Harvey M. Schwartz is the Chief Executive Officer of Carlyle and member of the Board of Directors. He is based in New York. He is the former President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Mr. Schwartz joined Goldman Sachs in 1997 and subsequently held numerous senior leadership positions including Chief Financial Officer, Global Co-Head of the Securities Division, Head of Securities Division Sales, Head of North American Sales and Co-Head of the Americas Financing Group. He additionally served as a member of the firm’s Management Committee and co-headed its Risk Committee, Steering Committee on Regulatory Reform, Capital Committee and Finance Committee. Mr. Schwartz established the firm’s Investment Policy Committee on which he also served as a member. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Schwartz spent a decade working at several financial firms, including Citicorp, from 1990 through 1997. As both an investor and advisor, he is currently involved in a range of investment and philanthropic endeavors. These efforts include a focus on mental health and developing future business leaders, including women and young people seeking a career in finance. He serves as the Group Chairperson and Non-Executive Director of The Bank of London, a clearing and payments bank with operations in London and New York City. In addition, Mr. Schwartz serves on the board of SoFi Technologies, Inc., a San Francisco-based fintech company, and One Mind, a nonprofit that accelerates collaborative research and advocacy to enable all individuals facing brain health challenges to build healthy, productive lives. Mr. Schwartz earned his BA from Rutgers University, where he is a member of the university’s Board of Governors and its Hall of Distinguished Alumni. He received his MBA from Columbia University.

Jeremy W. Anderson is a Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Global Private Equity. He is also a member of Carlyle’s Operating Committee. He most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Carlyle’s Corporate Private Equity Americas Funds, where he was responsible for the operation of Carlyle’s U.S. Buyout, U.S. Growth, Global Financial Services, and Global Partners funds. In this capacity, he oversaw the transaction structuring and execution, fund formation, financial reporting, valuations, and compliance management for these funds. Mr. Anderson joined Carlyle in 1999 and he is based in Washington, DC. He received his BBA in accounting from the College of William & Mary.

Charles Andrews is the Chief Accounting Officer of Carlyle and has served in such capacity since 2020. He is based in Washington, D.C. Since joining Carlyle in 2015, Charles has also served as Carlyle’s Corporate Controller and Director of Accounting Policy and SEC Reporting. Prior to joining Carlyle, Chas was with Ernst & Young LLP in the Assurance Services practice and with Navigant Consulting, Inc. in the Disputes & Investigations practice. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech.

As Head of The Carlyle Group’s Global Investment Solutions, one of the firm’s three business segments, Ruulke Bagijn is part of the leadership team of one of largest global investment firms in the world. She also serves as Chair of the Board of AlpInvest, Carlyle’s dedicated private equity primary fund, co-investment, and secondary solutions platform with a $63 billion AUM (per Q4 2022) and investment professionals in New York, San Francisco, London, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong. In addition, Ruulke is a member of the AlpInvest Global Investment Committee, which makes all investment decisions in Europe, North and Latin America, Asia, and Australia on behalf of its 425+ investors worldwide. Based in New York, Ruulke has 20+ years of experience in global investments and a deep knowledge of private capital portfolios. She joined AlpInvest from AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets, where she was the Global Head of Real Assets Private Equity and a member of its Management Board. Before that, she was Co-Chief Investment Officer of Investment Management and Chief Investment Officer of Private Markets at PGGM, with direct responsibility for managing investments in infrastructure, hedge funds, structured credit, private equity, insurance-linked securities, and private real estate, and held senior roles at ABN AMRO. A passionate advocate of the business case for diversity, including involving more women in private equity, Ruulke has been named a Wall Street Journal Pro PE ‘Woman to Watch,’ sits on the Carlyle Diversity & Inclusion Council and is an inaugural member of the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets DEI in Asset Management Program, designed to improve diversity and promote an inclusive culture within asset management institutions for women and Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC). Born in the Netherlands, she was also the inaugural chair of the Dutch committee of Level 20, the not-for-profit body established to inspire women to join and succeed in the Private Equity industry in the Netherlands. Ruulke received an MSc in economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam, is a CFA charterholder, and serves as a member of the Netherland-America Foundation (NAF), which supports high-impact exchange between the two countries. 

