The Carlyle Group has hired Ian Jackson as a director of Carlyle Strategic Partners. Based in London, he will be involved with European distressed investment opportunities. Jackson joins from Deutsche Bank, where he was a senior analyst in the European Distressed Products Group, investing across the capital structure from senior secured debt to equity, liquidations, refinancings, private equity and special situations.
Prior to this, Jackson spent five years working for Deutsche Bank’s Japanese Distressed Products Group in Tokyo.
“Ian’s experience and track record in identifying distressed opportunities in Europe and the numerous contacts he has developed over the last decade will prove a major advantage as we deploy our latest $1.35 billion fund, Carlyle Strategic Partners II,” says Brett Wyard, managing director and a co-head of CSP.
“I welcome this opportunity to help grow Carlyle’s distressed investment activities in Europe,” says Jackson. “The team has a fantastic track record with award-winning investments such as that in Stellex Aerostructures. The conditions are right for building on that record with some excellent investments in Europe.”
CSP invests in the secondary trading markets as well as on a structured and private equity basis.
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