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Mark Jenkins

Co-President & Head of Global Credit & Insurance, Carlyle

Mark Jenkins is the Co-President and Head of Global Credit & Insurance. He is a member of the Leadership Committee and is based in New York.

Mr. Jenkins joined Carlyle in 2016. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Jenkins was a Senior Managing Director at CPPIB and led the Global Private Investment group. He was Chair of the Credit Investment Committee, Chair of the Private Investments Committee and also managed the Portfolio Value Creation group. While at CPPIB, Mr. Jenkins founded CPPIB Credit Investments, a multi- strategy platform making direct principal credit investments. He also led CPPIB’s acquisition and oversight of Antares Capital and the subsequent expansion in middle market lending. Prior to CPPIB, he was Managing Director, Co-Head of Leveraged Finance Origination and Execution for Barclays Capital in New York. Before Barclays, Mr. Jenkins worked for 11 years at Goldman Sachs in senior positions within the Fixed Income and Financing groups in New York. Mr. Jenkins is member of the Board of Directors of Fortitude Re. Mr. Jenkins previously served on the Boards of Directors of Wilton Re, Teine Energy, Antares Capital, Merchant Capital Solutions, Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc., Carlyle Credit Solutions, Inc., and Carlyle Secured Lending III.

Mr. Jenkins earned a B.Comm degree from Queen’s University.