KKR CAPITAL MARKETS (IRELAND) LIMITED - Key Persons


Adam Smith

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Co - Head of Credit & Markets
Adam Smith (New York) joined KKR in 2007 and is the Head of Capital Markets. He leads a team of executives that provide capital markets advice to clients globally across debt, equity and structured transactions. He was significantly involved in the structuring and initial formation of KKR Private Equity Investors and its subsequent merger with KKR to form a NYSE listed company. Mr. Smith holds a B.A. from Duke University and a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law.

Adam Warby

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, CEO Emeritus at Avanade Chairman of the Board at Heidrick & Struggles and Junior Achievement Europe Member of the Board at SimCorp

Adriane M. Brown

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Adriane M. Brown has been a member of the board of directors since June 16, 2021. Ms. Brown joined Flying Fish Ventures, as a Venture Partner in November 2018 and became a Managing Partner of the venture capital firm in February 2021. Prior to that, Ms. Brown served as President and Chief Operating Officer for Intellectual Ventures, an invention and investment company, from January 2010 through July 2017, and served as a Senior Advisor until December 2018. Before joining Intellectual Ventures, Ms. Brown served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Honeywell Transportation Systems. Over the course of 10 years at Honeywell, she held leadership positions serving the aerospace and automotive markets globally. Prior to Honeywell, Ms. Brown spent 19 years at Corning, Inc., ultimately serving as Vice President and General Manager, Environmental Products Division, having started her career there as a shift supervisor. Ms. Brown serves on the boards of directors of American Airlines Group Inc., Axon Enterprise, Inc., e-Bay Inc., and the International Women's Forum. Ms. Brown previously served on the boards of directors of Allergan Plc and Raytheon Company until 2020. Ms. Brown holds a Doctorate of Humane Letters and a bachelor's degree in environmental health from Old Dominion University, and is a winner of its Distinguished Alumni Award. She also holds a master's degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she was a Sloan Fellow.

Ajay Kavan

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former Vice President at Amazon

Andrew Silvernail

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former Chairman and CEO, Idex Corporation

Andy Saito

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Chairman of KKR Japan, Forme
Senior Advisor, Chairman of KKR Japan, former President & CEO of Japan Exchange Group, former President & CEO of Tokyo Stock Exchange, former Commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, and former Senior Fellow to the KKR Global Institute

Arturo Gutiérrez Hernández

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Chief Executive Officer of Arca Continental
Arturo Gutiérrez Hernández has been a member of the board of directors since March 4, 2021. Mr. Gutiérrez has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Arca Continental, one of the largest Coca-Cola bottlers in the world, since January 2019. Mr. Gutiérrez held several executive positions in the company from 2001 to 2018, including Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Head of the Mexico Beverages Division, Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Director of Corporate Planning and General Counsel. He serves on several boards of industry-related companies, including Piasa, and he holds positions on several international and national industry councils. He also serves on Nuevo Leon Transformation Industry Chamber and the Coca-Cola Mexico Foundation.

Ben Sanders

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former Senior Client Partner of Korn Ferry

Ben Van Beurden

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former CEO of Shell

Brian Driscoll

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former CEO of Snyder 's - Lance, Inc

Brian McNamee

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of CSL Ltd

Chano Fernandez

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former Co - CEO of Workday

Chris Liddell

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former CFO of Microsoft, CFO and Vice Chairman of General Motors and Deputy Chief of Staff at the White House

Claus Bjerre

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former CEO of Atos Medical AB and Former President, North America of Coloplast a / S

Craig Larson


Dan Daniel

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former Executive Vice President at Danaher Corporation

Dane E. Holmes

Job Titles:
  • Chief Administrative Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
Dane E. Holmes (San Francisco) joined KKR in 2023 and is its Chief Administrative Officer. Prior to becoming the Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Holmes was a member of KKR's Board of Directors from March 2021 to December 2023. Mr. Holmes was previously the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eskalera, Inc., from 2020 to 2023, an enterprise software company he co-founded. Prior to Eskalera, Mr. Holmes was the global head of human capital management at Goldman Sachs from 2017 to 2019 and served as a member of the firm's management committee. He held many positions at Goldman Sachs from 2001 to 2017, including global head of investor relations, and Mr. Holmes served on a variety of committees, including its risk committee, client and business standards committee, and global diversity committee. Mr. Holmes serves on several non-profit boards and is currently the Chair of Storycorps and the former chair and current board member of The Ron Brown Scholar Program. Mr. Holmes earned a B.A. from Columbia University.

