Pharos Capital Group, a physician-founded healthcare private equity firm based in Dallas and Nashville, has promoted Anna Kovalkova to Partner, effective immediately. Kovalkova is based in the firm’s Nashville office and was most recently a Principal. Concurrently, the firm promoted three Senior Financial Analysts to Associates. They are Lauren Gurley
KL Outdoor-GSC, a New Water Capital portfolio company, has named Charles L “Chuck” Smith as its chief executive officer. The company, believed to be the world’s largest manufacturer of paddle sports equipment, was created by the April 2017 merger of recreational products makers KL Outdoor and GSC/Future Beach. New
Prestige Capital Management Limited (PCM), the AIFMD-licensed Malta arm of the Prestige group of companies, has expanded its Malta-based operation with the appointment of Dario Inclimona as junior portfolio manager to its growing team. Inclimona will be working alongside Jonathan Scott (pictured), who joined PCM as Chief Operations Officer in
Ares Management has appointed Peter Higgins as a Partner and Portfolio Manager in the Ares Credit Group. Higgins will be based in London and will help lead the expansion of Ares’ European leverage finance product offerings alongside the existing European Credit team. Higgins was most recently with BlueBay Asset Management,
Muzinich & Co, a corporate credit specialist, has opened a new office in Singapore, its first in Asia. Muzinich & Co (Singapore) Pt. Limited has obtained a Capital Markets Services License for fund management from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Eric Pictet (pictured), who has held various senior positions
Private equity secondary firm NewQuest Capital Partners (NewQuest) has opened a new office in Mumbai, its third in Asia. Darren Massara, Managing Partner of NewQuest says: “We are very pleased to announce the opening of our Mumbai office. India has been a core market for us since inception. Over the
Private equity search specialist Drax has appointed energy industry expert Scott Eversman to head up and develop the firm’s Energy practice. Eversman is joining the firm as a Partner and will be responsible for talent advisory on behalf of private equity clients in the wider energy market. Eversman joins
Rabobank has appointed Donald Meltzer, currently Vice Chairman, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions North America will assume the role of Global Head of M&A. In addition to his global responsibilities, Meltzer will continue to lead the North American M&A business, a critical component of Rabobank’s global M&A strategy. In his new
Perkins Coie has appointedJason M. Quintana has joined the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice as a partner in the Chicago office. He joins from The Boeing Company, where he served as senior counsel for M&A. “We are pleased to have someone with Jason’s experience joining our M&A practice. He
Pension asset manager APG’s Senior Responsible Investment and Governance Specialist, Marta Jankovic, has been confirmed as the new Chair of Invest Europe, the association representing European private equity, venture capital and their global investors. Last year, European private equity fundraising for investment into companies across Europe hit its highest level
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