Caroline Carr

Caroline Carr is the Chief Human Resources Officer for the private equity firm, Permira. Based in London, Caroline joined the firm in 2017 and is responsible for all HR matters within Permira across 14 offices globally, and for advising on talent matters in relation to the firm’s investments in portfolio companies.

Previously, Caroline was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, spending 11 years in the HR and Legal Departments, having qualified and practised as a lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May in London and Hong Kong.

She is an active supporter of not for profit organisations, having been a founding member of the 30 Per Cent Club steering committee on diversity in the boardroom and leader of the professional services firms’ initiative on gender, she also sits on the Development Board for Christ’s College, Cambridge and the Permira Charitable Foundation. Caroline holds an undergraduate degree in Classics from Christ’s College, Cambridge.