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Matthew McAskin joins Evercore as senior managing director in healthcare group

Matthew McAskin has joined the Evercore’s investment banking business as a senior managing director in its healthcare group.   He will be based in New York and will focus on advising clients in the healthcare services sector.   McAskin was most recently a managing director and co-head of healthcare services

Foundation Capital names Jonathan Ehrlich partner

Foundation Capital has named Jonathan Ehrlich as partner at the firm.   Ehrlich (pictured), a former director of marketing at Facebook, will concentrate on identifying and investing in early-stage consumer, mobile, and small business oriented startups and technologies.   “Jonathan is everything Foundation Capital looks for in a partner,” says

AVCAL chief executive resigns

Katherine Woodthorpe is retiring from her role as chief executive of The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL).    Woodthorpe says that after seven years in the role, the time is right for her to pursue fresh challenges.   AVCAL’s chairman John White says: “Shortly after Katherine joined

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Riverside bolsters global team with two new hires

The Riverside Company has added two industry veterans as advisors to its European team to help identify investment opportunities and contribute to existing investments.   They join a growing global team of 10 advisors.   Kai Lucks comes to Riverside after 35 years at Siemens, where he ran businesses in

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Tikehau Group strengthens private debt team

Tikehau Group has strengthened its private debt team with the appointments of Cécile Mayer-Levi in Paris and Patrick Marshall in London.   Mayer-Levi, 48, has over 26 years of experience in financing investment and corporate finance.   A graduate of HEC, she began her career at Merrill Lynch in the

Karl Knapp to join Blackstone Advisory Partners

Blackstone Advisory Partners has appointed Karl Knapp as a senior managing director based in New York to head up the group’s global industrials practice.   Knapp brings over 20 years of dedicated industry experience, most recently as the head of the global industrials group at UBS and a vice chairman

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Business Talent Group appoints Paul Tufaro as director

Business Talent Group, which brings organisations and top-tier independent professionals together to drive change and address business challenges, has added director Paul Tufaro to its client development team.   With more than six years of investment banking and private equity experience, and an MBA from Georgetown University, Tufaro will work

Altius Associates adjusts senior management team

Altius Associates has made adjustments to its executive management team, with John A Hess, the co-founder and chief executive officer since 1998, assuming the full time role of executive chairman.    Assuming the chief executive role with immediate effect will be a triumvirate of three existing executive directors of the

Hanspeter Spek joins Advent International’s operating partner programme

Private equity firm Advent International has appointed Hanspeter Spek to its operating partner programme.   An executive with extensive operational experience in the global pharmaceuticals and healthcare industries, Spek (pictured) will advise and work closely with Advent’s healthcare team to identify attractive investment opportunities and generate post-investment value in the

CDC appoints new chairman

Graham Wrigley has been appointed as the new chairman of the board of CDC, the UK government-owned development finance institution that invests in the developing countries of South Asia and Africa.   Wrigley (pictured) will take up the role in January 2014 and succeeds Richard Gillingwater who has been chairman

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