Brian A. Bernasek is a Partner and Co-Head of Americas Corporate Private Equity at Carlyle. He is also a member of Carlyle's Leadership Committee. Carlyle’s Americas Corporate Private Equity business has $65 billion in assets under management with diversified investments spanning industries, geographies, and strategies. Mr. Bernasek previously served as Co-Head of US Buyout and Growth as well as Head of the Global Industrial team at Carlyle. Since inception, Carlyle’s Global Industrial team has invested more than $31 billion of equity in over 120 transactions, across subsectors and geographies. Mr. Bernasek oversaw some of Carlyle’s most successful investments, including Allison Transmission, Atotech, and Signode Industrial Group. He serves on several firm investment committees and as the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion lead for Americas Corporate Private Equity. Mr. Bernasek joined Carlyle in 2000 and previously held positions in New York with Investcorp International, a private equity firm, and Morgan Stanley & Co., in its Investment Banking Division. Mr. Bernasek has served as a director on the board of several Carlyle investments, including Allison Transmission, Inc., Atotech BV, HD Supply, Inc., The Hertz Corporation, Novolex and Signode Industrial Group. He currently serves as a director on the Board of Nouryon and ManTech International. He is also a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Washington Jesuit Academy. Mr. Bernasek is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Jeff Bronaugh is a Managing Director and firm’s Chief Technology Officer based in Washington, D.C. He has been with the firm for 9 years and held various positions including the head of Global Operations & Engineering and Corporate Services. He is also a member of Carlyle's Operating Committee. Prior to joining Carlyle, Jeff spent 10 years at Deloitte Consulting where he was a leader in their Strategy and Operation’s practice driving change at large organizations while focused on mergers & acquisitions, corporate strategy, finance transformation, and global technology implementation projects. Prior to that, Jeff worked in audit for 2 years at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Jeff earned his B.B.A in Accounting Information Systems and Computer Science from James Madison University and is a licensed CPA in Virginia.

Shane Clifford is a Managing Director and Head of Private Wealth Strategy at Carlyle. He is based in New York. He is also a member of Carlyle’s Leadership Committee. He has over 20 years of industry experience leading business development and strategy for large alternative assets and financial services firms. Prior to joining Carlyle, he was a Senior Managing Director at Franklin Templeton where he was responsible for the global growth strategy and business development of their suite of alternatives offerings. Previously, Mr. Clifford held several senior leadership and business development positions at Legg Mason subsidiaries, including Global Head of Corporate Strategy at EnTrustPermal as well as Global Head of Business Development at Permal Group, where he built and managed the global business development team, including sales, investor relations, client service and marketing. He began his career at Merrill Lynch before working for BlackRock in the U.S., UK, Middle East and Latin America. Mr. Clifford is a graduate of the University of Limerick, Ireland, and holds an MBA from the Boston University Graduate School of Management.

Bethany De Lude is a Managing Director and Chief Information Security Officer based in Washington, DC. She is also a member of Carlyle's Operating Committee and a recipient of the firm’s Changemaker award for her diversity, equity, and inclusion impact. She leads Carlyle’s cybersecurity program and works with stakeholders across the firm to create an adaptable and secure business environment. Bethany is a driving force for operational resilience, smart design, and pragmatic investment, believing that cyber resilient organizations inspire trust, preserve value, and achieve competitive advantage by being able to focus on delivering strategic outcomes without distraction. She chairs Carlyle’s IT security steering committee and Americas Portfolio CISO Council and founded the Women of GTS cohort. Prior to joining Carlyle, she was the first CISO for the Federal Judiciary, the PCAOB, and Riggs Bank. She has also held leadership positions at the National Security Agency, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the Corporate Executive Board. Bethany earned an MS degree in Information and Telecommunication Systems from the Johns Hopkins University and a BA in Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She holds a US Patent [#6,223,985] and has been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional [#27959] since 2002.

