Mr. Babiarz has been with the Firm for 31 years and specializes in structuring complex financings and managing the Firm’s relationships with debt providers. He has played a key role in all of CD&R’s investments during his tenure, including AssuraMed, Atkore, B&M Retail, BCA, Brand Industrial Services, Diversey, Envision Healthcare, Healogics, Hertz, Hussmann, Kalle Group, Mauser Group, Cornerstone Building Brands, PharMEDium, Rexel, Sally Beauty, ServiceMaster, SiteOne Landscape Supply, Solenis, SPIE, TRANZACT, TruGreen, Univar, US Foods, and Wilsonart. Previously, he worked in mergers and acquisitions at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. Mr. Babiarz has a B.S., economics, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Banga joined CD&R's London office in 2010 after a 33-year career at Unilever, where he served as executive board member and president of Global Foods, Home & Personal Care businesses. He was also responsible for Unilever's sustainability agenda. Previously, Mr. Banga served as president, Home & Personal Care Asia and as chairman and managing director of Unilever's operating company in India, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Mr. Banga played the lead operating role on CD&R's investments in Diversey and Mauser Group and helped establish the Firm's joint venture in India. He served on the Prime Minister of India's Council of Trade & Industry from 2004 to 2014. Mr. Banga is the senior independent non-executive director on the board of GlaxoSmithKline plc, and was previously the senior independent director on the board of Marks and Spencer plc. Mr. Banga was appointed chairman of Marie Curie in 2018 and non-executive director of The Economist Group Board in 2020. Mr. Banga has an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management and a B.Tech. in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Ms. Beggs joined CD&R in 2020 after advising the Firm for 16 years. She is responsible for leading human resources at the Firm, as well as driving people and organizational related initiatives aligned with value creation at portfolio companies. Ms. Beggs continues to be involved with the CD&R HR Council to coach and mentor CD&R portfolio company HR leaders. Her demonstrated thought leadership and passion for diversity and inclusion supports the Firm’s strong commitment to DE&I. Most recently, Ms. Beggs was a partner at PwC where she led a consulting practice that specialized in value creation through a people and organization lens. She spent the early years of her career as a pensions actuary and subsequently specialized in optimizing the human capital aspects of deals. Ms. Beggs has an M.B.A. from Manchester University and a M.Sc., mathematics, from Oxford University. 

Mr. Berges joined the Firm in 2006 and is a member of the Investment Committee. Previously, he served as vice chairman and president at Emerson Electric Co., where he led corporate growth and development activities and was responsible for the Company’s motors and appliance components, industrial automation, and network power businesses. Prior to Emerson, he worked at General Electric Company. Mr. Berges served as chairman of Sally Beauty Holdings from 2006 to 2012, chairman of HD Supply from 2007 to 2014, chairman of Hussmann International from 2011 to 2016, and director of Diversey from 2009 to 2011, during CD&R’s investments in those companies. He is a director of PPG Industries, Inc. and former chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers. Mr. Berges received a presidential appointment to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations in 2005. Mr. Berges has a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. 

Mr. Compton became a partner at the Firm in 2015 having served as an operating advisor since 2013. Mr. Compton is a 29-year veteran and former president of PepsiCo, Inc. and former chairman of US Foods. Mr. Compton’s career at PepsiCo started at Frito-Lay in 1983. In 2002, after serving in positions of increasing responsibility in a variety of operational and sales capacities, he was appointed vice chairman and president of Frito-Lay North America. Mr. Compton went on to serve as CEO of PepsiCo Americas Foods, which included Frito-Lay North America, Quaker Oats brands, and all of PepsiCo’s Latin American food and snack businesses. He serves on the board of First Horizon National Corporation, is chair of the board at The University of Tennessee, and was previously on the board of the Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. Mr. Compton has a B.S. in finance from The University of Tennessee. 

Mr. Conway is vice chairman of CD&R and the chairman of the Firm’s Investment Committee, which evaluates all potential new investments. He served as managing partner of CD&R from 2004 to 2015. Throughout his 26 years at the Firm, Mr. Conway has been active in many of the Firm’s investments and organizational initiatives and works closely with the CEO on all aspects of the Firm’s operations. Previously, Mr. Conway was a senior member of the mergers and acquisitions department of Goldman Sachs & Co. and later, chief of staff of the investment banking division. Mr. Conway has a J.D. and an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. in economics and political science from Amherst College. 

