Private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc. is promoting 26 employees to the managing director position, effective Jan. 1, 2021.

Among the new managing directors based in New York City are Anne Arlinghaus and Deran Taskiran, who will focus on Capstone, and Brad Bellomo, whose area is audit. Also promoted were Dave Blodgett, Angelique Faustino, Sanjay Kothari and Emil Werr, who will be part of technology, engineering and data. Paula Campbell Roberts will work in global macro balance sheet and risk. Bobby Campbell will focus on credit and markets and Jake Heller on next-generation technology. Nonie Lame will specialize in human capital, Daniel Rudin in real estate, and Vance Serchuk in public policy and affairs.

Elsewhere in the U.S., Michael Russell and Elizabeth Seeger will be based in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., respectively, with Russell addressing credit and markets and Seeger focusing on public policy and affairs.

In London, Cristina Gonzalez, Jill Henn, Franziska Kayser, Gabriele Questa, Kugan Sathiyanandarajah and Stephen Shanley will focus on infrastructure, human capital, private equity, Capstone, healthcare strategic growth and next-generation technology, respectively. Vikram Govindan will focus on insurance strategy and strategic finance, while William Needham will specialize in credit and markets.

David Cheong and Jae Ko will be based in Hong Kong, with a respective focuses on real estate and the client and partner group, while Jigar Shah will be based in Mumbai, India, specializing in legal and compliance for corporate nonbank financial companies.