Charles Ayres

Charles "Charlie" Ayres is a managing partner, Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Trilantic Capital Partners, formerly known as Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking.

Early life and career Ayres obtained a B.A. in economics, magna cum laude, from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business.

Career Ayres worked in private equity and was a founding partner of MidOcean Partners in 2003. Later that year he joined Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking and, after Lehman's 2008 bankruptcy, helped form Trilantic Capital Partners, where he serves as chairman and managing partner.