Stacey Dion serves as Partner and Head of Global Government Affairs. She is based in Washington, D.C. Ms. Dion leads Carlyle’s global government relations and public policy functions, collaborating with Carlyle senior executives and investment professionals to shape Carlyle’s global legislative and regulatory activities. Ms. Dion leads engagements with political, policy and diplomatic communities globally on behalf of Carlyle. Ms. Dion joined Carlyle in 2017 as a Managing Director, focusing on U.S. government regulatory and legislative matters. Prior to joining Carlyle, Ms. Dion served as Vice President of Corporate Public Policy for The Boeing Company, where she was responsible for developing and implementing the government relations strategy and tactics on corporate issues including tax, benefits, financial services, corporate governance, energy, environment, workforce training and education. In her career on Capitol Hill, Ms. Dion worked in House Leadership as Policy Advisor and Counsel in the Office of the Republican Leader and the Majority Leader, and where she served as lead Republican staff on economic issues.  Ms. Dion also worked for Chairman Boehner on the Education and Workforce committee as pension counsel. Ms. Dion also worked in the Employee Benefits Security Administration in the United States Department of Labor, where she developed final regulations, rulings and advisory opinions on ERISA.  Ms. Dion began her career in a DC law firm. Ms. Dion earned her B.A. from Merrimack College and J.D. from The Catholic University of America. Ms. Dion serves on the board of the American Investment Counsel, the Alternative Management Committee Board of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and is a member of the Washington Economic Club.

Leigh Farris is a Partner and Global Head of Corporate Communications based in New York. She is also a member of Carlyle's Leadership and Operating Committees. Prior to joining Carlyle, Leigh served in several roles at Goldman Sachs including most recently Managing Director, Head of CEO Communications. She was also the Chief of Staff to the President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Goldman Sachs. She joined Goldman Sachs in 2014 in the Executive Office overseeing communications for the firm's global impact investing platform, including the Goldman Sachs Foundation and Urban Investment Group. Before Goldman Sachs, Leigh served in communications leadership roles at GE and CBS News. Leigh earned a BJ from the University of Texas at Austin.

Christopher Finn is Chief Operating Officer of Carlyle. Mr. Finn is a member of Carlyle's Leadership and Operating Committees. In addition, he chairs or sits on several fund investment committees, and has been a member of the board of directors of many Carlyle portfolio companies including buyout, technology, and real estate investments. Prior to joining the firm in 1996, Mr. Finn served as Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government agency that provides financing to the U.S. investors in the developing world. Mr. Finn is an honors graduate of Harvard College.

David Garofalo is a Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Global Credit at Carlyle. He joined Carlyle in 2020 and is based in New York, NY. He is also a member of Carlyle's Operating Committee. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Garofalo was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs. During his 14 years at Goldman Sachs, he held various management roles including Global Co-head of Consumer Investment Management Division (CIMD) Controllers focusing on valuation, performance, fund and corporate accounting. Most recently, Mr. Garofalo was responsible for firm-wide valuation and led the Global Product Control team for CIMD. He was on various committees including Chair of CIMD Valuation Committee, member of CIMD New Activity and CIMD Risk Committee. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Garofalo was an Executive Director at WestLB in Finance Product Control. Prior to that, he was a manager at EY, where he began his career. Mr. Garofalo graduated from Binghamton University and is a CPA. 

Daniel Harris is a Partner and leads Carlyle’s Shareholder Investor Relations and Financial Planning & Analysis team. He is based in New York City. He is also a member of Carlyle's Leadership Committee. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Harris was a Senior Analyst in Equity Research at Goldman Sachs, and prior to that worked in equity research at J.P. Morgan and corporate strategy at Oliver Wyman. Mr. Harris received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a Bachelor of Science from Rutgers University. Mr. Harris holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Kara Helander is a Partner and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer. She is based in Washington, DC. Prior to joining Carlyle, she was a Managing Director at BlackRock where she led the firm's global inclusion and diversity, and philanthropy initiatives. Harvard Business School profiled those efforts she directed in the case study, 'BlackRock: Diversity as a Driver of Success'. More recently, Ms. Helander consulted with organizations to develop corporate social responsibility and diversity strategies. She founded the Science of Diversity and Inclusion (SODI), a coalition of top companies and behavioral scientists working to design and test new approaches to accelerate diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Ms. Helander also led CSR at Barclay's Global Investors (BGI). Prior to BGI, she launched and led the Western Region for Catalyst in Silicon Valley. She serves on the Board of Directors of Leading Educators. Ms. Helander received her M.B.A. from The Wharton School and her B.A. from Vanderbilt University.