Daniel (Daan) Knottenbelt

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Advisor, Chairman of Benelux

Dave Brandon

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Executive Chairman and Former CEO of Domino 's Pizza

Diego Piacentini

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former Senior VP International Consumer Business of Amazon and Former Italian Government Commissioner for Digital Transformation

Doug Klinger

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former Founding CEO of Zelis

Eric Mogelof

Job Titles:
  • Global Head of KKR 's Global Client Solutions
  • Partner, Head of Global Client Solutions
Eric Mogelof (New York) joined KKR in 2020 as the global head of KKR's Global Client Solutions and as a Partner of KKR. Mr. Mogelof and his team work with institutional and wealth management investors across the world to understand their investment needs, deliver world-class alternatives solutions, and provide customized client service. Mr. Mogelof also serves on the firm's Distribution Committee. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Mogelof spent 17 years at the Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) and held various leadership roles including head of PIMCO's U.S. global wealth management business, head of PIMCO's Asia Pacific business, head of PIMCO's global advisory effort, and co-head of PIMCO's Americas institutional business. He was also a member of PIMCO's Executive Committee and board member of the PIMCO Foundation. Prior to PIMCO, Mr. Mogelof worked at Salomon Brothers in investment banking and at Jupiter Partners, a private equity firm. He has 22 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. He received an undergraduate degree in mathematics and economics from Yale University.

Evan T. Spiegel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Co - Founder of Snap Inc
Evan T. Spiegel has been a member of the board of directors since October 6, 2021. Mr. Spiegel is the Co-Founder of Snap Inc., a publicly traded technology company that believes the camera represents the greatest opportunity to improve the way that people live and communicate, and has served as its Chief Executive Officer and a member of its board of directors since 2012. In 2017, Mr. Spiegel formed the Spiegel Family Fund, a non-profit humanitarian organization which supports organizations across the arts, education, housing and human rights. Mr. Spiegel currently serves on the boards of directors of Snap Inc. and the Berggruen Institute. Mr. Spiegel holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering, Product Design from Stanford University.

Frances B. Lim - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific
Frances Lim (Singapore) joined KKR in 2011 is a Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific Macro, and a member of the Global Macro, Balance Sheet and Risk team. She also leads portfolio management and asset allocation for KKR's Strategic Partnership Initiative (KSPI) and is a member of the Asia Risk and Operations team. Previously, Ms. Lim served as Head of Asia Pacific Macro and Asset Allocation based in Sydney, and Head of Portfolio Management and Asset Allocation for Strategic Partnerships in New York. Prior to joining KKR, she was a vice president at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and a member of the Global Macro and Asset Allocation team. Ms. Lim focused on macro trends and top-down global analysis and was a co-portfolio manager of the MSIF Absolute Return Currency Fund. She also worked as an equity strategist at Fortress Investment Group and Morgan Stanley Equity Research. Ms. Lim earned her M.B.A., Beta Gamma Sigma, from the Stern School of Business at NYU and was awarded the Egbert H. Van Delden Scholarship. Ms. Lim earned her B.A. from the University of East Anglia under a Malaysian Public Services Department (JPA) Scholarship.

Franziska Kayser

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Private Equity / London
Franziska Kayser (London) joined KKR in 2011 and is a member of the European Private Equity team where she co-leads TMT activities. She is a member of the European Private Equity Investment Committee and Portfolio Management Committee. She has been involved in KKR's investments in Axel Springer, GfK, Trainline, Scout24 Switzerland, SMCP and Wild Flavors. Ms. Kayser currently serves on the Board of Directors of Axel Springer. Prior to joining KKR, she worked in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse in London. Ms. Kayser holds a B.A. with First Class Honours from McGill University, Canada.

