We have a world-class advisory team. KKR's senior advisors are leaders of major corporations and public agencies in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Proven value creation.

Our senior advisors complement the expertise of KKR investment professionals and our KKR Capstone executives — providing us with additional operational and strategic insights. All have held leading positions in major corporations and public agencies in the United States, Europe, or Asia. They are crucial to our success. They serve on the boards of our portfolio companies. They help us evaluate individual investment opportunities. They assist our portfolio companies with operational matters.

Our senior advisors include:

Sir John Bond

  • - Former Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc

John E. Bryson

  • - Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Edison International and former Chairman of the California State Water Resources Control Board

Liu Chuanzhi

  • - Founder of the Lenovo Group and President of Legend Holdings

Leigh Clifford

  • - Current Chairman of Qantas Airways Limited and former Chief Executive of Rio Tinto

David Cote

  • - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Honeywell

Michael B. DeNoma

  • - Former Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank PLC's Global Consumer Bank and Chairman of Chinatrust Commercial Bank

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

Ford M. Fraker

  • - Former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and former Chairman of private investment banking firm Trinity Group Limited

Joe W. Forehand

  • - Former Chairman and CEO of Accenture

Yoshiharu Fukuhara

  • - Honorary Chairman of Shiseido

Paul M. Hazen

  • - Former Chairman and CEO of Wells Fargo

Lord (Clive) Hollick

  • - Director of The Nielsen Company (fromerly VNU Group) and ProSiebenSat.1 and former Chairman of SBS Broadcasting.

R. Clint Johnstone

  • - Former Director and CFO of the Bechtel Group

Gianemilio Osculati

  • - Chairman of Valore S.p.A. and McKinsey's Mediterranean Complex

Paul J. Norris

  • - Non-executive Chairman and former CEO of W.R. Grace & Co.

Lee R. Raymond

  • - Former chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil

John K. Saer Jr.

  • - Former Member of KKR and former Chief Financial Officer of KSL Recreation Corporation

Arun Sarin

  • - Former CEO of Vodafone Group

Edward Tian Suning

  • - Founder and Chairman of China Broadband Capital Partners, L.P., and Vice Chairman and former CEO of China Netcom Group