Bio

Paul Atefi (London) joined KKR in 2017 and is a Managing Director, focused on private debt and capital markets solutions for financial sponsors and corporate clients. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Atefi was in the acquisition & leveraged finance team at J.P. Morgan, focusing on financial sponsor clients with additional responsibility for FIG corporate clients, having developed that leveraged lending vertical. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Mr. Atefi was at RBS, initially in the leveraged finance team and latterly in the global restructuring group. Mr. Atefi is a qualified chartered accountant, having qualified with PwC on their Transaction Services team. He graduated with first class honours from the University of Leeds.