Senior Vice President, Private Equity at The Carlyle Group (2022-05 – Present)
One of the world's most established private equity platforms; investment mandate spanning financial services, energy, infrastructure, healthcare, and real economy sectors.
- NGX Equity Listing Origination & Execution: Worked directly with a portfolio company — an integrated energy business — to achieve a Listing by Introduction on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), culminating in a market capitalization of approximately USD 1.9 billion; managed the full end-to-end process from listing readiness through regulatory coordination and exchange engagement.
- Exit Execution & Value Realization: Executed the exit of a leading American energy company via debt recapitalization, achieving a gross Multiple on Invested Capital (MOIC) of 2.6x — reflecting disciplined transaction management and strong commercial outcomes.
- Fund Formation & Investor Engagement: Led the fundraising strategy and formation of a $750M fund; shaped investment theses and developed senior-level engagement with institutional investors, securing capital commitments of $200M through targeted investor-engagement plans and compelling marketing materials.
- Portfolio Performance Enhancement: Strengthened portfolio monitoring frameworks and achieved target exits, improving fund MOIC from 1.1x to 1.8x and DPI from 0.2x to 0.7x — delivering measurable uplift in investor returns.
- Financial Modelling & Investment Analysis: Developed and maintained detailed financial models to guide investment decisions, portfolio monitoring, and performance reporting across the fund's portfolio companies.
Vice President, Private Equity & Principal Investments at Blackstone Group (2017-07 – 2022-05)
Global private equity and principal investments platform; mandate covering deal origination, structuring, execution, portfolio monitoring, and growth across multiple sectors.
- Deal Origination: Sourced, evaluated, structured, and negotiated investment opportunities across North America; presented investment cases to the Investment Committee, resulting in five successful portfolio investments across affordable housing, pharmaceuticals, logistics, and financial services.
- Portfolio Company Growth — Housing Sector: Led the initial and follow-on investment in an affordable-housing developer; post-investment monitoring drove 53% revenue growth and 76% EBITDA growth within two years — demonstrating direct value creation capability.
- Pharmaceuticals Investment Structuring: Structured the acquisition financing and growth capital investment in a pharmaceutical company targeting MOIC of 2.3x over 5 to 7 years; designed capital structure aligned with risk-adjusted return objectives.
- Logistics & Ride-Hailing Equity Investment: Conducted equity investment in a ride-hailing and logistics business; the capital injection generated approximately 8x revenue growth and a 4x increase in the customer base.
- Multi-Portfolio Strategy & Monitoring: Supported portfolio strategy development, expansion assessments, and performance tracking across multiple businesses to ensure financial and operational KPIs were consistently achieved.
Associate Vice President, Investment Banking at Blackstone Group (2011-05 – 2017-07)
Promoted from Principal Associate to AVP in June 2014. Dual mandate across principal investments and investment banking advisory.
- Credit Fund Capital Raise & Exits: Structured and raised capital for Blackstone's Credit Fund, achieving five successful exits and generating a fund MOIC of 2.1x; built monitoring tools that enhanced fund performance and organizational efficiency.
- $330M Energy Subsidiary Divestment: Provided advisory services on the $330M divestment of an integrated energy company's gas and power subsidiary; led valuation, due diligence, and full transaction documentation.
- US$210M Downstream Oil & Gas Partial Sale: Led the partial divestment of a downstream oil and gas business — responsible for valuation, due diligence, and transaction documents that attracted a PE-backed strategic acquirer and resulted in a partial sale at US$210M.
- $18M Power Plant Divestment: Executed the $18M divestment of a power plant, achieving approximately 30% upside above book value through disciplined exit positioning and transaction management.
- Business Development: Expanded Blackstone's advisory and investing franchise by developing sector-specific strategies and building senior-level relationships with corporates, institutional investors, and government stakeholders.
Senior Associate, Investment Banking at Diamond Capital (2009-04 – 2011-05)
- Provided advisory and co-financing for a $139M healthcare infrastructure project; developed a tailored multi-source financing strategy combining equity, debt, and development finance.
- Acted as buy-side adviser in the acquisition of a distressed bank; conducted detailed valuation and due diligence to determine the value proposition and inform acquisition pricing.
Associate, Interest Rate Derivative Sales | Analyst, Global Currency & Commodity Ops at JPMorgan (2004-07 – 2007-09)
Global financial institution with leading derivatives, FX, and capital markets platforms.
- Coordinated execution of interest rate derivatives (IRD) and FX transactions, ensuring trade accuracy that generated over $15M in annual cost savings; assessed hedging alignment of IRD positions, increasing sales performance by 20%.
- Analysed pricing differences across derivatives and fixed-income products, generating $7M in additional revenue; prepared weekly error-metrics reporting for senior leadership.
