CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed Colin Buckley as chief operating officer. Buckley (pictured) joins CDC after a career combining international development and corporate finance. His development experience includes working for governments, multilateral donors and private philanthropy organisations. Buckley will be responsible for improving the effectiveness of
Alexandre Masson has joined Activa Capital as an operating director. Masson previously worked for six years as a director at Alvarez & Marsal where he conducted operational and financial improvement assignments on behalf of private equity firms or family-owned companies. He specialised in the retail, manufacturing industry and healthcare sectors.
Law firm Baker & McKenzie has hired three private equity lawyers in Chicago: William S. Kirsch, Stacey T. Kern and Garry W. Jaunal. Kirsch (pictured) will chair the private equity practice in North America and will serve as a member of the firm’s Global Private Equity Steering Committee.
Alternative asset management firm Black Diamond Capital Management has appointed Jean Fleischhacker as Senior Managing Director, Business Development. Fleischhacker will lead the structuring and marketing for CLOs, other structured products, and mezzanine debt. Fleischhacker will also head new product development and play an instrumental role in strategic development and growth initiatives. She
Chicago Equity Partners has hired Brian Portnoy as Managing Director and Head of Alternatives and Strategic Initiatives. In this newly formed role, Portnoy will report to the firm’s President, Patrick Lynch, and will help to lead the firm’s ongoing efforts in creating innovative solutions for the firm’s institutional clientele. The
Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) has promoted Ambar Bhattacharyya to vice president. "Ambar has been a valuable asset to our healthcare team, and I am pleased to announce his well-deserved promotion," says BVP partner Ed Colloton. "We look forward to continuing to work with Ambar as we build
glendonTodd Capital (glendonTodd), a Dallas-based private equity firm, has appointed Mary Hatcher to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. Todd Furniss, CEO and Managing Partner of glendonTodd, says: “Mary’s extensive experience substantively expands our firm’s leadership and functional competence. Mary has already completed the implementation of
Lower mid market growth investor Lyceum Capital has expanded its team to 24 with the appointments of Mark Swallow as Operations Manager, and Adam Lewis as Investment Executive. This follows the promotions of Humphrey Baker and Martin Wygas to Investment Director earlier this year, and reflects the firm’s strong deal
Sophie Rouland has joined mid-market private equity firm Activa Capital as an Investment Director. Rouland, 39, previously worked for 10 years at Barclays Private Equity France, now Equistone Partners Europe. Prior to Barclays Private Equity, Rouland worked for three years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Paris in the audit and
Gresham, the mid-market Private Equity firm, has appointed Michaela Ellison as its new marketing manager. Ellison will be based in the London office but will oversee marketing activity across Gresham’s four offices including Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol. Eliison joins from mid-market accounting firm Grant Thornton where she spent three
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