Partners Group announced that Charles Dallara, currently Managing Director of the Institute of International Finance (IIF), will join the firm as a Partner, based in the United States, and will further assume the role of Chairman of the Americas. In addition, the board of directors will propose Mr. Dallara as a new board member and Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Partners Group Holding AG at the annual general meeting of shareholders on May 2, 2013. Mr. Dallara has been the Managing Director of the IIF since 1993 and recently announced his intention to step down from this position after developing the institute for close to twenty years.

Prior to assuming his role at the IIF, Mr. Dallara held a number of senior positions in the Reagan and Bush 41 Administrations.