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Ari Barkan (New York) joined KKR in 2012 and is a member of the Client and Partner Group, focusing on institutional clients in the Midwest region of the U.S. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Barkan was a managing director in Credit Suisse Asset Management performing a similar role from 2009 until early 2012. Previously, he spent 12 years at Citigroup where he held both asset management and corporate banking roles. At Citigroup, Mr. Barkan served as a director in the Citi Alternative Distribution Group (CADG) between 2006 and early 2009. Before joining CADG, he served as chief of staff to the vice chairman of Citigroup and, for six years, held various corporate banking and relationship management positions in Turkey, Indonesia, Singapore, Mexico, Hungary, and Australia. Mr. Barkan holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University and Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley.