David Fitzgerald – Carlyle Group (Non-executive Director)

David J. FitzGerald is a Managing Director at the Carlyle Group focused on European technology and buyout opportunities in the technology, telecom and media sectors. He co-leads a team of dedicated investment professionals focused on these industry sectors and is based in London.  

The Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest private equity firms, with more than $75.6 billion under management. Carlyle combines global vision with local insight, relying on a top-flight team of more than 500 investment professionals operating out of offices in 21 countries to uncover superior opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Since its founding in 1987, the firm has invested $32.3 billion in 686 transactions.

Prior to joining The Carlyle Group, Mr. FitzGerald was a partner at Apax, where he was responsible for later stage telecoms investments for Apax's European fund, and a member of the investment committee.  Prior to that, he spent 16 years at Andersen Consulting, now Accenture, based in both Dublin and the U.K. In 1997 he was made head of the U.K. telecoms practice, where he worked on projects with British Telecom and Cable & Wireless.