Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a prominent global investment firm that specializes in managing a diverse range of alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and credit, as well as hedge funds through strategic partnerships. Founded in 1976, the firm focuses on generating attractive investment returns by employing a disciplined and patient investment approach. KKR is committed to driving growth and value creation in its portfolio companies while aligning its interests with those of its investment partners. The firm also provides comprehensive human resources services to enhance operational effectiveness. With a presence in multiple countries, including India and Japan, KKR continues to leverage its extensive expertise and industry knowledge to deliver value across its investment strategies.

Taski Ahmed

Principal, KKR Prisma

Mustapha Angwa

CEO

Anne Arlinghaus

Managing Director

Joe Bae

Co-President and Co-COO

David Biener

VP Finance

Todd Builione

Member, President of KKR Credit

Jim Burns

Partner

Daniel Celeghin

Managing Director, Client and Partner Group

Spencer Chavez

Principal

Mukul Chawla

Partner, Head of Asia Pacific Growth Equity

Steve Codispoti

Director, Finance

Benjamin Conner

Managing Director

Kendra Decious

Director, Finance

Patrick Devine

Director

Brian Dillard

Partner and Head of Asia Credit

Brandon Donnenfeld

Director

Jamison Ely

Director

Mark Ennis

Director

Len Fliegel

Director

Marco Fontana

Managing Director

Brandon Freiman

Partner, Head of North American Infrastructure

Philipp Freise

Co-Head of European Private Equity

Terence Gallagher

Managing Director

Travers Garvin

Director, Public Affairs

Felix Gernburd

Managing Director

Alan Grant

Principal, KKR Capstone

Elizabeth Hammond

Managing Director

Chris Harrington

Partner

Erich Heintzen

Director

Jill Henn

Managing Director, Human Capital

Sota Horiuchi

Principal, Private Equity

Jeff Van Horn

Managing Director, Credit

Paul Horwood

CFO, European Operations

Mark Hunt

Director, Capital Management Group

Johannes P. Huth

Managing Director and Head of KKR EMEA

Hisao Iijima

Principal, Private Equity

Gary H. Jacobs

Managing Director, Capital Management Group

Zhen Ji

Managing Director, China

Franziska Kayser

Managing Director

Kazuyuki Kido

Managing Director

Philip Kim

Managing Director

Thomas Kim

Managing Director and Global Risk Manager

Daan Knottenbelt

Partner

Rie Koike

Principal, Client and Partner Group

Joan Lacagnina

Managing Director, Finance

Jeremiah Lane

Principal

Dashiell Lane

Director, Energy and Infrastructure

David Lang

Partner

Joshua Lederman

Principal and Associate

Elissa Leechawengwongs

Principal, Private Equity

Vincent Letteri

Managing Director, TMT Growth Equity

Robert Lewin

Partner

Xiang Li

Managing Director, Private Equity

Frances Lim

Managing Director, Global Macro and Asset Allocation and Portfolio Mgt of Strategic Partnerships

