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The Board of Directors of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) has appointed André Bourbonnais as President and Chief Executive Officer effective 30 March, 2015.
With over 20 years of industry experience, Bourbonnais comes to PSP Investments from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) where he was Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Private Investments. As such, he was responsible for a portfolio of private investments totalling over USD65 billion. Prior to joining CPPIB in 2006, he oversaw the 2005 initial public offering of Addenda Capital Inc, a fixed income manager, and managed private equity portfolios
3Scan has closed a Series A fundraising round of USD6.7 million. The financing, led by Lux Capital will support the continued development and deployment of 3Scan’s KESM technology.
"While medical science has made incredible advances in recent years, anatomic pathology has remained relatively stuck in the 19th century – a manual, analog, and highly qualitative discipline," says 3Scan founder and CEO Todd Huffman. "Our technology transforms anatomic pathology into an automated, digitised, and quantitative medical science. In a sense, we’re helping pathologists better diagnose disease and develop new therapies in much the same way that DNA sequencing has advanced the
Huron Consulting Group is to acquire Studer Group, a professional services firm that assists healthcare providers to achieve cultural transformation.
The acquisition will combine Huron Healthcare’s performance improvement and clinical transformation capabilities with Studer Group’s Evidence-Based LeadershipSM framework to provide unparalleled leadership and cultural transformation expertise for healthcare provider clients.
"The healthcare industry is facing immense pressure to enhance the quality of clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care," says James H Roth, chief executive officer and president, Huron Consulting Group. "Studer Group is the market leader in driving cultural transformation to help hospitals improve performance. The
Large private equity firms are increasingly flexing their scale, balance sheets, restructuring experience and connections with creditors and limited partners to tighten control and enhance return potential on investments, says Fitch Ratings.
Recent examples include Apollo's and TPG's decision on Jan. 15 to voluntarily place the largest operating subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Corp into a Chapter 11 bankruptcy and KKR's follow-on private placement investment in First Data Corporation last June.
While such activities can bring creditors' competing interests to the forefront, they also underscore the fiduciary responsibility of alternative investment managers to maximise returns for their limited partners through all
TI Automotive, a leading provider of fluid storage, carrying and delivery systems to automotive manufacturers, is to be acquired by private investment firm Bain Capital.
The existing management team will continue to lead the company. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan and with facilities in 29 countries in all key markets, TI Automotive is a highly diversified automotive supplier with leading market positions across its product lines. TI Automotive has a broad yet exclusive focus on vehicle fluid management, and major global product areas include Fluid Carrying Systems, Tank Systems,
Abris Capital Partners has selected the iLEVEL Private Capital Data Platform to monitor and analyze portfolio performance.
Abris Capital Partners is a leading independent private equity fund manager focused on mid-market opportunities in the major countries of Central & Eastern Europe, headquartered in Poland.
“At Abris, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the leading companies producing portfolio monitoring products, with a formal RFP process, and determined that iLEVEL met or exceeded our expectations in both technology and client experience,” says Stephen Richmond, CFO of Abris Capital Partners. “iLEVEL will not only make our process more efficient, but it has robust
Point B, a management consulting and venture investment firm, has named Nate Nelson senior director of its Dallas practice.
With a track record of success in helping companies through large business transformations, pre- and post-transaction mergers and acquisitions, product development, project and program leadership, and large-scale application development, Nelson will serve as the top client liaison in Dallas, support local employee development and provide strategic input into the advancement of the Dallas practice.
“Nate is a valued leader for Point B clients and associates,” says Point B Dallas Practice Director Jimmy Cordy. “He instinctively understands our customers and the needs
Scout RFP, a cloud-based sourcing platform, has raised USD2.75 million in seed financing led by venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from Google Ventures and Zapis Capital.
Angel investors Techammer & Tim O'Shaughnessy also participated.
The funding will be used to grow the company's engineering team and scale the product for their enterprise customers. Chetan Puttagunta, Partner at NEA, will join Scout RFP's board of directors.
Scout RFP was built to help enterprises run more efficient sourcing events by taking care of the many manual tasks associated with requests for proposals (RFPs), inviting suppliers to participate in
H&F Luxembourg 1, an affiliate of Hellman & Friedman, has successfully completed the sale of its remaining holding in the share capital of Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) in a private placement to institutional investors.
Hellman & Friedman acquired its stake in GTT in 2008 and became a shareholder alongside Total and GDF Suez. In February 2014, GTT completed its successful initial public offering (IPO), representing a market capitalisation of EUR1.7 billion.
Philippe Berterottière, CEO of GTT, says: “We have been delighted by the participation of Hellman & Friedman in GTT and with their very professional involvement in the
Jean Pierre Mustier has joined Tikehau Capital as a partner. He will be London based and his primary focus will be on Tikehau Capital’s international expansion, whilst also contributing to the various existing businesses.
Before joining Tikehau Capital, Mustier’s career was mainly focused on Corporate & Investment Banking activities at Société Générale, which he joined in 1987. He held numerous senior positions in various markets and financing activities, in Europe, but also in Asia and the US. Member of the bank’s Executive Committee since 2003, he headed Société Générale's Corporate & Investment Banking Division (2002-2008) and he then took over
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