Shane Clifford is a Partner and Head of Global Wealth at Carlyle, based in New York, and a member of Carlyle’s Leadership Committee. He has over 25 years of industry experience leading business development and strategy for large alternative asset management and financial services firms. Prior to joining Carlyle, he was a Senior Managing Director at Franklin Templeton, where he led global growth strategy and business development for the firm’s suite of alternatives offerings.

Earlier in his career, Shane held several senior leadership and business development roles at Legg Mason subsidiaries, including Global Head of Corporate Strategy at EnTrustPermal and Global Head of Business Development at Permal Group, where he built and led the firm’s global business development team spanning sales, investor relations, client service, and marketing. He began his career at Merrill Lynch before spending several years at BlackRock across the U.S., UK, Middle East, and Latin America.

Shane is a graduate of the University of Limerick, Ireland, and holds an MBA from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.

A proud Limerick native who moved to the U.S. in 1998, Shane returns home as often as he can – his Irish roots keep him grounded and continue to fuel his professional drive. He lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey, with his wife, Tricia, and their three sons, Liam, Owen, and Sean.