George R. Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
  • Co - Executive Chairman
  • Co - Founder and Co - Executive Chairman
George R. Roberts (Menlo Park) co-founded KKR in 1976 and serves as its Co-Executive Chairman. Prior to his current position, he was Co-Chief Executive Officer until 2021. He is actively involved in managing the Firm and serves on regional Private Equity Investment and Portfolio Management Committees. Mr. Roberts has served as a director or trustee of several cultural and educational institutions, including Claremont McKenna College. He is also founder and Chairman of the board of directors of REDF, a San Francisco nonprofit organization. He earned a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College in 1966 and a J.D. from the University of California (Hastings) Law School in 1969. Mr. Roberts has more than four decades of experience financing, analyzing, and investing in public and private companies, as well as serving on the boards of a number of KKR portfolio companies.

Giacomo Di Nepi

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former CEO of Polyphor, Head
Senior Advisor, Former CEO of Polyphor, Head of Europe at Takeda and InterMune, and Pharma Executive Committee Member at Novartis; Member of the Board at Zambon, Geneuro and NTC

Gianemilio Osculati

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Chairman of Valore S.P.a. and McKinsey 's Mediterranean Complex

Henry R. Kravis

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
  • Co - Executive Chairman
  • Co - Founder and Co - Executive Chairman
Henry R. Kravis (New York) co-founded KKR in 1976 and serves as its Co-Executive Chairman. Prior to his current position, he was Co-Chief Executive Officer until 2021. He is actively involved in managing the firm and serves on each of the regional Private Equity Investment Committees. Mr. Kravis currently serves on the boards of Axel Springer, ICONIQ Capital, LLC and Catalio Capital Management, LP. He also serves as a director, chairman emeritus, trustee or executive committee member of several cultural, professional, and educational institutions, including The Business Council (former chairman), Claremont McKenna College, Columbia Business School (former co-chairman), Mount Sinai Hospital, the Partnership for New York City (former chairman), the Partnership Fund for New York City (founder), Rockefeller University (former vice chairman), and Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (chairman). He earned a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College in 1967 and an M.B.A. from the Columbia Business School in 1969. Mr. Kravis has more than four decades of experience financing, analyzing, and investing in public and private companies, as well as serving on the boards of a number of KKR portfolio companies.

Honorable Malcolm Turnbull

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former Australian Prime Minister

Hyoung Seok Lim

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Advisor, Vice Chairman of Korea
KKR Advisor, Vice Chairman of Korea; previously founded LKL Capital based in London; former COO of LG Electronics Europe; former Partner at McKinsey & Company based in New York and Seoul.

Ian Clark

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former CEO of Genentech

Jacques Veyrat

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Chairman of Impala SAS, Former Chairman and Chief Executive of Louis Dreyfus Group and Neuf Cegetel

Jennifer Finger

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former Senior Client Partner of Korn Ferry and Partner at DHR International

Jim Burns

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Head of Institutional Client Solutions, EMEA & Americas
Jim Burns (New York and London) joined KKR in 2010 and is a Partner in Global Client Solutions where he leads KKR's client business both in the Americas and in EMEA. He established, and led for eleven years, KKR's Individual Investor Business, which is responsible for capital formation from family offices and wealth platforms globally. He is a member of the Executive Committee for KKR Capital Markets LLC and serves as a Director on the Board of KKR Alternative Investment Management. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Burns was a managing director in the private wealth management division of Morgan Stanley, where he worked for nearly thirteen years and held a variety of positions, including head of the Eastern United States for private wealth management. Mr. Burns holds a B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from Emory University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Burns is a member of the board of trustees for Emory University and serves both on the Executive Committee and as Chair of the Investment Committee for the University's endowment. He is a member of the board of trustees for The McCallie School in Chattanooga, TN, where he serves both on the Executive Committee and as Chair of the Investment Committee for the School's endowment. He is a former trustee for the Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York, a former trustee for the Harvard Business School Club of New York and a former trustee for the Emory College Alumni Board.

