CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”), a leading global private equity firm is pleased to announce the appointment of Kamil Salame as a Partner of CVC and US Head of FIG with immediate effect.
CVC's Global FIG initiative is comprised of teams based in USA, Europe and Asia, and is headed by Jonathan Feuer, a Managing Partner of CVC and Global Head of FIG.
Jonathan Feuer commented, “Kamil is an important addition to our team at a time when investment opportunities in the financial sector have never been greater. Kamil’s depth of experience in financial services and Private Equity will be incredibly valuable to CVC and our Financial Institutions team.”
Kamil joins us from DLJ Merchant Banking Partners where he served as a Partner and Member of the Management Committee and as a Managing Director of Credit Suisse. Kamil was a member of DLJMB’s Investment Committee and, as such, was involved in all aspects of managing DLJMB’s portfolio, which is comprised of more than forty companies and represents approximately $12 billion of assets under management. At DLJMB, Kamil led the group’s investment activities in financial services and media. During his tenure with the firm he completed approximately thirty private equity transactions in a broad range of industries including financial services, real estate, media, industrial, and consumer.
Prior to joining DLJMB, Kamil worked in DLJ’s Leveraged Finance Group and DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners. He received a B.S. from Georgetown University, an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, where he was an Editor and Fellow of the Columbia Journal of World Business, and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He is admitted to practice law in New York, Connecticut and Washington, D.C.