Erica Herberg is a Partner and the Chief Financial Officer of Global Investment Solutions. She is a member of the AlpInvest Partners Board and Chair of the Operating Committee. Previously, Erica was Chief Financial Officer of Carlyle’s Global Credit segment and before that she was responsible for the Fund Management Operations of Carlyle’s Europe based private equity funds, based in Luxembourg and London. Prior to this role Erica led the Real Assets Partnership Accounting team in Washington D.C. office. She joined Carlyle in 1999 from KPMG, LLP. Erica earned a BS in accounting from Boston College, and has been a CPA in the state of Virginia since 1998.

Sandra Horbach is a Partner and Co-Head of Americas Corporate Private Equity at Carlyle where she oversees the firm’s four largest private equity funds. Carlyle’s Americas Corporate Private Equity business has $65 billion in assets under management. She is also a member of Carlyle's Leadership Committee. Under Ms. Horbach’s leadership of US Buyout & Growth, the team has invested more than $35 billion over eight years. Throughout her career, Ms. Horbach has led private equity teams across industries ranging from consumer, industrials, healthcare, aerospace and government services, technology and financial services. Today, she oversees all industry verticals in North America after joining Carlyle in 2005 to launch and build the Consumer & Retail Team. Ms. Horbach has led many of Carlyle’s most successful consumer investments, including Dunkin’ Brands, Beats Electronics, Philosophy, The Bountiful Company, CVC Brasil, and Vogue International. She is a founding member of Carlyle’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council and has been a leader in championing diversity in the private equity industry. Prior to joining Carlyle, Ms. Horbach spent 18 years at the private equity firm Forstmann Little. In 1992, she became the first woman to be named a partner at a major private equity firm. Prior to Forstmann Little, Ms. Horbach spent two years in the M&A department of Morgan Stanley. She earned her MBA from Stanford University and her BA in Chinese Studies from Wellesley College, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude. She studied at Fudan University in Shanghai in 1980 and at the National University of Taipei in 1983. Over the course of her career, Ms. Horbach has served on many corporate and non-profit boards. She currently serves as a director on the Board at Hexaware, and as a Trustee at Rockefeller University and Wellesley College. Ms. Horbach was a member of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business Advisory Council for 15 years, including serving as Chair for four years. Ms. Horbach has been included in the Barron’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Finance list since inception and the Yahoo! Finance HERoes Top 100 Women Executives List in 2020 and 2021.

Mark Jenkins is a Managing Director and Head of Global Credit based in New York. He is also a member of Carlyle's Leadership Committee. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Jenkins was a Senior Managing Director at CPPIB and responsible for leading CPPIB’s Global Private Investment group. He was Chair of the Credit Investment Committee, Chair of the Private Investments Committee and also managed the portfolio value creation group. While at CPPIB, Mr. Jenkins founded CPPIB Credit Investments, which is a multi-strategy platform making direct principal credit investments. He also led CPPIB’s acquisition and oversight of Antares Capital and the subsequent expansion in middle market lending. Prior to CPPIB, he was Managing Director, Co-Head of Leveraged Finance Origination and Execution for Barclays Capital in New York. Before Barclays, Mr. Jenkins worked for 11 years at Goldman Sachs & Co. in senior positions within the Fixed Income and Financing groups in New York. Mr. Jenkins earned a B.Comm degree from Queen’s University. He served on the boards of Wilton Re, Teine Energy, Antares Capital and Merchant Capital Solutions.

Mr. Larson is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Carlyle and has served in that capacity since he joined the firm in November 2019. He is also a member of Carlyle's Leadership and Operating Committees. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Larson served as Partner and Head of Human Capital in Asia Pacific and India at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Larson earned an MBA from University of Chicago and a BA in Finance and Japanese from the University of Utah.

