| Founders & Executives • Robert J. Dunn • Douglas B. Baker • Andrew T. Malloy • Matthew Farkas Deal Team • Jason F. Rigoli • James Rothschild • Farhad I. "Eric" Hakimov • Michael Levenberg Advisory Board: • James A. Baker III • Frank C. Carlucci • Mustafa V. Koç • Thomas F. McLarty, III Operating Advisors: • Frances F. Townsend • Todd Bradley • Robert F. Armao • Douglas A. Ollivant • Greg Keeley • Tom Malatesta • Daniel J. Bloom • Kulbir Singh • Osman Sari
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Robert J. Dunn Prior to co-founding Monument Capital Group LLC, Mr. Dunn was a member of the Buyout team at The Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C. based private equity firm. Mr. Dunn joined Carlyle in 1994, when the firm was a $100 million buyout fund, and upon his departure at the end of 2007 the firm had approximately $70 billion of committed capital. During his tenure, Mr. Dunn held a number of roles within the firm and was active in Carlyle’s international transaction activities in Europe, the Middle East, Turkey and Russia. From 1994 to 2001, Mr. Dunn managed Carlyle’s Middle East office based in Saudi Arabia, where he handled the firm’s investment activities as well as the oversight of portfolio companies in the region. Additionally, Mr. Dunn managed the Saudi Arabian Economic Offset Program, a partnership with the SaudiMinistry of Defense and Aviation where he managed a number of joint-ventures that were designed to help Carlyle portfolio companies’ better address the defense and security needs of the region. In 2003, Mr. Dunn was appointed Chairman of Carlyle’s portfolio company operating in 69 regions of Russia, a position he held until arranging the company’s sale to a major European Purchaser (Alliance Unichem) in 2006. The company had in excess of 2000 employees and under Mr. Dunn’s 3 year leadership increased its sales from approximately $70 million to in excess of $200 million. Mr. Dunn also served on Carlyle’s Investment Committee for its Russia Buyout Fund. In 2001, Mr. Dunn initiated and managed Carlyle’s first joint venture and investment in Turkey through a partnership with Koc Holding a $55B conglomerate with energy, automotive, consumer durables, finance and defense, and security operations throughout the world. Mr. Dunn was appointed Vice Chairman to the joint venture - a position he continues to hold in the ongoing company which is based in Istanbul, Turkey and has customers in 20 countries worldwide. Prior to joining The Carlyle Group, Mr. Dunn was based in Milan, Italy (1993-1994) working for the Citibank Venture Capital Group. Before then, Mr. Dunn was a Director and Principal (1990-1992) with Intercorp Capital Limited, an offshore money management firm (registered with the NYSE and AMEX) based in New York, where he was responsible for setting up the Broker-Dealer and trading operations. Mr. Dunn also spent two years (1989-1990) with the NYSE Specialist firm, Spear Leads and Kellogg (a Goldman Sachs company) based in New York. Mr. Dunn is a member of the Board of Directors of Persistent Sentinel LLC, a member of the US-Turkish Business Council and in 2005 was appointed to the US State Department Advisory Committee for International Economic Policy. Mr. Dunn’s prior affiliations include the US-Russia and the US-Saudi Arabian Business Councils. |