Max Lin

Partner and Director, Private Equity

Lucy Liu

Director, Client and Partner Group

Ming Lu

Partner and Co-Head of Asia Private Equity Business

Rony Ma

Director

Blaine MacDougald

Director and Co-head of Credit Research, Credit

Emily Mason

Principal, KKR Prisma

Kyle Matter

Director

Patrick Mattson

Managing Director

Kevin McMahon

Managing Director

Hilary McNamara

Director, Business Operations

David McNellis

Managing Director, Global Macro and Asset Allocation

Henry McVey

Partner and Head of Global Macro and Asset Allocation, CIO of KKR Balance Sheet

Ken Mehlman

Partner and Global Head of Public Affairs; Co-head KKR Global Impact

Jimmy Miele

Principal

George Mueller

Managing Director

Katherine T. B. de Mul

Director, Operations and Client Services

Narender Nanchary

Principal, Hedge Funds

Sanjay Nayar

CEO

William Needham

Managing Director

Sean Nelson

Director

Lesley Nurse

Director, Client and Partner Group

Scott Nuttall

Co-CEO

Ted Oberwager

Principal, Private Equity

Christian Ollig

Director, Private Equity

Timotheus Osnabrug

Director, Private Equity

John Park

Director, Private Equity

Chung Ho Park

Director, Private Equity

Vishal Patel

Managing Director

Clayton Perry

Managing Director, Client and Partner Group

Daniel Pietrzak

Partner

Samuel Plotner

Director

Jaka Prasetya

Partner

Sharath Reddy

Director, Credit

John Reed

Director, Credit

Janice Cook Roberts

Director, Client and Partner Group

Paul Roberts

Managing Director, KKR Prisma

James Rudy

Director, Principal Activities

Jean -Pierre Saad

Director, Private Equity

Matt Salem

Partner and Head of RE Credit

Kaveh Samie

Managing Director, Client and Partner Group

Richard Sarnoff

Managing Director

Kugan Sathiyanandarajah

Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Strategic Growth in Europe

Jeffrey Schachter

Managing Director

Lucian Schönefelder

Partner

Vance Serchuk

Managing Director, Americas Private Equity, Industrials Team

Stephen Shanley

Partner

Peggy Shaughnessy

Managing Director, Business Operations

Blake Shorthouse

Managing Director

Rob Siegel

Director, Information Technology

Tashwinder Singh

Director, Capital Markets

Duncan Smith

Principal, Credit

Pete Stavros

Co-Head of Global Private Equity

Chris Sun

Partner, Private Equity

Karan Swani

Director, Private Equity

Marta Szczerba

Director

Waldemar Szlezak

Managing Director

Weiyu Tan

Managing Director

Nate Taylor

Co-Head of Americas Private Equity

Paige Thacher

Principal

Cade Thompson

Partner, Capital Markets

Gaurav Trehan

Head of Asia Private Equity

Cecilio Velasco

Managing Director

Steven Wang

Principal, Private Equity

Douglas Watt

Managing Director

Joshua T. Weisenbeck

Partner

Dave Welsh

Partner and Head of Technology Growth Equity

Ryan L.G. Wilson

Managing Director

Alisa A. Wood

Partner

Angela Yang

Principal, Credit

Annie Yangeksakul

Principal, Hedge Funds

Eiji Yatagawa

Partner

Past deals in Aviation

Queensland Airports Limited

Acquisition in 2024
Queensland Airports Limited is an airport operator based in Bilinga, Australia, founded in 2003. The company owns and operates several regional airports, including Gold Coast Airport, Townsville Airport, Mount Isa Airport, and Longreach Airport. In addition to its core airport operations, Queensland Airports Limited also engages in terminal redevelopment services, notably through the Northern Australian Aerospace Centre of Excellence located at Townsville Airport.

Kellermeyer Bergensons Services

Private Equity Round in 2024
Kellermeyer Bergensons Services is a leading provider of contract cleaning and integrated facility management services in North America. The company specializes in delivering customized solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of its clients across various sectors, including retail, education, healthcare, government, hospitality, industrial, and aviation. Its service offerings encompass integrated facility support, contract cleaning, floor care, restriping, plumbing, landscaping, and snow plowing. By utilizing a proprietary technology platform, Kellermeyer Bergensons Services enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of maintenance and repair services, ensuring quick turnaround times and promoting healthy operations for businesses. The company's clear vision drives its commitment to making a significant impact on the industries and communities it serves.

Jet Edge International

Debt Financing in 2022
Jet Edge International is a prominent player in the private aviation sector, specializing in full-service aircraft management and charter services. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including flight operations, in-house maintenance, and repairs, ensuring a high standard of safety and security for its clients. Jet Edge offers year-round access to a diverse and luxurious fleet of large-cabin aircraft, catering to both individual clients and corporations. By integrating operational excellence with a focus on customer service, Jet Edge International stands out as a reliable partner in the global aviation market.

Jet Edge International

Debt Financing in 2021
Jet Edge International is a prominent player in the private aviation sector, specializing in full-service aircraft management and charter services. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including flight operations, in-house maintenance, and repairs, ensuring a high standard of safety and security for its clients. Jet Edge offers year-round access to a diverse and luxurious fleet of large-cabin aircraft, catering to both individual clients and corporations. By integrating operational excellence with a focus on customer service, Jet Edge International stands out as a reliable partner in the global aviation market.

Atlantic Aviation

Acquisition in 2021
Atlantic provides a wide range of aircraft ground handling and corporate flight support services, including fueling and line services, ground transportation, catering, hangar, deicing, and ramp space.

Altavair

Private Equity Round in 2019
Altavair is a provider of aircraft acquisition and leasing services targeting the commercial aviation market. The company specializes in acquiring, leasing, converting, and selling both new and used commercial aircraft, catering to domestic and international passenger airlines as well as cargo operators. With a portfolio exceeding $8 billion in lease transactions involving over 200 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus, Altavair has established strong relationships with 44 customers across 27 countries. The company has successfully raised over $1 billion in committed capital through two aviation investment funds from a diverse group of investors, including institutional investors and family offices. Altavair also has significant experience in the commercial debt market, having borrowed over $6 billion from 45 financial institutions globally. With offices in Seattle, London, and Singapore, Altavair's management and marketing teams, averaging over 26 years of experience in commercial aviation, leverage their deep industry knowledge to offer innovative solutions and superior service to their clients.

Air Medical Group Holdings

Acquisition in 2015
Air Medical provides emergency transportation services to individuals with critical health issues or injuries who are located too far from hospitals to be transported by ground in a timely manner. Air Medical's subsidiaries transport more than 75,000 critically injured patients each year through a fleet of helicopters and airplanes that operate 24 hours a day and seven days a week. In addition Air Medical provides over 120,000 ground transports on an annual basis.

Weststar Aviation

Private Equity Round in 2013
Weststar is one of the global leaders in the offshore helicopter services industry. Safety is the number one core value and the highest operational priority at Weststar. Our culture, operations, and reputation are built upon this focus on safety. Weststar is committed to being the industry’s most efficient and safety-focused company. Serving some of the major oil and gas industry players, our fleet of state-of-the-art helicopters transport personnel to offshore production platforms and drilling rigs with the highest levels of safety, performance, and service. With a growing fleet of modern helicopters and technical expertise, Weststar brings about comprehensive helicopter services to the industry and is well-positioned for the future.

Air Works India Engineering

Debt Financing in 2012
Air Works is a diversified aviation services provider with presence in 4 continents across the globe Founded in 1951, Air Works provides engineering, asset management and safety and technology solutions to the commercial and business aviation communities. We are service providers to global aircraft leasing companies and airlines, first-line service providers to leading OEMs, 1 of only 7 IATA certified safety auditors, a global market leader for charter safety ratings, and the largest independent MRO provider in India. Our experience in the Indian market, impeccable credibility in the industry, established infrastructure and a strong management team have enabled us to expand globally, both organically and inorganically. While our service offerings are well diversified, each of our businesses is bound by an underlying strategy. We operate as a well-knit “federation” of complementary businesses that are run independently by the incumbent entrepreneurs and management team while simultaneously governed by a set of common business principles. We believe that this structure best addresses the needs of our customers at a local level while creating value and differentiation for Air Works as a globally run business. This structure brings together the added benefit of a larger pool of management resources, access to potential new customers through well-networked colleagues in other regions as well as access to funding for new projects and development of business in as yet untapped markets.
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