Leonard Tsomik has been appointed as managing director responsible for investor relations and fundraising at The Carlyle Group’s UK base in London.

Prior to joining US-headquartered Carlyle, the private global investment firm, Mr Tsomik was the head of private banking for Russia with JP Morgan in London, where he initiated the private bank's coverage of the Russian market. In that role, he reported to Felipe Godard, head of offshore private banking at JP Morgan Europe.

From 2001 to 2004, Mr Tsomik was with Uralsib Financial Corporation in Moscow, first as a director of corporate finance and then as a managing director of private equity. Prior to that, Mr Tsomik spent ten years in M&A, corporate finance and private equity working in New York and Moscow.