KKR bolsters board with ex-Goldman Sachs chief risk officer
KKR has appointed Brian J. Lee, the former chief risk officer of the Goldman Sachs Group, to its board of directors.
The appointment brings the number of independent directors to eight out of a total of 12 board seats at the alternative asset manager.
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Lee joins KKR co-founders and co-executive chairs Henry Kravis and George Roberts on the board, alongside Joseph Bae, co-executive officer of KKR and Scott Nuttall, co-chief executive of KKR, who also hold board positions.
Other board members include Craig Arnold, previously chair and chief executive of Eaton Corporation, Timothy Barakett, founder and chief executive of TRB Advisors, as well as Mary Dillon, the former chief executive of Foot Locker and Ulta Beauty, and Kimberly Ross, the ex-chief financial officer of WeWork and Baker Hughes.
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Lee, who joined Goldman Sachs in 1994, previously held the position of controller and chief accounting officer from 2017 to 2019, with responsibility for the oversight of external and internal reporting, product control and regulatory capital, before becoming chief risk officer.
He was named managing director at Goldman Sachs in 2002 and partner in 2008.
KKR sponsors funds investing in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds.
