The Carlyle Group announced it has promoted 62 professionals to senior positions: 13 to Partner, 17 to Managing Director and 32 to Principal/Director. (Principals and Directors are the same level in Carlyle parlance; Principal is the title used in The Americas and Director is the title used in Europe and Asia.) The individuals work in Carlyles offices around the globe in four investment segments Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Market Strategies and Investment Solutions plus Investor Services. Additionally, during the course of 2016 the following Carlyle professionals were promoted to/hired into fund Head or Co-head positions: Sandra Horbach, Co-head of US Buyout Mark Jenkins (new hire), Head of Global Credit Eric Kump, Co-head of Sub-Saharan Africa Buyout Vladimir Lasocki, Co-head of Europe Technology Justin Plouffe & Ronnie Jaber, Co-heads of Structured Credit Fund John Redett & Brian Schreiber (new hire), Co-heads of Global Financial Services Buyout Peter Taylor (new hire), Co-head of Global Infrastructure Kazuhiro Yamada, Head of Japan Buyout. New Partners: Steve Bailey Carlyle Equity Opportunity; Washington Wayne Bannon Legal; Hong Kong Han Chen Asia Real Estate; Shanghai Seok-Don (S.D.) Chu Investor Relations; Hong Kong Karthic Jayaraman Carlyle Global Partners/Europe Buyout; London Sunil Kaul Asia Buyout; Singapore Jeffrey Levin GMS Finance; New York Brian Lindley Europe Buyout; London David McCann Investor Relations; Toronto Patrick McCarter US Buyout; Menlo Park Daniel Mutzig Internal Audit; Arlington Justin Plouffe Global Credit; New York Jason Thomas Global Research; Washington. New Managing Directors: William Allen Global Financial Services Buyout; New York Victor Backstrom AlpInvest; London Anita Balaji US Buyout; New York Sung-yong Choi Investor Relations; Seoul Daniel East Global Energy Mezzanine; Houston Nina Zhizhi Gong Asia Buyout; Beijing William Lee Global Credit; New York Adam Moss Global Credit; New York Brian Nelsen US Real Estate; Washington Alwin Poon Asia Buyout; Hong Kong David Rand Equity Management; Washington Venu Rathi GMS Fund Management; New York Michele Reing Corporate Accounting; Arlington Sarah Schwarzschild Metropolitan Real Estate; New York Shirlene Song Asia Real Estate; Shanghai Matt Stanczuk Global Credit; New York Ling Yang Asia Buyout; Shanghai. New Principals/Directors: Roman Bas Investor Relations; New York Doug Brandely US Buyout; Washington Caitlin Brodie Investor Relations; New York Sergio Carneiro South America Buyout; Sao Paulo Lorin Chen Asia Growth; Hong Kong Michael Clifton US Buyout; Washington Seth Davis US Real Estate; Washington Friedel Drees Europe Buyout; Munich Louise Dumican Legal; London Jitij Dwivedi Global Financial Services Buyout; New York Ashley Evans US Buyout; Menlo Park Margaret Franks Global Energy Mezzanine; Houston Brandon Gay Compliance; Washington Le Guan Asia Buyout; Beijing Ashish Karan Asia Buyout; Mumbai Julie Kim Global Energy Mezzanine; New York Leo Krusius US Real Estate; Washington Jeffrey Lau Legal; Hong Kong Samira Madhany US Real Estate; Washington Luis Malave Investor Relations; Lima Jeffrey Marvaldi Private Client Group; New York Karen McMonagle Fund Management; Washington Philipp Meyer Europe Buyout; Munich Jeff Pisano Global Technology & Solutions; Arlington Lubna Qunash Global Partners; London John Rock US Real Estate; Washington Genta Saito Japan Buyout; Tokyo Per Skoglund Europe Technology; London Thomas Stanton Private Client Group; New York Ryan Toteja Legal; Washington Joanna Yau Compliance; Hong Kong Ward Young Power Partners; New York.