Bio

Kevin Obara is a Director of Investments at Trident, joining in 2022. Prior to Trident, Mr. Obara was Head of Corporate Development at Handshake, a high growth software company in the human capital and education spaces. In this role, he led M&A, partnerships, strategic investments and investor relations. Prior to Handshake, Mr. Obara was a Manager of Corporate Development at JUUL Labs. Prior to JUUL, Mr. Obara was a hedge fund Senior Associate at Citadel covering financial services and housing sectors. Prior to Citadel, Mr. Obara worked at the Carlyle Group focusing on growth equity and buyout investments across the major African economies. Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Obara sourced and executed growth equity investments across the financial, technology and business services sectors at FTV Capital. Mr. Obara started his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Obara holds a BS in Mathematics and Finance from William Paterson University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.