JP Morgan Private Capital today announced the appointment of Luke Sikora as a Partner of its Growth Equity Partners platform. Sikora will serve as a member of the Investment Committee and help lead the platform’s investing efforts on the West Coast.  Based in Palo Alto, Sikora joins from Vulcan Capital

Winston & Strawn has appointed seven new leaders to key firm offices in Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, and Paris. “Winston is committed to delivering exceptional service to our clients worldwide,” says Tom Fitzgerald, Winston’s chairman. “This new and accomplished team of managing partners will anchor seven

Berkshire Partners has appointed Kristin Johnsen as an Advisory Director.  Johnsen, a longtime technology executive, will partner with the firm’s technology team to evaluate new investment ideas and partner with portfolio companies on growth initiatives. “We are thrilled to welcome Kristin to the team and look forward to deepening our

Sun Capital Partners (Sun Capital), a private investment firm focused on defensible businesses in growing markets with tangible performance improvement opportunities, has promoted three executives who currently serve as members of the Executive and Investment Committees alongside the firm’s two founders.  Senior Managing Director and Head of Private Equity North

NewSpring, a family of private equity strategies, has promoted Hart Callahan to Partner of NewSpring Growth, the Firm’s dedicated growth and expansion strategy.  NewSpring Growth invests in industry-transforming, fast-growing companies with talented, innovative management teams to support their growth. “The NewSpring Growth team is composed of former operators and investors

Värde Partners, a global alternative investment firm, has promoted Shannon Gallagher and Mona Girotra to Global Co-Heads of its Business Development and Investor Relations (BDIR) group reporting to the firm’s President, Jon Fox. “Shannon and Mona have great relationships with our investors and have consistently demonstrated strong results and leadership

Stirling Square Capital Partners, a London-based mid-market private equity investor, has made two key hires to augment its internal capabilities. Toni Gillespie joins the firm as Chief of Talent after a long career in HR at UBS, Credit Suisse, Bridgepoint, and most recently AMP Capital. She will be responsible for

Lincoln Road Global Management (Lincoln Road), a private equity firm focused on lower middle market companies, has appointed Alexander Breinin as a Senior Associate.  Breinin is based in Miami and will assist in originating, evaluating and executing potential investments across the business services, value-added distribution and specialty manufacturing sectors in