Jon’s considerable search experience makes him a valued partner for clients dealing with unprecedented challenges and opportunities in their particular industry.
Jon is a managing director and founding member of Carlyle Group. He has long demonstrated his leadership in two Carlyle practices, Real Estate and Consumer and Retail Markets, and has placed exceptional executives in a variety of senior leadership positions for client organizations.
Within Real Estate, Jon has placed leaders from managing director to executive vice president as well as all functional levels within originations, mortgage lending, portfolio management, risk management, compliance, operations, capital markets, tax-exempt finance, administration and equity investments. He has worked closely with leading multi-national financial services organizations, developers, advisors, REITS, government agencies and various other entities, playing a strategic role in aligning organizations’ business strategy to executive leadership and management team selection and hiring initiatives. Jon also has been instrumental in helping clients establish a presence in virtually every major US market as well as on a global basis.
In Consumer and Retail Markets, Jon leads searches for clients who demand extraordinary talent to drive innovative leadership in consumer insight, brand building and senior management.
Jon attended DePaul University, and is active in numerous professional real estate organizations. He serves on the Chicago Real Estate Council's (CREC) Professional Development Committee and is an active member of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) and an active member and fundraiser for the YMCA. Also, Jon serves on the Education Committee for the Urban Land Institute (ULI).