Carlyle promotes India-based Neeraj Bharadwaj to partner
The Carlyle Group has promoted Neeraj Bharadwaj, a Mumbai-based member of the firm’s Asia buyout team, to partner.
Of the 43 senior promotions announced by Carlyle, Bharadwaj is the only Asia-based professional elevated to partner or managing director. John Kim, who is part of AlpInvest Partners' co-investment team in Hong Kong, has become a principal.
Bharadwaj, who was previously a managing director, joined Carlyle in 2012 from Accel Partners, where he was responsible for making growth capital investments in India. Before that, he spent 10 years with Apax Partners, as a partner in the US and then as managing director and country head for India.
Carlyle closed its fourth Asia buyout fund at $3.9 billion in September 2014. Recent India deals include medical diagnostics chain Metropolis Healthcare and non-banking finance company (NBFC) PNB Housing Finance.
Kim joined AlpInvest in 2008 from Lehman Brothers, where he worked in equity research.
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