Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

At CD&R, we believe sustainability is integral to our investment success. Today, we are excited to share our 2024 CD&R Builds Report, which outlines how we structure our engagements to find, create, and protect value across the investment cycle, from sourcing to exit. The report highlights our activity over the past year, as well as a series of challenges and solutions we are seeing in our portfolio companies. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gP3nXrP4

We are excited to welcome Andy Callahan as an Operating Advisor to CD&R Funds. Andy has almost three decades of experience driving innovation and growth at leading CPG companies, and most recently served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director at Hostess Brands. We look forward to working with and learning from Andy as we continue to support our portfolio of consumer businesses. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dhB-mWbZ

We're proud to share that our colleague Morgan Schmit-Sobeck, Managing Director, Investor Relations has been named to The Wall Street Journal Pro Private Equity “Women to Watch” List as an honoree in the fundraising and limited partner category. Morgan’s leadership on the CD&R investor relations team has played an essential role in the successful close of Fund XII and co-investment syndications for several recent acquisitions. Congratulations on this well-deserved accomplishment, Morgan! Read more about Morgan and all the talented honorees here: https://lnkd.in/eKWDtwqc This award is the opinion of the party conferring the award and not of CD&R. The 2024 Women to Watch list was issued by The Wall Street Journal Pro Private Equity on November 17, 2024. CD&R did not pay a fee to submit or promote this award. There can be no assurance that other providers or surveys would reach the same conclusion as the foregoing.

We are pleased to welcome Bill Galvin as an Operating Advisor to CD&R funds. With more than 35 years of experience in the industrial distributions sector, including as Anixter President and CEO, we believe Bill’s strategic insights will be instrumental to the CD&R funds in driving value and identifying new investment opportunities. https://lnkd.in/gCmhi_Kp

CD&R is honored to be named to Inc. Magazine’s 2024 Founder-Friendly Investors list, which celebrates private equity, venture capital and debt firms with success backing founder-led companies. We are proud to be recognized for supporting entrepreneurs on their journey to create value and accelerate growth. We are grateful to the founders and teams who have trusted CD&R as a partner over the last five decades. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dirjWjtR Disclaimer: This award was provided by Inc. on October 29, 2024. CD&R submitted a nomination and paid a participation fee to be considered for this list.

We are excited to partner with Sanofi, one of the world’s leading healthcare companies, to support its consumer healthcare unit, Opella, on its path to independence. We have now entered into exclusive negotiations with Sanofi for the potential sale and purchase of a 50% controlling stake in Opella. Together, we look forward to supporting Opella’s French operations, including its critical manufacturing footprint and advanced R&D capabilities, and further developing its global platform to better serve employees, consumers, and patients. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dz6pDx3T

Congratulations to Generation UK & Ireland, which was recently rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The CD&R Foundation is very proud to support their important work.

What a great morning at Dartmouth's 10th anniversary 'Women in Private Equity' event, where one of our London based investment professionals, Diana Moraru spoke about her P.E. career journey and what inspired her to choose this path. CD&R is delighted to support the great work the Dartmouth team is doing - and has done over the past ten years - to advance female representation in our industry. #WomenInPrivateEquity #DiversityInBusiness #PrivateEquityCareers

CD&R is a proud sponsor of Berlin Global Dialogue and the work Lars-Hendrik Röller and ESMT Berlin are doing to bring global leaders of politics, policy and business together to ‘Build Common Ground’. In our second year of sponsorship, CD&R Operating Partner Sandi Peterson hosted Microsoft’s Noelle Walsh, Olympia Group of Companies' Antreas Athanassopoulos and bp Chair and Operating Advisor to CD&R Funds Helge Lund for a panel discussion exploring how business and private capital can work with policymakers to accelerate the energy transition.  #BGD2024 #BuildingCommonGround

The CD&R Foundation is delighted to welcome Emma Van Susteren as its new Director for Europe. In this new role Emma will lead the Foundation’s activities in Europe, building on its first three years of operation. We believe Emma's experience in private, public and non-profit sectors will be invaluable in scaling the Foundation’s reach and furthering its impact. https://lnkd.in/eVc2Pg9S