Mr. Robert E. Grady serves as Managing Partner for Carlyle’s U.S. venture capital group, Carlyle Venture Partners ( “CVP” ). In addition, Mr. Grady coordinates Carlyle’s global venture and growth capital effort, which has over $3 billion under management in eight funds. He serves on the investment committees of CVP, Carlyle Asia Growth Partners ( “CAGP” ) and Carlyle Europe Technology Partners ( “CETP” ). He is based in San Francisco.

Mr. Grady is a former Director of Blackboard (Nasdaq: “BBBB” ) and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Carlyle portfolio companies
AuthenTec, Choice Media, Ingenio, Panasas, Secure Elements, Verari Systems, and USBX. Mr. Grady is the Chairman of the National Venture
Capital Association (NVCA), which represents over 400 venture capital firms that account for 90% of the professionally-managed venture capital in the United States.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Grady was a Managing Director and member of the Management Committee at Robertson Stephens, the San Francisco-based technology investment bank.

Mr. Grady served from 1994 to 2004 on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he taught a course on “Investing in Highly Regulated Industries.”

Mr. Grady served in the White House from 1989-1993, in various post including Deputy Assistant to President George H. W. Bush and Chief Speechwriter and Senior Advisory for Bush/Quayle Presidental Campaign.

Mr. Grady is an honors graduate of Harvard College and holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Grady is a Member of the Advisory Council of the Royal Bank of Canada's Strategic Technology Fund and of the National Commission on Energy
Policy, a Director of TechNet (The Technology Network) and of the Asia America Multi-Industry Association (AAMA), and a Trustee of nvironmental Defense.

Robert E. Grady 先生现任美国凯雷投资集团董事总经理。同时，他还负责协调凯雷逾30 亿美元的8支全球创业投资和成长基金的业务，并任职于凯雷创业投资合伙公司、雷亚洲成长基金和凯雷欧洲科技合伙公司的投资委员会。Grady 先生在旧金山的凯雷办公室办公。

Grady 先生曾是Blackboard 的董事，目前担任凯雷的被投公司AuthenTec, Choice Media, Ingenio,Panasas, Secure Elements, Verari Systems 和USBX 的董事。

Grady 先生目前担任美国创业投资协会主席，该协会拥有400 多家创业投资管理公司，占全美创业投资公司的90%。

加入凯雷之前，Grady 先生在位于旧金山的专注于科技企业的投资银行Robertson Stephens 担任董事总经理并是其管理委员会成员。

Grady 先生曾在1994 到2004 年间，任教于斯坦福大学商学院，讲授“高度管制行业的投资” 课程。在1989 到1993 年其间，Grady 先生曾在美国白宫担任多个职务，其中包括布什总统的副助理和布什/ 奎尔总统竞选首席演讲撰稿人和高级顾问。

Grady 先生是哈佛大学的荣誉毕业生，并拥有斯坦福大学商学院的M.B.A. 学位。

Grady 先生是加拿大皇家银行战略科技基金和国家能源政策顾问委员会成员。他同时还是TechNet、Asia America Multi-Industry Association （“AAMA”）的董事和环境防御部门的理事。