Geoff Blades is a Vice President of Carlyle Strategic Partners. He is based in Los Angeles.
Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Blades was a founding member of ARC Partners, a group formed to focus on large-scale restructuring and consolidation opportunities in the U.S. airline industry. Prior to that, Mr. Blades spent over eight years at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he worked in various roles within the Investment Banking Division and Financing Group.
Mr. Blades received a bachelor of commerce (Hons) from the University of Melbourne in Australia.