Johannes Teyssen

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former Chairman and CEO of E.on

John Kinzer

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former CFO of Hubspot

Joseph Y. Bae - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
Joseph Bae (New York) joined KKR in 1996 and is its Co-Chief Executive Officer. Prior to his current position, he served as Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer from 2017 to 2021, and he has been a member of the board of directors of KKR & Co. Inc., since July 2017. Mr. Bae has held numerous leadership roles at KKR. He was the architect of KKR's expansion in Asia, building one of the largest and most successful platforms in the market. In addition to his role developing KKR's Asia-Pacific platform, he has presided over business building in the firm's private markets businesses, which included leading or serving on all of the investment committees and implementing the firm's modern thematic investment approach. Mr. Bae serves on the firm's Inclusion and Diversity Council. He is active in a number of non-profit educational and cultural institutions, including co-founding and serving on the board of The Asian American Foundation, serving as a member of Harvard University's Global Advisory Council and serving as a member of the Board and Executive Committee of the Lincoln Center.

K.V. Kamath

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Chairperson of India 's National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Former President of the New Development Bank

Kara Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former Chief Marketing Officer for Rubrik and Fireye KnowBe4, Jitterbit, Out Systems, Corel and Epicor Board Member

Kasper Rørsted

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Former CEO
  • Member of the Board
  • Senior Advisor

Kathryn K. Sudol - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Legal Officer
  • General Counsel
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
  • Partner
Kathryn K. Sudol (New York) joined KKR in 2022 and is its Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. Prior to her current position, she served as KKR's General Counsel from September 2022 through March 2023 and its Secretary from September 2022 through June 2023. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Sudol was a partner with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP for 24 years where she held numerous leadership roles, including as Global Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, a long-time member of the firm's Executive Committee and head of the firm's M&A practice in Asia from 2010 through 2018. Ms. Sudol currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of New York University School of Law. She earned a B.S., with honors, from Northwestern University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Kent Thiry

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former Executive Chairman and CEO of DaVita

Kevin Layne

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former Vice President and Group Executive of Danaher Corporation

Kimberly A. Ross

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Nestlé S.a
Kimberly A. Ross has been a member of the board of directors since September 20, 2023. Ms. Ross is a member of the board of directors of Nestlé S.A., Northrop Grumman Corporation, and The Cigna Group. Ms. Ross served as Chief Financial Officer of WeWork Inc. from March 2020 through October 2020. Ms. Ross served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Baker Hughes Company, an energy technology company, from September 2014 to July 2017. Before joining Baker Hughes, Ms. Ross served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Avon Products, Inc., a global manufacturer and marketer of beauty and related products, from November 2011 until October 2014. Prior to joining Avon, Ms. Ross served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Royal Ahold N.V., a food retail company, from 2007 to 2011 and held a variety of senior management positions during her tenure there, which began in 2001.

Lance Reisman

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former Vice President and Group Executive of Danaher Corporation

Leigh Clifford

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Current Chairman of Qantas Airways Limited and Former CEO of Rio Tinto

Leigh Weiss

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Senior Advisor McKinsey & Company and Founding Partner, Leigh Weiss Partners

Mary N. Dillon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President and Chief Executive Officer of Foot Locker, Inc
Mary N. Dillon has been a member of the board of directors since September 6, 2018. Ms. Dillon serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Foot Locker, Inc. and is a member of its board of directors. Ms. Dillon formerly served as a member of the board of directors of Ulta Beauty, Inc., a beauty products retailer, from 2013 to 2022, and was its Executive Chair from June 2021 through June 2022. From 2013 to June 2021, she was the Chief Executive Officer of Ulta Beauty, and before then she served as President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors of United States Cellular Corporation, a provider of wireless telecommunication services, from 2010 to 2013. Prior to joining U.S. Cellular, Ms. Dillon served as Global Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of McDonald's Corporation from 2005 to 2010, where she led its worldwide marketing efforts and global brand strategy. Prior to joining McDonald's, Ms. Dillon held several positions of increasing responsibility at PepsiCo Corporation, including as President of the Quaker Foods division from 2004 to 2005 and as Vice President of Marketing for Gatorade and Quaker Foods from 2002 to 2004. Ms. Dillon served as a director of Target Corporation from 2007 to 2013 and as a member of its compensation committee from 2009 to 2013. Ms. Dillon joined the board of directors of Starbucks in January 2016 and served as chair of its compensation and management development committee, and as a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee through August 2022.