David McCann is a Partner and Global Head of Investor Relations. He is based in New York & Toronto. He is also a member of Carlyle's Leadership and Operating Committees. Prior to joining Carlyle in 2014, Mr. McCann was Head of Asset Management Distribution for Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. Prior to 2010, he worked at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as Vice President and Head of Relationship Investments in Public Markets. Prior to that, Mr. McCann was a Partner at TD Capital and its successor partnership Birch Hill Equity Partners, a mid-market Canadian private equity buyout firm. He has also worked in various senior management roles with The Toronto-Dominion Bank in both the United States and Canada. Mr. McCann is a graduate of Western University BA 82, MA, 84 and MBA 86. He was a Co-Chair of the Western University “Be Extraordinary” $750 million fundraising campaign and has served on a number of private and public company boards. Mr. McCann currently holds CSC, Conduct & Practices and Partners, Directors and Senior Offices licenses.

Eleena Melamed is the Global Chief Operating Officer of Investor Relations and Head of Client Strategy. She is also Co-Chair of the New Products and Distribution Committee and a member of Carlyle's Operating Committee. Eleena is based in New York. Prior to joining Carlyle, Eleena was most recently at KKR where she was the Head of Business Strategy for the Client and Partner Group and a Product Specialist in the Customized Portfolio Solutions Group. In addition to her business strategy focus, Eleena oversaw a portfolio of KKR's multi-asset Strategic Partnership Investments, including product design, portfolio construction, relationship management, and investment implementation. Prior to KKR, Eleena was at Bridgewater Associates where she was Chief of Staff to the Head of the Client Service Department and an Associate Client Advisor for the firm’s key strategic partners. Eleena began her career as an investment professional in Lehman Brothers’ Private Equity division. After Lehman’s bankruptcy, Eleena remained at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, where she worked on the restructuring and sale of Lehman’s Principal Investments, Private Equity, and Hedge Fund portfolios. Eleena received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Columbia University where she graduated summa cum laude, phi beta kappa, and as Valedictorian of her class. Eleena is a former ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre. She is currently on the Board of the Professional Children’s School.

Heather Mitchell is a Partner, Managing Director and Carlyle’s Chief Risk Officer, chairing the firm's Risk Committee. She is also global General Counsel for Investments and Head of the firm’s EMEA region. She is based in London. She is also a member of Carlyle's Leadership and Operating Committees. In November 2020, Ms. Mitchell was included in the Financial News’ list of 50 Most Influential in European Private Equity. In 2019, and again in 2020, Ms. Mitchell was named to the 100 Most Influential Women in European Finance by Financial News. In 2019, Ms. Mitchell was named to the inaugural Chambers GC Influencers Global 100. This prestigious list highlights the top 100 most influential in-house lawyers globally, and Ms. Mitchell was singled out as an Industry Pioneer. In 2018 she was named Individual General Counsel of the Year by Legal 500. Ms. Mitchell was named to the GC Powerlist for 2018 and 2019 whilst also being selected for The Hot 100 list in 2019. In 2018, Ms. Mitchell and her team were recognised as the Most Innovative In-House Legal team for Developing New Business and Service Delivery Models. They also won the prestigious award of ‘Setting a New Standard’ for In-House Legal Teams at FT’s Innovative Lawyer Awards. In 2018, they also won In-House Team of the Year at the Legal Business Awards and were named to the GC Powerlist for 2018. Since joining Carlyle in 2002, Ms. Mitchell has served in the legal department in a number of roles. She was named General Counsel for Europe in 2005, before being appointed as Managing Director in 2011, and Partner in 2013. For her performance at Carlyle, Ms. Mitchell has received the Award of Outstanding Achievement. Prior to joining Carlyle, Ms. Mitchell was an associate with the law firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP and she previously worked at Kaiser Group International, Inc. as Vice President, Corporate Counsel. Ms. Mitchell received her J.D. from the Cornell School of Law and her undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton. Ms. Mitchell currently sits as a board member of the Cornell Law School.

