First Republic Bank, a private bank and wealth management company, has hired Samir Kaji in its Sand Hill Road office in Menlo Park and John Cummings in the downtown Los Angeles office. Kaji, who has 13 years of banking experience, works with venture capital and private equity clients in Silicon
Fund administrator HedgeServ has appointed Bill Kelly as global head of sales, responsible for building relationships with hedge fund managers, funds of hedge funds, private equity funds and institutional investment managers. He will be based in HedgeServ’s New York office and will report to Jim Kelly, HedgeServ chairman and co-founder.
Paulson Investment Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Paulson Capital, has hired Chris Clark as senior managing director and Bryan Hagen as chief compliance officer. Clark has over 23 years of industry background in investment banking, private placements, and as co-owner of several broker-dealers and asset management firms. “He joins
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
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