The Carlyle Group Appoints Robert Maguire Managing Director for Carlyle International Energy Partners

With 30 years’ Experience in the Energy Industry in Banking and Private Equity, Mr. Maguire Will Help Grow Carlyle’s International Energy Platform

London, UK – Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) today announced the appointment of Robert Maguire as Managing Director for Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP). Mr Maguire brings 30 years of experience covering the energy industry, most recently as a Partner at financial services firm Perella Weinberg Partners.  Mr. Maguire joins the firm in March and will be based in London, UK.

Head of Carlyle International Energy Partners, Marcel van Poecke said, “We are excited to welcome Bob to the team, having worked with him previously on a variety of projects.  Since launching the fund in May 2013, we have made two investments. Bob will help us create value from these investments, while also working to identify further opportunities.”

Mr. Maguire said, “I am delighted to be joining The Carlyle Group.  I have the greatest respect for Perella Weinberg, its capabilities and its people, but this is a remarkable opportunity to further develop and grow Carlyle’s international energy platform, and to work with one of the most experienced and respected teams in the industry.”

The international energy team focuses on oil and gas exploration and production (E&P), midstream, oil field services (OFS) and refining and marketing (R&M) in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

The international energy team is a key component of Carlyle’s global energy platform ($28 billion in AUM), which includes a strategic partnership with NGP Energy Capital Management (E&P investing in North America); energy mezzanine financing; energy infrastructure & power generation (Cogentrix); commodities (Vermillion); and the firm’s proven buyout capabilities in transactions such as Philadelphia Energy Solutions and Kinder Morgan.

Prior to Perella Weinberg Partners, Mr. Maguire worked for 21 years as an investment banker covering the energy industry for Morgan Stanley in London, during which time he was involved in many of the largest financing and strategic transactions within the sector.

Mr. Maguire 58, holds an A.B. from Princeton University, and MA from Oxford University, and a JD from the University of Virginia.

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About The Carlyle Group
The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is a global alternative asset manager with approximately $189 billion of assets under management across 118 funds and 100 fund of funds vehicles as of December 31, 2013. Carlyle's purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, many of whom are public pensions. Carlyle invests across four segments – Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Market Strategies and 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, real estate, technology & business services, telecommunications & media and transportation. The Carlyle Group employs more than 1,500 people in 34 offices across six continents.

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About Carlyle’s Energy Platform
Carlyle has carefully constructed a broad-based energy investing platform (over $25bn in AUM) offering innovative investment opportunities, including international energy investing in oil & gas exploration & production, midstream, oil field services and refining & marketing in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia (CIEP), U.S. energy investing (NGP Energy Capital Management where Carlyle owns 47.5% of revenues), project finance (Energy Mezzanine), Power (Cogentrix) and Commodities (Vermillion) and the firm’s proven buyout capabilities in transactions such as Philadelphia Energy Solutions and Kinder Morgan. Supporting this is the Carlyle network and capital markets experience.

About CIEP
Established in May 2013, the CIEP team will focus on oil and gas exploration and production midstream, oil field services and refining and marketing in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia. CIEP is led by Marcel van Poecke, a leading international energy investor and operator, and his team is comprised of long-tenured international energy professionals with oil and gas industry investment and operational expertise. It includes Paddy Spink, Senior Advisor to CIEP with 35 years’ upstream experience in Africa, Latin America & Europe and Carlyle Managing Director Joost Dröge, an industry veteran with over 25 years’ downstream experience in Europe. The CIEP team focuses on transactions where it has a distinctive competitive advantage and can create tangible value for companies in which it invests, through industry specialization, deployment of human capital and access to Carlyle’s global network. The team operates primarily from offices in London while leveraging Carlyle’s local offices to pursue opportunities across Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America and is reinforced by Carlyle’s regional fund teams and global investment professionals.

Contact:
Catherine Armstrong
+44-207-894-1632
catherine.armstrong@carlyle.com

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