Oliver Taylor is a Vice President at The Carlyle Group with 13 years of finance industry experience focused on loans and structured credit. He progressed through analyst and associate roles at Carlyle after formative stints in leveraged and acquisition finance at HSBC and sales & trading at Morgan Stanley. Known for rigorous credit analysis and deal execution, he combines buy-side portfolio discipline with sell-side transaction experience. Based in London, he brings an economics background from the University of Manchester and a track record supporting a range of funds early in his career. A recovering dotfile tweaker, he pairs hands-on technical curiosity with structured investment thinking—often spotting operational or systems efficiencies others overlook.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
GCSEs, GCSEs at Failsworth High School
Bachelor’s Degree BSc (Hons) Economics, Bachelor’s Degree BSc (Hons) Economics at The University of Manchester
A Levels, A Levels at Loreto Sixth Form College
Italian, English
Github Skills (78)
hammerspoon10
text-to-html10
arrows10
irc10
unix9
linux9
bash9
arabic9
phonetics9
lua9
hebrew9
xml9
textmate9
macos9
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Programming languages (10)
C++RacketObjective-CLuaVim scriptJupyter NotebookRubyRich Text Format
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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Oliver Taylor - Vice President at The Carlyle Group