the Public Markets segment. Previously, Mr. Arena acted as an executive eirector and global head of the asset management division for Morgan Stanley Internal Audit. In this role, he was responsible for all aspects of the cyclical internal audit plan including oversight of the full time staff located in five regional locations. Prior to Morgan Stanley, he worked for both Merrill Lynch and Bankers Trust in various capacities supporting the business-side of asset management. Mr. Arena holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Rowan University.
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Sean Nelson
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Ryan L.G. Wilson
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Ryan L.G. Wilson (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2006 and is a Director in Credit Portfolio Management Group. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Wilson was with PricewaterhouseCoopers, serving a variety of clients across industries. Mr. Wilson holds a B.A. in Economics with honors from Wilfrid Laurier University and a MAcc in Accounting from the University of Waterloo. He also is a CFA charterholder, Chartered Professional Accountant, and a Chartered Accountant.
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Jeff Smith
Director, Business Operations of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Mark Hunt
Director, Capital Management Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mark Hunt (New York) joined KKR as a consultant in 2008 before becoming an employee of the Firm in 2010. Mr. Hunt brings over 25 years of experience in the equity and fixed-income markets to his role in helping KKR build public market investing and trading capabilities. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Hunt was a managing director with responsibility for all U.S. equity trading operations for Citigroup, after having run Citigroup’s global convertible sales, research, and trading operation for over 15 years. Mr. Hunt graduated with a B.S. in Finance and Computer Science from Albany State University.
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Adam Elegant
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Adam Elegant (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2014 and is a member of the KKR Client and Partner Group, focused on working with leading family offices. Mr. Elegant spent 14 years in the securities division at Goldman Sachs in San Francisco and New York selling the firm’s equities products to family offices, hedge funds, RIAs and broker-dealers, among others. Afterwards, he joined Northern Trust in a business development role focused on family offices. Mr. Elegant holds an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Colorado and a B.A. in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis.
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Mark Hunt
Director, Capital Management Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mark Hunt (New York) joined KKR as a consultant in 2008 before becoming an employee of the Firm in 2010. Mr. Hunt brings over 25 years of experience in the equity and fixed-income markets to his role in helping KKR build public market investing and trading capabilities. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Hunt was a managing director with responsibility for all U.S. equity trading operations for Citigroup, after having run Citigroup’s global convertible sales, research, and trading operation for over 15 years. Mr. Hunt graduated with a B.S. in Finance and Computer Science from Albany State University.
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Adam Elegant
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Adam Elegant (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2014 and is a member of the KKR Client and Partner Group, focused on working with leading family offices. Mr. Elegant spent 14 years in the securities division at Goldman Sachs in San Francisco and New York selling the firm’s equities products to family offices, hedge funds, RIAs and broker-dealers, among others. Afterwards, he joined Northern Trust in a business development role focused on family offices. Mr. Elegant holds an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Colorado and a B.A. in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis.
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Andrew Inscore
Director Of Engineering of Doma
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Alex Klarfeld
Managing Director of Divvy
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Dustin Currie
Director of Engineering of RealtyMogul
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