Mountaingate Capital (Mountaingate), a Denver-based private equity firm investing behind founder, owner-entrepreneurs to rapidly scale companies in the marketing services, business services, specialty distribution and specialty manufacturing sectors, has appointed Brandon Hall as Vice President and promoted Corbin Barnds to Senior Associate.  In addition, the firm has added two new

MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has appointed Steve Spinner as Operating Partner.  The former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Natural Foods (UNFI), Spinner has over 20 years of experience across multiple industries, bringing deep business

Crestbridge has appointed Mike Edward as Chief People Officer. In his role, Edward will be responsible for the implementation of strategic and practical plans to support Crestbridge’s international growth objectives in order to meet evolving compliance, regulatory and legislative obligations across each of Crestbridge’s eight jurisdictions. With a career in

Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ) has appointed Michael R Flynn, a seasoned lawyer within the private capital industry, has joined the firm as a partner in the M&A and Securities Group, based in the firm’s New York office. Flynn brings to SRZ more than 27 years of experience serving venture

GTCR LLC and Reverence Capital Partners, which agreed to acquire Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) earlier this year,  have appointed Chris Baker as Chief Compliance Officer of the newly independent company, which is now known as Allspring Global Investments.  Baker will join Allspring in January 2022 from State Street Global

Piper Sandler Companies has appointed Matthew Ochsner as a managing director in the firm’s technology investment banking group.  He will be focused on internet technology and will be based in the firm’s newly opened Austin office. Ochsner brings over 18 years of operational and investment banking experience within the internet

Rashmi Rao has been appointed as Group CIO at IQ-EQ. Rao brings 20-plus years of experience to her new role and has a proven track record in leading successful technology transformations in regulated industries. She has previously held a number of senior technology leadership roles with insurance firms including Bupa,

InTandem Capital Partners, a healthcare services focused private equity firm, has appointed Chris Reef as an Operating Partner. As a previous business founder and CEO, Reef is perfectly positioned to leverage his leadership experience to help accelerate growth for InTandem’s portfolio companies. Prior to joining InTandem, he worked for Grey

Grant Thornton, aa audit, tax and advisory firm, has named Melanie Krygier as Growth leader of the firm’s Private Equity Tax practice.  Krygier, a San Francisco-based partner and leader of Grant Thornton’s M&A Tax Services West Coast practice, will join the Private Equity leadership team and focus on supporting private

Circumference Group, an operationally-focused investment firm led by former Endurance International CEO, Jeff Fox, has appointed Kurt Silverman, Luca Sechi and Virgil Prewitt to newly created leadership positions focused on growing the firm’s private investing strategy.  In their roles, Silverman, Sechi and Prewitt will leverage their significant operational and strategic