Marc Ciancimino
Marc Ciancimino joined KKR in 2008 as a Director with particular responsibility for the European dimension of KKR MP. Prior to KKR he was with GSC Group in their European Mezzanine business where he was a Managing Director responsible for sourcing and evaluating middle and large market transactions. After spending several years in the Leveraged Finance Group of Bankers Trust, Mr. Ciancimino moved to the principal side in 1999 investing in European mezzanine for Prudential in London as an Associate Director. Mr. Ciancimino started his career in finance at Citibank. He holds degrees from Cambridge and London Universities.
TopScott A. Cullerton
San Francisco
Scott A. Cullerton joined KKR in 2008. Previously, Scott was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners where he was a founding member of Morgan Stanley's Private Equity group and was principally responsible for deal execution. Prior to that he was an Associate in the Financial Sponsors Group at Morgan Stanley specializing in leveraged finance. Scott was also a Special Warfare Detachment Commander for the United States Navy. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and his B.S., cum laude, from Duke University in Electrical Engineering and Economics.
Jamison C. Ely
San Francisco
Jamison C. Ely joined KKR in 2004. In 2007 he was part of a team that moved to London to initiate global expansion of the asset management platform. Raised in San Francisco, Jamie graduated from Occidental College with a B.A. in Economics.
Erik A. Falk
San Francisco
Erik A. Falk joined KKR in 2008 and brings more than 17 years of experience to his position as a Director and portfolio manager at KKR. Previously, Mr. Falk was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. where he was most recently Global Co-Head of the Securitized Products Group. In addition to leadership positions in recruiting and sitting on the boards of several of the bank's companies, Mr. Falk was a member of the Global Markets North American Management Committee and a member of the Complex Transactions Underwriting Committee for the bank. Mr. Falk co-ran a global group of over 220 people focused on principal investing, bond underwriting, direct lending and advisory business in securitized products. He was also the Global Head of the Special Situations Group where he launched a Global Principal Finance business focused on value trading and investing based on financial and asset valuation in both distressed and performing situations. Prior to that, Mr. Falk worked for Credit Suisse First Boston where he was a Director in their Asset Backed Securities department. He originated and executed capital market securitizations for banks, auto finance companies, airlines, student loan originators and CLO issuers. Mr. Falk graduated from Stanford University with an M.S. and B.S. in Chemical Engineering.
Evan S. Geller
San Francisco
Evan S. Geller joined KAM in July of 2008. Previously, Mr. Geller was a Vice President in the Corporate Restructuring Group at Lazard Fréres & Co. where he advised clients in financial distress on restructuring, M&A and financing transactions. Previously, he was with Banc of America Securities where he led high yield financings for leveraged acquisitions and recapitalizations. Mr. Geller was also with Grove Street Advisors, where he was involved in a broad range of private equity investments. Mr. Geller received his B.A. in Economics from Brown University and his M.B.A from Harvard Business School.
Frederick M. Goltz
Member
San Francisco
Frederick M. Goltz joined KKR in 1995. He is a Member of the general partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and heads KKR Asset Management's mezzanine business. He is a member of the KKR Asset Management Investment Committee and Portfolio Management Committee. He was previously co-head of the Energy and Natural Resources industry team and played a significant role in the development of many of the themes pursued by KKR in the energy space, including those related to integrated utilities, merchant generation, and oil and gas exploration and production. He was involved in KKR's investment in Texas Genco as well as Energy Future Holdings. Prior to KKR, Mr. Goltz was with Furman Selz Incorporated in its Corporate Finance Department sector. He has a B.A., B.S., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.B.A. from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
Gary H. Jacobs
New York
Gary H. Jacobs joined KKR in 2008 to provide risk management, derivative structuring and trading insight to the Capital Markets business. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Jacobs was a Managing Director at Citigroup within the Equities division where he spent 16 years trading options, derivatives, convertibles and cash equities. Mr. Jacobs received a B.A. from Columbia College and an M.B.A. from New York University.
Jeremiah S. Lane
San Francisco
Jeremiah S. Lane joined KKR in 2005. Since joining, Mr. Lane has primarily worked on investments in the media and technology industries. Prior to joining, Mr. Lane worked as an Associate in the Investment Banking/Technology, Media and Telecom Group at J.P. Morgan Chase. Mr. Lane holds an A.B. with honors in History from Harvard University.
Ryan A. Miller
San Francisco
Ryan A. Miller joined KKR private equity in 2007 as a member of the Health Care and Retail industry teams. He joined KKR Asset Management in 2009. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Miller was a Principal with Brentwood Associates, where he was responsible for the origination, execution and monitoring of private equity investments in the consumer, retail and business service sectors. Previously, Mr. Miller worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in the firm's financial sponsors group and later with DLJ Investment Partners, DLJ Merchant Banking's dedicated $1.6 billion mezzanine fund, where he focused on cash flow, mezzanine, and structured products investing. He holds a B.S., summa cum laude, from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
John M. Reed
San Francisco
John M. Reed joined KKR in 2008. Prior to joining KKR, John was an Associate Director at Bear Stearns & Co. in their institutional fixed income sales department. He also worked in their high yield/distressed tax-exempt fixed income trading department. Prior to Bear, he was an analyst at BNY Capital Markets in the international structured finance, private placement and high yield groups. He has also worked at Asset Strategies Group and The Office of Management & Budget. John received a Global Professional M.B.A. in finance and cross cultural solutions from Fordham University School of Business Administration. He received a B.A. in Business Administration and Psychology from the University of South Carolina.
