‘Don’t be afraid to change your career path if you are not happy’

Each week, we profile one of Ireland’s corporate leaders, tracing their career to date and exploring the lessons they have learned along the way. This week, we meet Jonathan Cosgrave of the Carlyle Group

Jonathan Cosgrave, managing director, Carlyle Group

Jonathan Cosgrave is a managing director at the Carlyle Group and co-head of the €292 million Carlyle Cardinal Ireland Fund. CCIF has invested in Irish companies including the City Bin Co and Sports Surgery Clinic, and sold Payzone for €100 million.

Tell us about your career to date.

I graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a first-class honours degree in Pharmacy and, after a brief period working as a pharmacist, returned to study ...