Key Takeaways
- Geography: United States.
Analysis
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. has announced a quartet of senior appointments that reinforce both its Capital Markets function and its value-creation platform, O.P.S.®.
Key hires
- Josh Lederman, Managing Director, Capital Markets – joins in September after 14 years at KKR, where he led debt financings for technology, services, media and industrial deals.
- Tasha Pelio, O.P.S.® Managing Director, Marketing & Communications – most recently Head of Americas Communication for J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank.
- Eric Rimmke, O.P.S.® Principal – previously a Director in Advent International’s Portfolio Support Group, with earlier roles at Vista Equity Partners and BCG.
- Chad Neale, O.P.S.® SVP Information Security – brings 25 years of cybersecurity and risk-management experience, most recently as a Principal at Cyblade.
Co-founders José Feliciano and Behdad Eghbali said the additions reflect Clearlake’s drive to deepen expertise as its workforce approaches 250 employees across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Founded in 2006, Clearlake manages more than $90 billion in assets across private equity, credit and related strategies, focusing on the technology, industrials and consumer sectors.