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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Principal operating in the Asset Management space. If you think a Principal is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Christian Bailly
Principal, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Christian Bailly (London) joined KKR Capstone in 2010. He previously worked at The Boston Consulting Group, where his work covered a broad range of projects in Europe, Japan and the Middle East, primarily focusing on the financial services and industrial goods sector. At KKR Capstone, he worked with ProSiebenSat.1, Versatel, PortAventura and Scout24 Schweiz AG. Mr. Bailly holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from INSEAD, a Diplom Betriebswirt (FH) from ESB Business School Reutlingen and a BBA in European Management from Lancaster University. Mr. Bailly is fluent in German and English.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Oleg Shamovsky
Principal, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Oleg Shamovsky (London) joined KKR in 2013 and is a member of the Energy & Infrastructure team. He has been involved in KKR’s investments in South Staffordshire, SBB/Telemach (United Group), European Locomotive Leasing (ELL), Acciona Energia Internacional, and Gestamp Asetym Solar (X-Elio Energy). He serves as board member at South Staffordshire Water and X-Elio Energy. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Shamovsky worked at Terra Firma Capital Partners in London where he was involved in a broad range of private equity investments across a variety of industries. Prior to Terra Firma, Mr. Shamovsky was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley, where he advised technology companies and venture capital firms on numerous transactions in the renewable energy and technology sectors. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Shamovsky worked in the firmwide risk department at Goldman Sachs in New York. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Tomas Maraver
Principal, Capital Markets of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Tomas Maraver (London) joined KKR in 2010 as a member of the Capital Markets Team. He joined Credit in 2011 where he focuses on Special Situations. Prior to joining KKR, he was with J.P. Morgan, where he was involved in a variety of transactions across acquisition financing, leveraged buy-outs, infrastructure financing, and liability management in EMEA. He holds a M.S. from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas I.C.A.I where he majored in Industrial Engineering.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Markus Hunold
Principal of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Markus Hunold (London) joined KKR in 2013. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Hunold was a member of the principal investment area of Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he invested across industries in private equity and principal debt transactions. Mr. Hunold started his career in finance at Citigroup in the mergers & acquisitions group. He holds an M.Sc. from the European Business School Oestrich-Winkel (Germany) and the University of Hong Kong.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Tobias Huzarski
Principal, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Tobias Huzarski (London) joined KKR in 2012 and is a member of the European real estate team. Prior to KKR, he worked for Orion Capital Managers on real estate investments across Europe, and for Lehman Brothers’ real estate investment banking team in London. Mr Huzarski holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Guido Mitrani
Principal, Energy & Infrastructure of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Guido Mitrani (London) joined KKR in 2010 and is a member of the Energy & Infrastructure industry, and Spanish coverage teams. He has been actively involved in a number of investments including Sorgenia France Production, T-Solar Global Operating Assets, Saba Infraestructuras and South Staffordshire. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Mitrani was an Associate at Goldman Sachs where he was involved in a broad range of mergers, acquisitions, and financings across various industries based in London, New York and Buenos Aires. He holds a B.A., magna cum laude, in Business Administration, from Universidad de San Andres in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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About Asterion Industrial Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Taski Ahmed
Principal, KKR Prisma of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Taski Ahmed (London) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2013. Ms. Ahmed is a member of the Client and Partner Group, focusing on customized hedge fund solutions. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, she worked at FRM (a member of Man Group plc) where she started her career as associate vice president in the client relationship management team. She then moved to vice president in the manager research team where she conducted research and due diligence on hedge fund portfolios. Ms. Ahmed holds a B.A. (Hons) in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford and is also a CFA Charterholder.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Colin Brodie
Principal, Legal/Compliance of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Colin Brodie (London) joined KKR’s Legal/Compliance team in 2010. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Brodie was at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP for 4 years as a paralegal, where he worked on a number of private equity acquisitions and financings, in particular KKR’s acquisitions of Alliance Boots, Northgate Information Solutions and Pets at Home. Mr. Brodie holds an LLB from the University of Leicester and earned a Commendation in the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, Guildford.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Mat Stephens
Principal, Information Technology of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mathew Stephens (London) joined KKR in 2000 and oversees technology systems supporting the European Private Equity team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Stephens held various technology positions at Revlon International and Frito-Lay. He received a BSc in Business Information Systems from UWIC.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Martin Mix