Daniel Mutzig is a Partner, Managing Director and Carlyle’s Global Chief Audit Executive. He is also the Deputy Risk Officer and sits on the Firm’s Risk Committee. He is based in Washington, DC. He is also a member of Carlyle's Operating Committee. Mr. Mutzig has significant experience in providing audit, risk, advisory, and consulting services across various disciplines, including financial, internal control, operational, regulatory, compliance, governance, and risk management. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Mutzig worked in the Office of the Chief Auditor at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Prior to that, he was an Audit Partner with Ernst & Young, having started his career with Arthur Andersen. Mr. Mutzig has extensive experience in public accounting and primarily served large, public registrants in a variety of industries, including private equity, real estate and hospitality, telecommunications and retail and consumer products, among others. He has provided a broad array of services, including external audit, internal audit co-sourcing, internal audit advisory services, financial and accounting services related to multiple initial public offerings, private placements, large transactions and transaction due diligence services. Mr. Mutzig is a certified public accountant and a chartered global management accountant (CGMA). He received his BBA and graduated summa cum laude in accounting from Ohio University. 

Robert Rosen is a Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer for Carlyle’s Americas Corporate Private Equity business. Mr. Rosen also oversees the finance and operations of Carlyle Japan and is a member of the Carlyle Japan Investment Committee. As Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Rosen is responsible for overseeing the administration of funds, including fund formation, transaction structuring and execution, financial reporting, investment valuations, compliance management and investor relations. Mr. Rosen is also a member of Carlyle’s Operating Committee and Risk Committee. Mr. Rosen joined Carlyle in 2006 and is based in Washington, DC. He received his BS in accounting from American University and his MS in business and management from University of Maryland.

Mr. Schreiber is a Managing Director and Head of Carlyle Insurance Solutions where he also serves as Chairman of Fortitude Re, Carlyle’s legacy insurance liability solutions platform, and as a board member of Vantage Group Holdings. He is also a member of Carlyle's Leadership Committee. Mr. Schreiber joined Carlyle in 2016 as Co-head of Carlyle Global Financial Services Partners after spending 20 years at AIG in a variety of senior executive positions, including: Chief Strategy Officer, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, and Global Treasurer, and where he was a member of AIG’s Operating, Group Risk, and Investment Committees. He served as a board member of United Guaranty, AIG’s mortgage insurance subsidiary, and Varagon Capital, AIG’s middle market direct lending joint venture. Mr. Schreiber was a key member of AIG’s executive leadership team that engineered and executed AIG’s successful restructuring and recapitalization. He led AIG’s divestiture, hedging and capital markets activities coming out of the financial crisis, executing over 120 transactions (debt, equity, M&A) and raising over $200 billion. Prior to the crisis, Mr. Schreiber was responsible for leading approximately $60 billion of acquisitions and strategic investments for AIG, including: SunAmerica, American General, and Edison Insurance Japan. Prior to AIG, Mr. Schreiber invested in financial services companies for the Bass Brothers, was an investment banker in Lehman Brothers’ Financial Institutions Group, and started his career as a research associate for Booz Allen & Hamilton. Mr. Schreiber earned his undergraduate degree from New York University’s Stern School of Business, an MBA from Columbia Business School, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Lúcia Soares is the Chief Information Officer and Head of Technology Transformation at Carlyle. In this role, Ms. Soares is responsible for driving the firm’s global technology strategy and leading the firmwide Global Technology Solutions organization. Previously, Ms. Soares was Managing Director and Chief Information Officer of Global Portfolio Solutions at Carlyle. Ms. Soares has provided technology advisory to Carlyle investment teams and has worked with portfolio company executive teams leveraging technology to transform business operations and outcomes. In the last two years, Ms. Soares has driven approximately $250 million in value creation for Carlyle’s investments globally through cost savings, cost avoidance, and revenue growth initiatives. She is based in Menlo Park, California. Ms. Soares has served as a director on the board of several Carlyle investments including The Hilb Group and Hexaware where her significant contributions include driving data transformation, top-line revenue growth and cost optimization opportunities, and accelerating strategic partnerships to enable company growth and scalability. Prior to joining Carlyle in 2019, Ms. Soares was a Managing Director at Health2047 leading venture formations that addressed U.S. healthcare challenges. Before Health 2047, she spent 15 years at Johnson & Johnson, serving in a variety of executive roles. As CIO and board member of multiple high-growth medical device businesses, she created technology strategies to grow and optimize businesses with the use of technology. Ms. Soares began her career working for an early Internet professional services agency, USWeb / marchFIRST, where she partnered with clients to build first-generation web solutions and built the west coast User Experience practice. Ms. Soares completed Executive Education coursework at Harvard Business School, and earned an MBA from San Jose State University, a Masters in Literature from UC Santa Cruz, and a B.A. in Foreign Languages from San Jose State University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Megan Starr is a Partner and the Global Head of Impact at Carlyle. In her role, Ms. Starr works to design and execute Carlyle's cohesive, long-term impact strategy. She also oversees the dedicated ESG team, which leads the firm's investment diligence and portfolio company engagement work on material ESG issues. Prior to joining Carlyle, Ms. Starr was within Goldman Sachs' Investment Management Division, where she helped build the ESG and impact investing business. Previously, Ms. Starr served in roles at The JPB Foundation, a $3.8B private family foundation based in New York City. Ms. Starr received an M.B.A. and a Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, where she was an Arbuckle Leadership Fellow, and an A.B. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard College, where she graduated magna cum laude with highest honors in field of concentration.

Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret, is Vice Chair, Global Affairs and a Managing Director with a focus on international activities and global strategy for Carlyle. He is based in Washington DC. Prior to joining Carlyle in 2018, Admiral Stavridis served as the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, with responsibility for Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, the Balkans, counter-piracy off Africa, the Arctic, and cybersecurity. Prior to that, he was Commander of US Southern Command, with responsibility for all military activity in Latin America and the Caribbean. Following his 37-years in the military, he served as the 12th Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University for five years. He is the 12th Chair of the Board of the Rockefeller Foundation, a contributing editor at TIME magazine, and Chief International Analyst for NBC News. Admiral Stavridis holds a PhD and Masters of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the National War College.

Macky Tall is a Partner and Chair of Carlyle’s Global Infrastructure Group, which includes efforts across transportation, renewables, energy, power, water and digital infrastructure. He is based in Washington, DC. He is also a member of Carlyle's Leadership Committee. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Tall served in a series of leadership positions at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors and the second largest pension fund in Canada. He also served on CDPQ’s Executive Committee and Investment-Risk Committee, served as founding Chair and CEO of CDPQ Infra, CDPQ’s subsidiary specializing in major infrastructure projects, and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ivanhoé Cambridge, CDPQ’s real estate subsidiary. Before joining CDPQ, he held several senior management positions with companies in the energy and finance sectors, namely Hydro-Québec, MEG International, Novergaz and Probyn & Company. Mr. Tall also sits on the Board of Directors of WSP Global Inc., The National Bank of Canada, and the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund Investments Committee. He is a member of Telfer School of Management Strategic Leadership Cabinet. In addition, he has served as co-chair of the Advisory Committee of the Global Infrastructure Facility of the World Bank. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (Finance) from HEC Montréal and an MBA (Finance) and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Ottawa. He also completed an undergraduate degree in Economics at Université de Montréal, and he has been inducted as Distinguished Alumni by HEC Montreal.  

Jason Thomas is a Managing Director and Head of Global Research & Investment Strategy at Carlyle. Mr. Thomas helps to formulate firmwide investment strategies and serves as the Chief Investment Officer for managed accounts and the economic adviser to the firm’s Global Private Equity and Credit Investment Committees. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Thomas served on the White House staff as Special Assistant to the President and Director for Policy Development at the National Economic Council. In this capacity, Mr. Thomas acted as the primary adviser to the President for public finance. Mr. Thomas received a BA from Claremont McKenna College and an MS and PhD in finance from George Washington University, where he studied as a Bank of America Foundation, Leo and Lillian Goodwin Foundation, and School of Business Fellow. Mr. Thomas has earned the chartered financial analyst designation and is a Financial Risk Manager certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

Catherine L. Ziobro is a Managing Director and has served as Chief Compliance Officer for Carlyle since January 2009. She is based in Washington, DC. Prior to joining Carlyle in 2004, Ms. Ziobro was with the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where she focused on a transactional and regulatory securities law practice. Prior to that, she clerked for a US federal bankruptcy judge in the Eastern District of Virginia from 1997 to 1998, and worked at the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors in the International Finance Division from 1992 to 1994. Ms. Ziobro received a B.S. in finance from Fairfield University in 1992. She received a J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1997 and is a member of the bars of California, the District of Columbia and Virginia.