Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has appointed Suzanne Donohoe to its Global Capital and Asset Management Group as managing director and global head of the Client and Partner Group. She will be based in New York.
Donohoe joins the firm from Goldman Sachs Asset Management International in London, where she led activities outside the US with a specific focus on managing client-facing professionals and activities across all product lines. Prior to this, she headed all of Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s (GSAM) client businesses in North America.
Donohoe was hired by Goldman Sachs in 1992, originally working in the financial institutions and merger businesses within investment banking. She joined GSAM in 1996 and held a variety of roles before becoming managing director and partner of Goldman Sachs in 2000.
“We believe the current economic environment provides us with attractive new opportunities to build stronger relationships with our investment partners,” says Henry R Kravis and George R Roberts, co-founders of KKR. “We are delighted to have Suzanne leading our efforts globally to deepen relationships with our existing partners and cultivate new relationships across all of KKR’s products.”
Donohoe will work closely with Scott C Nuttall, who oversees KKR’s Global Capital and Asset Management Group.
“Suzanne’s knowledge and experience fostering domestic and international institutional relationships will be critical in our efforts to grow a global, multi-product, world-class asset management platform,” says Nuttall.
KKR recently hired Qantas Airways chairman Leigh Clifford as senior advisor. He was brought in to help develop the firm’s Australian division.
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