TEAM
Senior Executives
William J. Janetschek
Chief Financial Officer
New York
Mr. Janetschek joined KKR in 1997 and is Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Tax Partner with the New York office of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Janetschek was with Deloitte & Touche for 13 years. He holds a B.S. from St. John's University and an M.S., Taxation, from Pace University, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
TopDavid J. Sorkin
General Counsel
New York
Mr. Sorkin joined KKR in 2007 and is General Counsel. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he was a member of that law firm's executive committee. Mr. Sorkin was with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP for 22 years. He holds a B.A. from Williams College and a J.D. from Harvard University.
Edward Brandman
New York
Edward Brandman joined KKR as Chief Information Officer in 2007 from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was a Managing Director in its Advisory Services group, focused on best-in-class technology strategies to support capital markets and trading activities for clients in the financial services and investments industries. From 2003 through 2006, Mr. Brandman was a Managing Partner at OMT Partners LLC, a boutique advisory firm. Prior to that, he founded and served for two years as the CEO of Renaissance Trading Technologies, a technology firm focused on trading solutions for the NYSE/NASDAQ markets. Before founding Renaissance Trading, Mr. Brandman was Chief Information Officer and Head of Electronic Trading at Robertson Stephens as well as a member of its Management Committee from 1998 to 2001. Mr. Brandman began his career at JP Morgan & Co. in 1991. He received a B.A. from Rutgers College.
William J. Eckert IV
New York
William J. Eckert, IV, joined KKR in April 2008 as Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Eckert was V.P. Corporate Controller at Selective Insurance Group, Inc., prior to joining the Firm. Prior to Selective, he was with Prudential Financial serving in various senior financial management roles including Controller of Prudential's Insurance Division. Mr. Eckert began his career and earned his C.P.A. with Deloitte & Touche, where he was a Senior Manager in Deloitte's Audit practice. He received a B.S. from Miami University (Ohio).
Peter M. Fasolo
Senior Executive
New York
Peter M. Fasolo joined KKR as Chief Talent Officer in 2008. Mr. Fasolo works during both due diligence and post acquisition phases to help build the management depth and diversity of the KKR North American portfolio companies. His focus is on executive assessment, selection, succession and compensation across the various industry groups for KKR. Mr. Fasolo has over 15 years experience in consulting and working directly in the healthcare and consumer industries. He spent 13 years with Bristol-Myers Squibb in senior level HR Executive roles in the Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices and Consumer segments based in New York City, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Paris, France and Princeton, New Jersey. Mr. Fasolo joined Johnson & Johnson in 2004 where he worked extensively on the merger and acquisition strategy for the Cordis cardiovascular business. His last position at Johnson & Johnson was Chief Talent Officer. Mr. Fasolo earned a Ph.D. from the University of Delaware, an M.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a B.A. from Providence College. Mr. Fasolo has lectured and written extensively in the area of workplace fairness, leadership, and workforce metrics.
Todd A. Fisher
Member
London
Todd A. Fisher joined KKR in 1993. Since July 2008, he has been the global Chief Administrative Officer for KKR, responsible for overseeing the finance, legal, IT, HR, communications and public affairs functions, as well as coordinating with the various businesses and geographies of the firm on strategy, risk management and control infrastructure. He currently sits on KKR's Global Investment Committee and chairs its Management Committee. Since joining KKR in 1993, he has been involved in a range of companies and industries. He led the Firm's acquisitions of Vendex KBB, Dynamit Nobel, Rockwood Specialties Inc., and Northgate Information Solutions and was a leading member of the KKR teams responsible for the Accuride Corporation, Alea Group Holdings Ltd., Bristol West Group, Merit Behavioral Care, and Willis Group Ltd. transactions. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Fisher worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York and for Drexel Burnham Lambert in Los Angeles. Mr. Fisher graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in Biology and received an M.A. in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Robert D. Gottlieb
Senior Executive
New York
Robert D. Gottlieb joined KKR as Chief Human Resources Officer in 2007. Previously, Mr. Gottlieb was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs where he worked for almost 20 years in a variety of human resource management, operational and administrative roles. Prior to working at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Gottlieb was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and an operations executive at Bloomingdale's. He holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Joan B. Lavin
New York
Joan B. Lavin joined KKR as Chief Learning Officer in 2010. Previously Ms. Lavin ran her own Executive Coaching Practice in Europe from 2006-2009, providing one-on-one leadership coaching to senior executives and high-potential business leaders to increase their individual effectiveness in leading businesses and teams. Prior to running her own business, Ms. Lavin was Vice President of the Goldman Sachs Pine Street Executive Leadership Development Group in New York. She holds a B.A. from Baruch College in New York, is a certified Executive Coach, and is licensed with the British Psychological Society to administer psychometric assessments for coaching clients.
Jonathan R. Levin
Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations
New York
Jonathan R. Levin is the Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations for KKR. As Treasurer, Mr. Levin is involved in the oversight of the firm's balance sheet received as a result of its combination transaction with KKR Private Equity Investors. As Head of Investor Relations, Mr. Levin leads KKR's efforts to engage with public investors and industry analysts. He also works on strategic projects for the firm. Prior to this role, Mr. Levin helped build KKR's capital markets business, worked in the private equity business, and focused on strategic projects for the firm, including the business combination of KPE and KKR. Mr. Levin joined KKR in 2004 from Bear Stearns. He holds a B.A. from Harvard College.
Kenneth B. Mehlman
Member
New York
Kenneth B. Mehlman joined KKR in 2008 and is Head of Global Public Affairs. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Mehlman was a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld with a bi-partisan practice in legislative and regulatory counseling. He previously served in high level positions on Capitol Hill and the White House, including as Chairman of the Republican National Committee and Campaign Manager of President Bush's successful re-election campaign. Mr. Mehlman is a trustee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Franklin & Marshall College, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves on the Senior Advisory Committee of the Harvard University Institute of Politics, the board of directors at the National Endowment for Democracy and the executive leadership cabinet of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation. Mr. Mehlman graduated with a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