Christopher A. Sheldon
San Francisco
Christopher A. Sheldon joined KKR in 2004 and brings more than 10 years of experience to his position as a Director and Portfolio Manager at KKR Asset Management. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Sheldon was a Vice President, Senior Investment Analyst at Wells Fargo Bank, High Yield Securities Group. He was also a participant of an investment team (Sutter Advisors LLC) that managed credit across a number of asset classes, with a primary focus on high yield. During his time at Wells Fargo, Mr. Sheldon was primarily responsible for generating investment ideas across a number of different sectors, including Media, Cable, Telecom, and Technology. He also held other various positions within Wells Fargo's Corporate and Commercial Lending groups prior to his position in High Yield Securities. Before joining Wells Fargo, he worked at Young & Rubicam Advertising and at SFM Media Corporation in their media planning department. Mr. Sheldon has a B.A. from Denison University.
William C. Sonneborn
Member
San Francisco
William C. Sonneborn joined KKR in 2008 and is a Member of KKR. He heads KKR Asset Management which includes KKR Financial Holdings LLC, of which he is the CEO. He is a member of the KKR Asset Management Investment Committee and Portfolio Management Committee. Prior to joining KKR, he spent over 10 years at The TCW Group, Inc. most recently as President and Chief Operating Officer and CEO of The TCW Funds, Inc. and a member of the executive committee of Societe Generale Asset Management, S.A. His responsibilities at TCW included overseeing and developing portfolio management, operations, and sales and marketing in both traditional and alternative investments. He has also served as member of the board of directors of The TCW Group, Inc. and Sompo Japan Asset Management in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to TCW, he spent 6 years in investment banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in both New York and Hong Kong predominantly focused on executing mergers & acquisitions for financial institutions. Bill graduated with honors from Georgetown University.
Lee D. Stern
New York
Lee D. Stern joined KKR in 2009 as a Director with particular focus in KKR Asset Management's mezzanine business. Previously, Mr. Stern was a Managing Director at Blackstone/GSO Capital Partners in GSO's Private Origination team, where he focused on originating private debt and equity investments. His prior principal experience included Technology Investment Capital Corp where he was a Founding Member, EVP and Chief Transaction Officer, and Nomura Merchant Banking, where he helped build the principal debt business. Mr. Stern has over 20 years investment banking experience in leveraged finance and covering a broad range of companies. He held managing director positions at Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. and Drexel Burnham Lambert, and L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin. Mr. Stern received a B.A. from Middlebury College and a M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
J. Douglas Tapley
San Francisco
J. Douglas Tapley joined KKR in 2006 and brings more than eight years of investment experience to his position KKR Asset Management. Previously Mr. Tapley was a Vice President at GE Capital where he underwrote and led debt transactions for sponsored buyouts in the media, communications, and healthcare sectors. Prior to his tenure with GE Capital, Mr. Tapley worked at Cambridge Strategic Management Group where he focused on investment strategy and business plan due diligence for the telecommunications industry. Mr. Tapley holds a B.A. from Rice University, an M.B.A. from Yale University, and is a C.F.A. charterholder.
Jamie M. Weinstein
San Francisco
Jamie M. Weinstein joined KKR in 2005 and is the co-head of special situations investing, which includes the firm's activities in public and private distressed, rescue and structured investments on a global basis. Previously he was a portfolio manager with responsibility for KAM's investments in the consumer goods and retail, financial services, healthcare and commercial real estate sectors. He also has extensive experience as a research analyst on the credit investment team at KAM. Prior to joining KKR, he worked at Tishman Speyer Properties as Director of Acquisitions for Northern California. He also worked at The Boston Consulting Group as a strategy consultant. Mr. Weinstein holds a B.S.E. degree in Civil Engineering and Operations Research and graduated cum laude from Princeton University. He received his M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
Nathaniel L. Yap
San Francisco
Nathaniel L. Yap joined KKR in 2004. Mr. Yap has over nine years of investment experience. Prior to joining KKR's credit team, he worked in High Yield Securities at J.P. Morgan, following the paper, packaging, and chemicals industries. Previously, Mr. Yap worked as an senior investment analyst in High Yield and Distressed Securities at Wells Fargo, where he was responsible for investment decisions related to industrial and manufacturing companies. Mr. Yap holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cornell University, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a C.F.A. Charterholder.
Nathaniel M. Zilkha
Menlo Park
Nathaniel M. Zilkha is the co-head of Special Situations Investing at KKR, which includes the firm's global activities in public and private distressed and structured investments. Previously he was a member of the North American Private Equity team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Zilkha spent 8 years in the Principal Investment Area of Goldman Sachs, where he invested in private equity and principal debt transactions. He is currently on the boards of directors of Oriental Brewery and Jazz Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Zilkha graduated cum laude from Princeton University.
