Buyout bigwig CVC poaches KKR dealmaker amid Aussie push
Global buyout giant CVC Capital Partners has made its first big hire since it flew in London-based partner Richard Blackburn to plot its re-entry into Australian M&A.
Boris Dangubic is off to CVC Capital Partners. Erin Jonasson
Street Talk understands Boris Dangubic has lobbed his resignation at KKR after a decade with the firm. Sources said he is due to pop up at CVC Capital Partners to work closely with Blackburn.
Dangubic is fresh off securing a $1.4 billion payday for KKR at its Aussie pubs roll-up Australian Venue Co to PAG Asia Capital, and was involved in Colonial First State and Latitude Financial among other deals.
He is well-known in local M&A circles and has served as the second-in command to KKR’s Australia and New Zealand co-head David Lang for the past few years.
CVC is one of the big PE players globally, with €133 billion ($197 billion) in assets under management across its private equity, secondaries and credit strategies.
It made a decision to re-enter Australia last year, hiring former Affinity Equity Partners dealmaker Brett Sutton as its executive chairman, and was keen to make amends for its investment in Nine Entertainment CO (publisher of this masthead) last decade.
However, Sutton left CVC at end of 2022, with Blackburn taking over early this year.
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