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2010 Annual Report - The Carlyle Group

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section FIVE Collaboration3 millionNumber of Grupo Qualicorp clientsA number of South American countriesare experiencing strong, stable economicgrowth. For example, in <strong>2010</strong> GDP inBrazil and Peru surpassed the 7% mark.<strong>Carlyle</strong>’s South America Buyout team,based in São Paulo, is well positionedto source and execute transactions inthis largely underpenetrated region.Managing Director Fernando Borges,who heads up our South America team,Managing Director Juan Carlos Felix andPrincipal Fernando Pinto have extensiveinvestment experience in Latin America.<strong>The</strong>ir experience in the region wasinstrumental in the completion of twoinvestments in <strong>2010</strong>: Grupo Qualicorpand Scalina, Brazil’s largest hosiery andlingerie company. In March 2011, in aneffort led by Juan Carlos Felix, <strong>Carlyle</strong>formed a joint venture with Credicorp,Peru’s largest financial group, to targetopportunities in that country.<strong>The</strong> <strong>Carlyle</strong> group 53

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