Senior Advisors

advisory team. KKR’s Senior Advisors are leaders of major corporations and public agencies in the U.S., Europe and Asia, and they are an integral part of our team.

Our Senior Advisors provide KKR with operational and strategic insights. They are crucial to our success, as they help us evaluate individual investment opportunities. They may serve on the boards of our portfolio companies and provide operational expertise that helps translate into growth.

Senior Advisors Group

Sir John Bond Former Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc
DS Brar Former CEO of Ranbaxy Laboratories and former director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Sir Roger Carr Chairman of Centrica plc, non-executive Director to the Court of the Bank of England and President-elect of the Confederation for British Industry
Liu Chuanzhi Founder of the Lenovo Group and President of Legend Holdings
Adam H. Clammer Senior advisor and Former KKR Member
Leigh Clifford Current Chairman of Qantas Airways Limited and former CEO of Rio Tinto
David Cote Chairman and CEO of Honeywell
Patrick Cowell Former President of Kerzner Hotels, Americas, and Former President of Williams-Sonoma Brand of Williams Sonoma Inc.
Tony De Nunzio Former President and CEO of Asda Group Ltd.
Lewis M. Eisenberg Former Chairman Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and former General Partner and Co-Head of Equity Division at Goldman Sachs & Company
George M.C. Fisher Former Chairman and CEO of Motorola, Inc. and Eastman Kodak Company
Joe W. Forehand Former Chairman and CEO of Accenture
Ford M. Fraker Former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and former Chairman of private investment banking firm Trinity Group Limited
Kenneth W. Freeman Allen Questrom Professor and Dean of the School of Management at Boston University and former Chairman and CEO of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Ruud Hendriks Former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs
R. Clint Johnstone Former Director and CFO of the Bechtel Group
Lim Hwee Hua Former Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister of Singapore and Second Minister for Finance and Transport
Paul J. Norris Former Chairman and CEO of W.R. Grace & Co.
John Mack Former CEO and former Chairman of the Board of Morgan Stanley
Sir Deryck Maughan Former KKR Member & Former Head of the KKR Financial Services Industry Team
Henrique Meirelles Former Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil and Former President of FleetBoston's Corporate and Global Bank
Gianemilio Osculati Chairman of Valore S.p.A. and McKinsey’s Mediterranean Complex
James W. Owens Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Emeritus
Arun Sarin Former CEO of Vodafone Group Plc.
Richard Sarnoff Former Co-Chairman of Bertelsmann, Inc. and Supervisory Board Member of Bertelsmann AG
Paul Wang Founder and Managing General Partner of Pacific Venture Partners