Castle Harlan has promoted Tariq Osman to Managing Director. Mr. Osman’s promotion reflects his multiple contributions to Castle Harlan over the last five years, as well as his prior five years of experience at the firm’s Australian affiliate, CHAMP. Most recently, Mr. Osman has been active in Castle Harlan’s investment activities in energy services and equipment businesses.
Mr. Osman has been with Castle Harlan since 2008 and previously was a Vice President. Before joining Castle Harlan, he spent five years with Castle Harlan’s Australian affiliate, CHAMP Private Equity, where he focused on private equity transactions across a range of industries. Previously, he worked at McKinsey & Co. in Sydney as a management consultant. In this role, he advised clients in the oil and gas, mining, construction and telecommunications sectors on strategy and operational improvements. He began his career in Australia as an engineer at Gutteridge, Haskins & Davey, working on oil and gas, mining and government infrastructure projects.
Mr. Osman holds an MBA from the Wharton Graduate School of Business, a Masters of Engineering from the University of Adelaide and a Masters of Applied Finance from Macquarie University. He is a former director of International Energy Services and of the Blue Star Group. Mr. Osman currently is a director of Shelf Drilling and Caribbean Restaurants.
Castle Harlan invests in controlling interests in the buyout and development of middle-market companies in North America, Europe and, together with CHAMP Private Equity, in Australia. Since its inception, Castle Harlan has invested in more than 53 companies representing more than $11 billion in enterprise value. Castle Harlan currently manages investment funds with equity commitments of $3.5 billion. The firm was founded in 1987 and is based in New York (www.castleharlan.com).
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