Carlyle today announced that Brad McCarthy has joined the firm as managing director and head of Asia Pacific, Carlyle Global Wealth.
In his role, McCarthy will be responsible for expanding Carlyle’s wealth platform across Asia Pacific with a focus on enhancing client offerings and broadening access for high net-worth investors to Carlyle’s global suite of private market products and solutions, according to a statement by the firm.
McCarthy (pictured) will also oversee the institutional wealth channel for Carlyle in Australia and New Zealand. He is based in Singapore.
McCarthy has over 25 years of wealth and asset management industry experience where he has led sales and client servicing teams, product launches and distribution strategies. He joins from Citi Private Bank and Global Wealth, where he was managing director and Asia Pacific head of alternative investment sales.
Shane Clifford, head of global wealth at Carlyle, said: “With his extensive experience in scaling wealth management platforms and deep understanding of the evolving private markets landscape, Brad will play a key leadership role for us, as we look to further accelerate growth in the region.”
Prior to Citi, McCarthy was head of Asia at Permal, where he was responsible for growing the firm’s regional business as an alternative investment provider. He has also held various investment and wealth management roles at ABN Amro Asset Management and BT Financial Group.