Mr. Fradin joined CD&R in 2016. He played the lead operating role in the Firm’s investment in TRANZACT, serving as chairman until CD&R’s exit. He served as president and CEO at SunGard Data Systems, a $3 billion software and IT services provider with 15,000 customers across more than 70 countries from 2011 until the company’s acquisition by FIS in 2015. Prior to SunGard, he served as the chairman and CEO of Aon Hewitt, a global leader in human resource solutions. During his tenure, Mr. Fradin oversaw the 2010 merger between Aon Consulting and Hewitt Associates, having been CEO of Hewitt since 2006. Previously, he was CEO of BISYS Group, Inc. and held a range of senior executive positions at Automatic Data Processing, both providers of business outsourcing solutions. He worked many years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he was a senior partner. Mr. Fradin serves on the boards of TransUnion and Hamilton Insurance Group. Mr. Fradin has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in economics and finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Franco joined CD&R in 2006 after advising the Firm for 15 years. He is responsible for managing relationships with critical external stake-holders, including limited partners. He leads the fundraising team and is involved in related capital access activities. He serves on the board of the Private Capital Research Institute, a not-for-profit corporation focused on advancing the understanding of private capital’s role in the global economy. Previously, Mr. Franco served as chairman and CEO of Broadgate Consultants, an advisor to private equity managers, which he founded in 1987 in conjunction with U.K.-based securities firm, Hoare Govett. He has successfully launched a global publishing business, PEI Media, serving the alternative asset industry and, earlier, practiced corporate law. Mr. Franco has a J.D. from Fordham University and a B.A. from The University of Notre Dame. 

Mr. Giuriceo has been with CD&R for 17 years and is a member of the Investment Committee. He has been actively involved in the Firm’s investments in American Greetings, Cheney Brothers, Envision Healthcare, MOD Pizza, Radio Systems, Sally Beauty, ServiceMaster, SiteOne Landscape Supply, TruGreen, and US Foods. Prior to joining CD&R, Mr. Giuriceo worked in the principal investment area and investment banking division of Goldman Sachs & Co. Mr. Giuriceo is on the Boston College Board of Regents and the Boston College Wall Street Council. Mr. Giuriceo has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from Boston College.

Mr. Gogel is in his 32nd year with the Firm. He served as chief executive officer from 1998 to 2019 and has served as chairman since 2012. Mr. Gogel is a member of the Investment Committee and plays an active role in shaping the Firm’s strategy, recruiting talent, sourcing new investment opportunities, participating in portfolio company operating reviews, and leading CEO roundtables. Earlier in his career with CD&R, Mr. Gogel led several investments that established the Firm’s reputation for navigating and completing complex carve-outs from major corporations, including the Lexmark International acquisition from IBM, which was named by Private Equity International as one of the 30 most influential private equity deals of all time. Other notable transactions were divestitures from Phillip Morris/Kraft (Alliant Foods), General Motors (Allison Engine), Gillette (Jafra Cosmetics), Xerox (Van Kampen), and Westinghouse (WESCO). He previously was a partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. and a managing director at Kidder, Peabody & Company, Inc. where he founded and led its merchant banking group. Mr. Gogel holds a B.A. from Harvard College, an M. Phil. in Politics from Balliol College, Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Ms. Griffiths joined CD&R in 2015. She has leadership responsibilities for finance, information technology, and office administrative services. Ms. Griffiths is a 22-year veteran of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she was a partner in the U.S. deal practice specializing in financial due diligence. She participated in over 150 transactions, spending a majority of her time advising private equity firms and Fortune 500 companies across a wide variety of industries. Ms. Griffiths is a CPA and has a B.S. in accounting from Miami University. 

Mr. Hawn joined CD&R in 2020, prior to which he spent twenty years as a senior executive in the software industry serving as CEO for a series of successful enterprises. Most recently, Mr. Hawn served as chairman and CEO of Quest Software from the time it was carved out from Dell in 2016 until 2019. Prior to Quest, he served as the chairman and CEO of Vertafore, a provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, and Attachmate, a developer of software used to manage access to enterprise applications and databases. Previously, he was senior vice president of operations at BMC Software. He spent ten years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he was a partner. Mr. Hawn has served as a director on more than a dozen boards for publicly traded and privately held software companies. Mr. Hawn has an M.B.A. from The University of Texas and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Southern Methodist University. 

Mr. Herbst joined CD&R’s London office in 2006. He has been actively involved in the Firm’s investments in B&M Retail, BCA, BUT, Conforama, and Motor Fuel Group. Previously, he worked for Duke Street Capital and Merrill Lynch & Co. Mr. Herbst is a graduate of the Universitá Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan.

Mr. Killmer joined CD&R in 2019 and is based in London. He focuses on European industrial investments, a sector where he brings extensive experience sourcing, negotiating, structuring, and managing private equity investments. Previously, Mr. Killmer was co-head of the energy and resources team at Triton Partners. Before joining Triton, he served as a managing director in the principal investment area of Goldman Sachs International, where he began his career in investment banking in 1994. Mr. Killmer has an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. from St John’s College, Oxford University.

Ms. Kim joined CD&R in 2008. She played a key role in the Firm’s investments in and subsequent sales of Diversey and naviHealth, the public and secondary offerings of HD Supply and ServiceMaster, and the Firm's investment in Covetrus. Previously, she held positions at private equity firms Metalmark Capital and McCown De Leeuw & Co. and worked in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs & Co. Ms. Kim has a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and a B.A. in economics and political science from Yale University.

Mr. Knisely has served for over 20 years as a senior executive in the diversified industrials category. He spent a decade as executive vice president and corporate officer of Danaher Corporation where he was responsible for businesses totaling more than $4 billion in sales. Prior to Danaher, Mr. Knisely co-founded Colfax Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and distributer of fluid handling products, serving as president and CEO. Previously, Mr. Knisely was president and CEO of AMF Industries, a privately held diversified manufacturer, and spent ten years at Emerson Electric Co. He serves on the board of trustees of the Darden School Foundation at his alma mater, the University of Virginia. Mr. Knisely has an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia and a B.S. in industrial engineering from the General Motors Institute where he was a GM Fellowship Scholar.

Mr. Krenicki joined CD&R in 2013 after a 29-year career at the General Electric Company. He serves as chairman or lead director for CD&R portfolio companies Artera Services (fka PowerTeam Services), Brand Industrial Services, Cornerstone Building Brands, and Wilsonart. He previously served as chairman of ServiceMaster, CHC Group, and as interim CEO of three CD&R portfolio companies. He is a former vice chairman of GE and former president and CEO of GE Energy. At GE Energy, his responsibilities included oversight of GE’s $50 billion revenue oil & gas, power & water, and energy management businesses, which employed more than 100,000 people in more than 165 countries. Mr. Krenicki held several leadership roles with GE prior to leading GE Energy, including president and CEO of GE Plastics and GE Transportation.  Mr. Krenicki also serves as an independent director of Devon Energy Corporation and is a member of the National Petroleum Council. Mr. Krenicki has a M.S. in management from Purdue University and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Connecticut. 

Mr. Laï joined CD&R in 2007 and is based in London. He played a key role in the Firm’s investments in B&M Retail, BUT, Conforma, Exova, HD Supply, Motor Fuel Group, MRH, and Westbury Street Holdings as well as the secondary offerings of Rexel. Previously, he worked at Mubadala Development Company and Citigroup Investment Banking. Mr. Laï graduated from the ESCP-EAP European School of Management in Paris. 

Mr. Novak has been with CD&R for 24 years and is a member of the Investment Committee. Based in London, he is responsible for the Firm’s European business and international activities. Mr. Novak has been actively involved in CD&R's investments in B&M Retail, BCA, Belron, BUT, Huntsworth, Kalle Group, Mauser Group, Motor Fuel Group, SIG plc, SOCOTEC, and Westbury Street Holdings, and played a key role in many others. Previously, he worked in the private equity and investment banking divisions of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Novak has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Amherst College.

Ms. Peterson joined CD&R in 2019. Prior to CD&R, she was group worldwide chairman of Johnson & Johnson, where she led the consumer and medical devices businesses and was responsible for the corporation’s global supply chain, as well as its technology strategy and operating infrastructure. Previously, Ms. Peterson served as CEO of Bayer CropScience AG, CEO of Bayer Medical Care, and president of Bayer HealthCare AG’s Diabetes Care Division. She started her career at McKinsey and has held executive positions at Medco Health Solutions (formerly known as Merck-Medco), Nabisco, and Whirlpool. Ms. Peterson is a member of the Microsoft Board of Directors, chairman of the board of the American Academy in Berlin, and on the board of the Institute for Advanced Study, the world-renowned center for science and humanities research in Princeton, NJ. Ms. Peterson is also on the boards of Zymergen and Volastra, two early-stage life science companies. She has appeared on Fortune magazine’s list of most powerful women numerous times and was featured on the magazine’s inaugural list of leaders changing healthcare. Ms. Peterson has an M.P.A. in applied economics from Princeton University and a B.A. in government from Cornell University.

Mr. Quarta has been a Partner at CD&R for 20 years and is chairman of CD&R Europe. Based in London, he played the lead operating role in the Firm’s investment in SPIE and served as chairman of the supervisory board of Rexel during CD&R’s ownership of the company from 2005 to 2014. In addition, Mr. Quarta is chairman of WPP plc and Smith & Nephew plc. Prior to CD&R, he served as CEO of BBA Group plc from 1993 to 2001, leading the successful restructuring and reorganization of the company, and continued to serve as chairman from 2001 to 2006. Mr. Quarta also held various senior leadership positions with BTR plc and served on the board of directors. He is former chairman of IMI plc and a former non-executive director of SPIE, BAE Systems plc, Foster Wheeler Corporation, Fondo Strategico Italiano, Equant NV, and PowerGen plc. Mr. Quarta graduated from the College of the Holy Cross.

