Chief Administrative Officer of KKR
2024 John Jay Award Honoree
Dane E. Holmes CC’92 joined global investment firm KKR in 2023 as chief administrative officer.
Prior to holding that role, he had been a member of KKR’s Board of Directors since March 2021.
Based in San Francisco, Holmes is a co-founder of Eskalera, an enterprise software company that builds inclusive, productive work cultures through talent development and data-based insights; before joining KKR, he had been the chair and CEO of Eskalera since 2020.
Prior to Eskalera, Holmes held many positions at Goldman Sachs from 2007 to 2019. He was global head of human capital management from 2017 to 2019 and a member of its management committee. Earlier positions included global head of Pine Street and global head of investor relations. He also was a member of several other global committees, including the partnership committee, risk committee, client and business standards committee, finance committee and global diversity committee.
Holmes serves on several nonprofit boards. He currently chairs StoryCorps and is a former chair and a current board member of The Ron Brown Scholar Program.
