CLEARLAKE CAPITAL STRENGTHENS TEAM WITH NEW SENIOR HIRES
SANTA MONICA, CA – June 17, 2025 – Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (“Clearlake” or the “Firm”), an investment firm founded in 2006 operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit and other related strategies, today announced several senior-level hires strengthening the Firm’s investment and O.P.S.® teams. They include Josh Lederman, Managing Director, Capital Markets; Tasha Pelio, O.P.S.® Managing Director, Marketing & Communications; Eric Rimmke, O.P.S. ® Principal; and Chad Neale, O.P.S.® SVP Information Security.
“Delivering strong outcomes in today’s market requires new and innovative skills sets, and Clearlake continues to grow our senior level ranks with proven talent in critical areas,” said José E. Feliciano, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Clearlake. “We welcome Josh, Tasha, Eric and Chad, and look forward to their immediate contributions to the Firm.”
“We’ve invested in expanding Clearlake’s team to nearly 250 people across the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East to better serve our companies and investors,” said Behdad Eghbali, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Clearlake. “We’re excited for our new senior leaders to join our long-time team members in finding new avenues to unlock added value across our portfolio.”
Clearlake’s new executives include:
Josh Lederman, Managing Director, Capital Markets, will join Clearlake in September after 14 years at KKR, most recently serving as a Managing Director in Debt Capital Markets (“KCM”). In this role, Mr. Lederman was responsible for all debt financings across the technology, tech-enabled services, media and industrial verticals for KKR. He previously was head of debt financing for KKR’s Ascendant fund, NGT fund and Global Impact fund. Mr. Lederman began his career as an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley.
Tasha Pelio, O.P.S.® Managing Director, Marketing & Communications, comes to Clearlake from J.P. Morgan, where she spent more than 17 years, most recently as the Head of Americas Communication for the Commercial & Investment Bank. She previously held marketing and media relations roles at Lehman Brothers, UBS and Citigroup.
Eric Rimmke, O.P.S. ® Principal, most recently served as a Director in Advent International’s Portfolio Support Group. Previously, he served in a similar role at Vista Equity Partners, and his prior experience includes positions at Collective Health, Boston Consulting Group, Qventus, and WePay.
Chad Neale, O.P.S.® SVP Information Security, has over 25 years of risk management and cybersecurity advisory experience. He most recently served as a Principal at Cyblade, a cybersecurity and technology risk transaction advisory firm, with previous experience at Alliant M&A, Cylance, PwC and First Allied Securities, Inc.
About Clearlake
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. is an investment firm founded in 2006 operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit and other related strategies. With a sector-focused, approach, the firm seeks to partner with experienced management teams by providing patient, long-term capital to dynamic businesses that can benefit from Clearlake’s operational approach, O.P.S.® The firm’s core private equity target sectors are technology, industrials, and consumer. Clearlake currently has over $90 billion of assets under management and its senior investment principals have led or co-led over 400 investments, and has deployed over $57 billion in liquid and illiquid credit investments globally. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with affiliates in Dallas, TX, London, UK, Dublin, Ireland, Luxembourg, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Singapore. More information is available at www.clearlake.com.
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