Matthew R. Cohler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Matthew R. Cohler has been a member of the board of directors since December 31, 2021. Mr. Cohler is a former General Partner at the venture capital firm Benchmark, where for over a decade he led early-stage investments in Internet and software startup businesses. He currently serves as a director and nominating and governance committee member at Asana, as a director and audit committee member at 1stDibs and as a director at several privately held companies. Previously he served as a director, audit committee member and nominating and governance committee member at Domo, as a director and audit committee member at Uber and as a director at privately held companies including Duo Security, Instagram and Tinder. Prior to Benchmark, Mr. Cohler was Vice President at Facebook, where he was the company's seventh employee, and Vice President at LinkedIn, where he was part of the company's founding team. He serves on the board of trustees at Environmental Defense Fund (Vice Chair), on the board of governors at the San Francisco Symphony (Vice President) and on the investment committee at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and at the Yale Investments Office. He holds a B.A. from Yale University, cum laude and with distinction in the study of music.

Michael Marn

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former Director of McKinsey & Company

Patricia F. Russo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Patricia F. Russo has been a member of the board of directors since April 15, 2011. Ms. Russo served as Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel-Lucent from 2006 to 2008. Prior to the merger of Alcatel and Lucent in 2006, she served as Chairman of Lucent Technologies, Inc. from 2003 to 2006, and as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2006. Before rejoining Lucent in 2002, Ms. Russo was President and Chief Operating Officer of Eastman Kodak Company from March 2001 to December 2001. She has served as the Chairman of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company since 2015, as a director of Merck & Co., Inc. since 2009 and as a director of General Motors Company since 2009, including as lead independent director from March 2010 to January 2014 and again since June 2021. Prior to its merger with Merck in 2009, Ms. Russo served as a director of Schering-Plough since 1995, and she served as a director of Hewlett Packard Company from 2011 to November 2015. From November 2016 to May 2018, Ms. Russo also served on the board of Arconic Inc., which separated from Alcoa Inc., where Ms. Russo served as a director from 2008 to November 2016. She graduated from Georgetown University with a bachelor's degree in political science and history, and obtained an Advanced Management Degree from Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.

Patrick Cowell

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former President of Kerzner Hotels, Americas, and Former President of Williams - Sonoma Brand of Williams Sonoma Inc

Paul Sturman

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former CEO of the Bountiful Company

Richard Sarnoff

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Advisor, Chairman, Media

Robert H. Lewin - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
  • Partner
Robert H. Lewin joined KKR in 2004 and is its Chief Financial Officer. Since joining KKR, Mr. Lewin held a number of positions at the firm, including as an investor in private equity, co-leading the firm's credit and capital markets businesses, serving as Treasurer and Head of Corporate Development and most recently as Head of Human Capital & Strategic Talent. From 2006 through 2010, Mr. Lewin resided in Hong Kong, helping to launch KKR's Asia business. Mr. Lewin has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the board of Answer the Call, a non-profit organization.

Robert W. Scully

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
Robert W. Scully has been a member of the board of directors since July 15, 2010. Mr. Scully was a member of the Office of the Chairman of Morgan Stanley from 2007 until his retirement in 2009, where he had previously been Co-President of the firm, Chairman of global capital markets and Vice Chairman of investment banking. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 1996, he served as a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers and at Salomon Brothers. Mr. Scully has served as a director of Zoetis Inc. since June 2013, Chubb Limited since January 2016, and prior to its acquisition of Chubb Limited, a director of ACE Limited from May 2014 to January 2016. Previously, he was a director of UBS Group AG from May 2016 to April 2020, a director of Bank of America Corporation from August 2009 to May 2013 and a public governor of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. from October 2014 to May 2016. He has also served as a director of GMAC Financial Services and MSCI Inc. He holds an A.B. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Scully serves on the board of Teach For All, a global non-profit organization dedicated to developing collective leadership in education and is a member of the Nassau Hall Society at Princeton University. Mr. Scully previously was Chair or Co-Chair of Teach for America, NY for more than a dozen years and served on the Board of Dean's Advisors of Harvard Business School.

