Private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has announced that veteran investment management firm executive James B. Hawkes has become an adviser to the firm.
Private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has announced that veteran investment management firm executive James B. Hawkes has become an adviser to the firm.
Hawkes will focus on the evaluation of investment opportunities in the financial services sector.
In a 37-year career at Eaton Vance, Hawkes served in numerous senior executive roles, including chairman, president and chief executive officer, as well as chief investment officer.
He is chairman emeritus of the asset manager and serves on the board of directors of Central Park Group, an investment advisory firm, and E-TrolZ, a manufacturer of signal acquisition and data management products for medical devices.
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s full-time operating partners and advisers have held senior leadership positions in major global corporations across a range of industries. Members of the firm’s adviser group work actively with it on sourcing and evaluating new transactions, as well as providing strategic insights related to portfolio company matters.
Since its establishment in 1978, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has managed the investment of more than USD12bn in 43 US and European businesses, mostly subsidiaries or divisions of large multi-business corporations, representing a range of industries with an aggregate transaction value in excess of USD65bn and revenues exceeding USD85bn.
The firm is based in New York and London.
