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CECP Advisors (CECP-UK) is an active manager which specializes in large buyout operations across a wide variety of sectors throughout Europe including automotive components, media and publishing, telecommunications, manufacturing, aerospace, specialty building products, consumer products and services, biofuel, defense and specialty chemicals.The firm seeks to invest in early-stage and small companies, backing strong management teams and not participating in daily investee company operations. They develop partnerships with large industrial groups and service providers, investing in subsidiaries being spun off and family-owned businesses in need of expansion capital.

The Carlyle Group LP (Corporate Private Equity) focuses either on a particular geography (Asia, Europe, Japan, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), South America, Sub-Saharan Africa or the United States) or a particular industry, such as financial services. The firm invests in aerospace, defense & government services, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology & business services, telecommunications & media, and transportation. They provide capital for buyouts and growth capital requirements.

The Carlyle Group is a global alternative asset manager with more than $157 billion in assets under management across 101 funds and 64 fund of funds vehicles. Founded in 1987 in Washington, DC, Carlyle has grown into one of the world’s largest and most successful investment firms, with more than 1,300 professionals operating in 32 offices in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Japan, Asia and Australia.