Carlyle Names Jeff Nedelman as Global Head of Distribution

Washington, DC and New York, NY – October 2, 2023 – Global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) today announced that Jeff Nedelman will join the firm as Global Head of Distribution, effective October 16, 2023. 

Nedelman is a seasoned executive who has spent his nearly 30-year career focused on building businesses and strategic client relationships at leading financial institutions, including Certares and Goldman Sachs. He joins Carlyle from Certares, where he is a Partner and Senior Managing Director, responsible for all capital raising, operations, and portfolio oversight of the CK Opportunities Fund. He also serves on both the private equity and credit investment committees. 

Prior to Certares, Nedelman spent over 25 years at Goldman Sachs in both client-facing and operational roles. Most recently, he served as Co-Chief Operating Officer of Global Equities, where he played a lead role expanding the firm’s financing and execution products and services. Previously, he was Global Head of Prime Services, which included the Prime Brokerage, Clearing (GSEC), and Futures businesses. Prior to that, he was Head of Americas Equity Sales.

Nedelman will lead the global investor relations team and will oversee global distribution across Carlyle’s three business segments, with a focus on both the institutional and private wealth channels. He will also play a key role in strategic areas across the firm, including close collaboration with the debt and equity capital markets teams. 

Carlyle Chief Executive Officer, Harvey Schwartz, said, “I am excited to welcome Jeff to the firm. He has spent his entire career in client and sales focused leadership roles and brings a successful track record of building and leading teams and businesses and longstanding relationships with investors around the world. Providing maximum value to our Limited Partners and focusing on their needs is core to everything we do, and I am confident in Jeff’s leadership as we focus on delivering for them in the most effective way.”

Jeff Nedelman, incoming Global Head of Distribution at Carlyle, said, “I am delighted to join Carlyle and the talented team of professionals around the world. Carlyle has a world-class brand with longstanding relationships with some of the most sophisticated and important investors globally. I look forward to bringing innovative products and solutions and the best of Carlyle to all channels.”

About Jeff Nedelman

Jeff Nedelman will become the Global Head of Distribution at Carlyle, effective October 16, 2023. He will be based in New York.

Jeff is currently a Partner and Senior Managing Director at Certares. He is a member of the Investment Committee and the Management Committee of Certares Management LLC, as well as a member of the Investment Committee and the Management Committee of the CK Opportunities Fund. Prior to joining Certares in 2020, Jeff spent over 25 years at Goldman Sachs, most recently as the Co-Chief Operating Officer of Global Equities, where he played a lead role expanding the firm’s financing and execution products and services. He was a member of the Firmwide Client and Business Standards Committee and the Securities Division Executive Committee. Previously, he was Global Head of Prime Services, which included the Prime Brokerage, Clearing (GSEC), and Futures businesses. Prior to that, he was Head of Americas Equity Sales.

Jeff received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy from UC Berkeley and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

About Carlyle

Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across its business and conducts its operations through three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Global Investment Solutions. With $385 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2023, Carlyle’s purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, portfolio companies and the communities in which we live and invest. Carlyle employs more than 2,200 people in 29 offices across five continents. Further information is available at www.carlyle.com. Follow Carlyle on Twitter @OneCarlyle.

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