Principal, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Martin Mix (London) joined KKR in 2011 as a member of the Private Equity team with a focus on Industrials. He currently is a member of the Credit Special Situations team. At KKR, Mr. Mix has been involved with the investments in KION, OEG Offshore Group, Uralita, Versatel and WMF. Prior to joining KKR, he spent three years at J.P. Morgan in London, where he worked in both the mergers & acquisitions and the industrials advisory teams. Mr. Mix holds degrees from Vienna University of Economics and Business and HEC Paris.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
James Marsh
Director, Principal, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James Marsh (London) joined KKR in 2012 as a member of the Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, he worked at Barclays Capital in its power, utilities & infrastructure group, where he was involved in a variety of merger, acquisition and financing transactions. He also worked for three years at the quantitative investment strategies division of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He holds an M.A. from Harvard University and a B.A. from the University of Cambridge.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Cristina Gonzalez
Principal, Energy & Infrastructure of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Cristina González (London) joined KKR in 2014 and is a member of the Energy & Infrastructure team. Prior to joining KKR, she was a senior vice president with Macquarie Group in their real assets division based in London. At Macquarie, Ms. González was involved in a number of investments within the European infrastructure & energy space, including utilities and transport assets as well as investments in merchant power plants. Ms. González also served as a member of the board of directors of Itevelesa. Prior to Macquarie, Ms. González was with Goldman Sachs International in their investment banking division based both in London and Madrid where she was involved in a range of mergers, acquisitions, and divestments across various industries and geographies. Ms. González holds a M.A. in Management and Finance as well as a M.A. in Law from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE).
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Clair Turketo
Principal, European Public Markets Compliance Officer of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Clair Turketo (London) joined KKR in 2014 and is KKR’s European Public Markets Compliance Officer. Before joining KKR, Ms. Turketo was a fixed income product strategist at BlackRock. Prior to this role, she spent a number of years on compliance advisory teams at BlackRock, Gartmore, and Morgan Stanley. Ms Turketo has also worked in non-financial services industries, including oil and gas in Dallas, U.S., and foreign policy in Canberra, Australia. She holds a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. of Asian Studies (Japanese) from the Australian National University.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
John Jeffery
Principal of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
John Jeffery is the Principal at KKR.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Martin Preuss
Principal, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Duncan Smith
Principal, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Duncan Smith (London) joined KKR in 2014 as part of Avoca Capital, and is a member of the risk management team for KKR Credit. Mr. Smith has over 20 years experience in monitoring and implementing risk controls within financial services institutions. Prior to this role, Mr. Smith was an interim director involved in valuation control for HSBC’s asset backed businesses division. Previously, Mr. Smith was head of credit and emerging market analytics as Deutsche Bank. Prior to this role, he was head of European credit product control at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Smith is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a B.S. in Accountancy from City of London Polytechnic.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Duncan Smith
Principal, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Duncan Smith (London) joined KKR in 2014 as part of Avoca Capital, and is a member of the risk management team for KKR Credit. Mr. Smith has over 20 years experience in monitoring and implementing risk controls within financial services institutions. Prior to this role, Mr. Smith was an interim director involved in valuation control for HSBC’s asset backed businesses division. Previously, Mr. Smith was head of credit and emerging market analytics as Deutsche Bank. Prior to this role, he was head of European credit product control at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Smith is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a B.S. in Accountancy from City of London Polytechnic.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Michael Savage
Principal – Global Financial Services Buyout of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Benjamin Wallwork
Principal of Adams Street Partners
Benjamin is a Principal responsible for supporting the Co-investment Team in all aspects of the investment decision-making process.
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About Adams Street Partners: Adams Street Partners operates as a global private market investment management firm.
Peter Wood
Principal of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities
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About AURELIUS Equity Opportunities: Aurelius Equity Opportunities is an investment firm that provides equity, growth, debt and real estate investments.
Russell Herbert
Industry Principal of OSIsoft
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About AVEVA, OSIsoft: OSIsoft is a manufacturer of application software for real-time data infrastructure solutions.
Mary Drabble
Principal Data Governance Analyst of Aberdeen Standard Investments
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About Aberdeen Standard Investments: Aberdeen Standard Investments provides investment products and solutions to clients across the world.
