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Ken Young

Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer

CVC

London, UK


Ken Young
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Ken’s Biography

Ken Young is Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at CVC, a leading alternative investment manager specialising in private equity, credit, and secondaries.

During the fifteen years Ken has been at CVC, he has held various leadership positions across the organisation. In addition to his role as Chief Operating Officer, he is Chair of the CVC Credit platform, and supports business development and raising capital globally.

Prior to CVC, Ken was an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan and a member of the leveraged finance team, before which he was at CIBC for six years.

Ken began his career in law, training with Dickson Minto before joining Allen & Overy as an Associate Banking Lawyer specialising in European leveraged finance.

Ken graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B), and a Diploma in Legal Practice.
Ken Young is Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at CVC, a leading alternative investment manager specialising in private equity, credit, and secondaries.

During the fifteen years Ken has been at CVC, he has held various leadership positions across the organisation. In addition to his role as Chief Operating Officer, he is Chair of the CVC Credit platform, and supports business development and raising capital globally.

Prior to CVC, Ken was an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan and a member of the leveraged finance team, before which he was at CIBC for six years.

Ken began his career in law, training with Dickson Minto before joining Allen & Overy as an Associate Banking Lawyer specialising in European leveraged finance.

Ken graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B), and a Diploma in Legal Practice.

Ken’s Background

CVC
Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer
Sep 2008 - Present
London, UK
CVC is a global leader in private equity, credit, and secondaries with €140 billion in AUM and an international presence spread across 25 local offices. Ken was appointed Chair of CVC Credit in 2020 and Chief Operating Officer of CVC in 2023.
 
J.P. Morgan
Executive Director
Sep 2006 - Sep 2008
London, UK
J.P. Morgan is a leading global financial services firm offering investment banking, asset management, and wealth management services worldwide. Ken was an Executive Director and part of the bank’s leveraged finance team where he focussed on originating and underwriting European leveraged finance transactions.
 
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Current Board Positions

CVC Credit
Chair
2020 - Present
CVC Credit is the business's dedicated credit division. Established in 2005 it forms part of the CVC platform’s six complementary strategies: Europe & the Americas; Asia; Strategic Opportunities; Growth; Secondaries; and Credit.
 

Speaking Engagements

St Paul’s Virtual Finance Network 2022 – The Growth of Private Markets
Speaker
Mar 2022
London, UK
Ken Young was a contributor to a webinar discussing the growth in private markets, and the factors that have influenced this trend. The talk was part a Finance Networking Evening for pupils and recent old boys of St Paul's School in Barnes, London.
 

Ken’s Education

The University of Edinburgh
Diploma in Legal Practice, Bachelor of Laws, LL.B
1991 - 1996