John Barber

John Barber is the Managing Partner of Cohesive Capital Partners. Prior to Cohesive, Mr. Barber was the Managing Partner of Citi Private Equity (CPE), which he co-founded in 2000. In this role, Mr. Barber managed approximately $13 billion of capital and oversaw the direct equity, direct mezzanine and fund investments globally for CPE and its affiliates while managing a team of 19 investment professionals and 50 total professionals in New York and London. Mr. Barber sat on the Investment Committees of CPE, Citi Alternative Investments, Citi Mezzanine Partners, CCP II, Citi Real Estate Partners and also on the Management Committee of Citi Alternative Investments. Before co-founding CPE in 2000, Mr. Barber served at Salomon Smith Barney as a Managing Director and Deputy Head of the Financial Entrepreneurs Group, Head of the Private Equity Group, a member of the Equity Commitment Committee and as a senior member of the Equity Capital Markets Group. Prior to joining Salomon Smith Barney in 1995, Mr. Barber was a Managing Director at Kidder Peabody & Co. where he was Head of the Equity Capital Markets Group and a member of the firm’s Commitment Committee. Prior to Kidder Peabody, Mr. Barber started his career at Drexel Burnham Lambert where he held various capital markets roles over seven years. He received a B.A. from Tufts University magna cum laude.