Roger Carr - Chairman, President

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Chairman
  • President
  • Senior Advisor
  • Deputy Chairman of the Court

Ryan D. Stork - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
  • in 2022 As Chief Operating Officer
Ryan Stork (New York) joined KKR in 2022 as Chief Operating Officer. He is responsible for ensuring the firm's global operations, technology, enterprise risk and corporate services resources are coordinated to meet our investment and client needs. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Stork held multiple leadership roles at BlackRock for more than twenty years, including Deputy Chief Operating Officer, chairman of Asia Pacific, global head of Aladdin - BlackRock's investment & risk management technology platform, head of the institutional client business in continental Europe, and co-head of the financial institutions group. Over his career he has worked and lived in New York, London, and Hong Kong. He was also a member of BlackRock's global executive committee and a board member of BlackRock's foundation. Prior to joining BlackRock, Mr. Stork worked at PennCorp Financial Group - a life insurance holding company, Conning Asset Management, and The Travelers Insurance Companies. He holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation and received an undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Ryan D. Stork joined KKR in 2022 and is its Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Stork was at BlackRock Inc. where he held multiple leadership roles for more than 20 years, including most recently as Deputy Chief Operating Officer from 2019 to 2021 and as Chairman of Asia Pacific from 2014 to 2019. Previously, he was also the Global Head of Aladdin - BlackRock's investment and risk management technology platform, Head of the Institutional Client Business in Continental Europe, and Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group. He was also a member of BlackRock's Global Executive Committee and a board member of BlackRock's Foundation. Prior to joining BlackRock, Mr. Stork worked at PennCorp Financial Group, Conning Asset Management, and The Travelers Insurance Companies. Mr. Stork received a BBA in Finance & Accounting from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Sandra Horning

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former Chief Medical Officer and Global Head of Product Development of Roche, Inc

Scott C. Nuttall - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
Scott C. Nuttall joined KKR in 1996 and is its Co-Chief Executive Officer. Prior to his current position he served as Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer from 2017 to 2021, and he has been a member of the board of directors since July 2017. Mr. Nuttall has had numerous leadership roles at KKR. He was the architect of the firm's major strategic development initiatives, including leading KKR's public listing, developing the firm's balance sheet strategy, overseeing the development of KKR's public markets businesses in the credit and hedge fund space as well as the creation of the firm's capital markets, capital raising and insurance businesses. Mr. Nuttall serves on KKR's Balance Sheet Committee and the firm's Inclusion and Diversity Council. He was a member of the board of directors of Fiserv, Inc until 2022. He has also served on the boards of various non-profit institutions with a particular focus on education, most recently as Co-Chairman of Teach for America - New York.

Sean Nelson - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Relationship Manager
  • Global Client Solutions
Sean Nelson (New York) joined KKR in 2010 and is a Managing Director in Global Client Solutions. Mr. Nelson is a relationship manager, covering the Southeast for KKR Global Wealth Solutions, which focuses on distributing KKR funds to advisors and clients of leading wealth platforms and registered investment advisors. He originally joined KKR as a member of the private markets strategy group focused on North American private equity and real assets. Prior to KKR, he worked at UBS Investment Bank in the media and communications group. He holds an A.B. in Economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. He serves on the Board of Trustees of The Altamont School in Birmingham, Alabama and is also an active volunteer and mentor in the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) program.

Shantanu Narayen

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Adobe Systems Incorporated

Simon Marrison

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former CEO and Chairman of LaSalle Investment Management 's European Business

Tim Lawler

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former Partner of Waud Capital and Former Managing Director of Highland Capital

Tony De Nunzio

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former President and CEO of Asda Group Ltd

Weiwei Chen

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Senior Advisor, Former Chief Financial Officer of Starbucks ( China ) Company Limited

William Simon

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • Executive Advisor, Former President and CEO Walmart, U.S

Xavier B. Niel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Founder and Chairman of the Board of Iliad SA
Xavier B. Niel has been a member of the board of directors since March 1, 2018. Mr. Niel is the Founder and Chairman of the board of Iliad SA, a French telecommunications company that owns the internet provider Free and the low-cost mobile operator Free Mobile. Mr. Niel also owns majority stakes in telecom operators in various countries. He has been involved in the data communications, internet and telecommunications industry since the late 1980s. In 2010, Mr. Niel founded Kima Ventures SAS, which is an active early-stage investor. In 2013, he created 42, a school that trains computer specialists in France, and in 2017, he opened Station-F, a startup campus located in Paris.