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Robert Galvin joins Blackstone as chief executive of Equity Healthcare

The Blackstone Group has appointed Dr Robert Galvin as chief executive officer of Equity Healthcare. Equity Healthcare is Blackstone’s health management programme which aims to improve quality and contain costs in providing healthcare to the employees and their families of private equity portfolio companies. Currently Equity Healthcare encompasses 34 companies,

Bruce H. Goldfarb, president and chief executive of Okapi Partners

Former ISS/RiskMetrics executive joins Okapi Partners

Okapi Partners, the proxy solicitation firm, has hired Geoff Sorbello as a managing director. Sorbello joins Okapi Partners from ISS, a division of RiskMetrics Group which is now a subsidiary of MSCI. While at ISS, Sorbello was responsible for providing governance services and advice, including M&A research, to the firm’s

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Black Diamond expands controlled distressed/private equity team

Black Diamond Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm, has appointed Philip Raygorodetsky as managing director. Raygorodetsky is joining the firm immediately and will be based in Black Diamond’s Greenwich, Connecticut office. Raygorodetsky joins Black Diamond’s controlled distressed/private equity team, where he will work alongside the current senior team, including

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Arsenal Capital hires Stephen McLean as partner

Arsenal Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle market industrial, healthcare and financial services companies, has appointed Stephen M. McLean as a partner. McLean will strengthen Arsenal’s seven-member healthcare practice, help shape the sector investment strategy, and lead the sourcing, evaluation and management of investments.

Joseph Fitzpatrick joins Equity Risk Partners as director – executive liability

Equity Risk Partners, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm focused exclusively on the needs of the private equity industry, has appointed Joseph Fitzpatrick as director – executive liability. Fitzpatrick will focus his efforts on the firm’s financial institutions practice group, specifically on the brokering and servicing of hedge funds, mutual

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Dechert boosts private funds and derivatives practice in New York

Law firm Dechert has appointed M. Holland West, a private funds and derivatives lawyer, as a partner in the financial services practice group in New York. West was previously at Shearman & Sterling, where he was the head of its global hedge fund, private equity, derivatives and structured finance practices.

Perella Weinberg names Steven Asciutto as partner

Perella Weinberg Partners has appointed Steven Asciutto as a partner in its corporate advisory group. Based in New York, Asciutto will focus on providing strategic and financial advice to investment managers and alternative asset managers. Asciutto has nearly 15 years of investment banking experience. He was most recently a managing

The Capital Network expands team

The Capital Network, a Boston-based non-profit organisation providing entrepreneurs with education and community on the early-stage funding process, has promoted Michelle Hipwood to executive director and added Yumin Choi to the board of directors. Hipwood joined TCN 18 months ago during a rebuilding and rebranding process that has seen the

James Ferguson appointed chairman of Amati

Amati Global Investors, the newly formed investment manager, has appointed James Ferguson as chairman. Ferguson is currently chairman of Value and Income Trust, Monks Investment Trust, The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust and Northern 3 VCT. He also serves as a director of The Independent Investment Trust and Audax Properties

Declan O’Sullivan, head of Dechert’s Dublin team

Dechert opens Dublin office

Law firm Dechert has opened its Dublin office and is expanding its European funds practice. Declan O’Sullivan, head of Dechert’s Dublin team, advises domestic and international clients on the establishment and authorisation of all types of investment funds, including Ucits, hedge funds, property funds and private equity fund products. He

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