The Carlyle Group Promotes 29 Professionals to Senior Positions

Washington, DC – Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group today announced that it has promoted 29 professionals to senior positions: 9 to Managing Director and 20 to Principal/Director. (Principals and Directors are the same level in Carlyle parlance; Principal is the title used in North America and Director is the title used in Europe andAsia.) The individuals work in Carlyle’s offices around the globe conducting buyout, growth capital, real asset and global market strategies transactions, as well as investor services activities.

New Managing Directors (Group; Location):

David Han – Asia Buyout; Beijing
Ian Jackson – Distressed Debt; London
Keith Taylor – Financial Services; Washington, DC
Prabu Davamanirajan – GMS Infrastructure; New York
Fernando Pinto – South America Buyout; Sao Paulo
Charles Zyngier – Investor Relations; Sao Paulo
Sameer Bhargava – Investor Services, Corporate Development; Washington, DC
Karen Vejseli – Investor Services, Fund Management GMS; New York
Daniel Mutzig – Investor Services, Internal Audit; Arlington

New Principals/Directors:

David Bluff – Asia Buyout; Sydney
Nina Gong – Asia Buyout; Beijing
Ling Yang – Asia Buyout; Hong Kong
Sam Wu – Asia Growth; Beijing
Gavin Lu – Asia Real Estate; Shanghai
Eric Byun – Distressed Debt; New York
Florian Kreuzer – Europe Buyout; London
Filippo Penatti – Europe Buyout; Milan
Carsten Quehl – Europe Real Estate; Munich
Jason Khaksar – Europe Technology; London
Will Smales – Europe Technology; London
William Allen – Financial Services; New York
Tom Hennigan – GMS Finance; New York
Sung-yong Choi – Investor Relations; Seoul
Anita Balaji – US Buyout; New York
Mike Gozycki – US Growth/Carlyle Equity Opportunity Fund; Washington, DC
Peter Rooney – US Real Estate; New York
David Rand – Investor Services, Equity Management; Washington, DC
Chad Means – Investor Services, Human Resources; Washington, DC
Adam Childers – Investor Services, Partnership Accounting; Arlington

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About The Carlyle Group
The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is a global alternative asset manager with $157 billion of assets under management across 101 funds and 64 fund of fund vehicles as of September 30, 2012. Carlyle's purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of our investors, many of whom are public pensions. Carlyle invests across four segments – Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Market Strategies and Fund of Funds Solutions – in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America. Carlyle has expertise in various industries, including: aerospace, defense & government services, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, technology & business services, telecommunications & media and transportation. The Carlyle Group employs 1,300 people in 32 offices across six continents.
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