Mr. Rochat joined CD&R in 2004 and is based in London. He led the Firm’s investments in Belron, Exova, SIG, SOCOTEC, SPIE, Westbury Street Holdings, and Wolseley UK, as well as the sale of Brakes Group. Prior to joining CD&R, he was a managing director at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, and a director at Schroder Ventures (now Permira). He also worked in the London and New York offices of Morgan Stanley’s mergers and acquisitions department. Mr. Rochat has Ph.D. and B.A. in law from the Université de Lausanne and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Rouzier joined CD&R in 2005 and is based in London. He is responsible for the healthcare sector in Europe. He played a key role in the Firm’s investments in Belron, Exova, Huntsworth, SPIE, and Rexel. Previously, Mr. Rouzier worked in the investment banking division of J.P. Morgan and as a management consultant. Mr. Rouzier graduated from ESSEC Graduate School of Management and ENSAM Graduate School of Engineering, Paris.

Mr. Sachdev joined CD&R in 2015. He played a key role in the Firm’s investments in agilon health, naviHealth, TRANZACT, and Covetrus. Previously, he served as a managing director and co-head of healthcare services at J.P. Morgan, advising senior healthcare company executives on strategic initiatives, M&A, and capital markets. In that role, Mr. Sachdev advised on multiple transactions including the sale of Medco to Express Scripts, Vanguard to Tenet, Trizetto to Cognizant, and the IPOs of HealthEquity, SCA, Premier, and IMS Health. He serves on the board of the Healthcare Private Equity Association. Mr. Sachdev has a B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan.

Mr. Schnall has been with CD&R for 25 years and is a member of the Investment Committee. He leads CD&R’s healthcare and services investment verticals. He was actively involved in the acquisitions and subsequent sales of AssuraMed, Diversey, Envision Healthcare, naviHealth, PharMEDium, Sally Beauty, and US Foods, as well as the acquisitions of agilon health, Carestream Dental, Cynosure, and SmileDirectClub. Previously, Mr. Schnall worked in the investment banking divisions of Smith Barney & Co. and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Schnall is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Shapiro joined CD&R in 2002. He plays a key role in the Firm’s investments in Capco, Epicor, Sirius, Solenis, and TruGreen, as he did for CD&R’s prior investments in TRANZACT, ServiceMaster, and Univar, as well as the sale of Kinko’s, Inc. to FedEx and the separation of TruGreen from ServiceMaster. Previously, he worked in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch & Co. and at Perry Capital, a multi-strategy investment firm. Mr. Shapiro has an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.S. from Duke University.

Mr. Sleeper joined CD&R in 2000 and is a member of the Investment Committee. He also leads CD&R’s industrial investment vertical. Mr. Sleeper has been involved in CD&R’s investments in Artera Services (fka PowerTeam Services), Atkore, Beacon Roofing Supply, Brand Industrial Services, Brakes Group, Core & Main, Cornerstone Building Brands, Culligan, Hertz, Hussmann, Roofing Supply Group, SunSource, US Foods, White Cap, and Wilsonart, as well as its debt investments in HD Supply and US Foods. Prior to CD&R, he worked in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs & Co. and at investment firm Tiger Management. Mr. Sleeper has an M.B.A from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Williams College.

Mr. Smith joined CD&R’s global investor relations team in 2011. In addition to CD&R fundraising activities, he helped establish and plays a significant continuing role with the Firm’s joint venture in India. Prior to joining CD&R, Mr. Smith served as a managing director at Lehman Brothers, a partner at New York Life Capital Partners, and an investment professional at J.H. Whitney & Co. Mr. Smith has an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.S. from the University of Maryland.

Mr. Strum joined CD&R in 2003 and plays a key role in the Firm’s investments in agilon health, Carestream Dental, Cynosure, Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare, Healogics, and SmileDirectClub, as he did for CD&R’s prior investments in AssuraMed, Envision Healthcare, PharMEDium, and VWR International. Previously, he worked in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley and at York Capital Management, a multi-strategy investment firm. Mr. Strum has an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and B.A., economics, from Emory University. 

Mr. Zrebiec joined CD&R in 2004. He played a key role in the Firm’s investments in Atkore, Beacon Roofing Supply, Brand Industrial Services, Core & Main, Hertz, Hussmann, Cornerstone Building Brands, Rexel, Roofing Supply Group, SunSource, White Cap, and Wilsonart. Previously, he worked in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs & Co. Mr. Zrebiec has an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.S., economics, from the University of Pennsylvania.