Mr. Todd R. Newnam is a Managing Director of The Carlyle Group and is head of the Global Industrial Buyout Team, based in Washington D.C.
Mr. Newnam joined The Carlyle Group in 2000, as a member of the Aerospace and Defense Team. He helped to establish and develop the investment team in Charlotte, North Carolina and in 2005 assisted in establishing a separate Technology sector within U.S. Buyout. Mr. Newnam opened Carlyle’s first west coast buyout office in Menlo Park in 2007 and took on his current Industrial role in 2008.
Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Newnam was a Vice President in the First Union Securities Inc. M&A Group (formerly Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co.), focusing on Defense, Aerospace and Technical Services industries. Prior to First Union, Mr. Newnam worked as a financial analyst in the corporate finance department of Salomon Brothers Inc and for the mergers and acquisitions department of PaineWebber, Inc. in New York.
Mr. Newnam received his M.B.A with distinction from Harvard Business School and earned a B.A. in political science from Davidson College.
He is on the boards of HD Supply and PQ Corporation.