Peter J. Clare is a Managing Director and Co-head of the U.S. Buyout group. He is based inWashington,DC. Since joining Carlyle in 1992, Mr. Clare has played a leading role in several of Carlyle’s most successful investments, including Aviall Inc., Avio S.p.A, Booz Allen, Landmark Aviation, Standard Aero, United Defense Industries, Inc., and Wesco Aircraft. From 1999 to 2001, he was based in Hong Kong as a founding member of the Carlyle Asia Buyout team. Mr. Clare has led or been a key contributor to investments in which Carlyle has invested approximately $4 billion of equity. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Clare was with First City Capital Corporation, a private equity group which invested in leveraged buyouts, public equities, distressed bonds and restructurings. Prior to joining First City Capital, he was with the Interfunding/Merchant Banking Group of Prudential-Bache Capital Funding. Mr. Clare is a magna cum laude graduate ofGeorgetownUniversity and received his M.B.A. from theUniversity ofPennsylvania’sWhartonSchool. Mr. Clare is a member of the Boards of Directors of ARINC, Inc., Booz Allen Hamilton, CommScope, Inc., Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) and Sequa Corp.