Mountaingate Capital (Mountaingate), a Denver-based private equity firm investing behind founder, owner-entrepreneurs to rapidly scale companies in the marketing services, business services, specialty distribution and specialty manufacturing sectors, has appointed Brandon Hall as Vice President and promoted Corbin Barnds to Senior Associate.  In addition, the firm has added two new high-performing Associates to the team, Trip Renard and Bryce Dietz. “After a highly successful fundraise earlier this year, we continue to focus on adding, as well as developing, top talent to support our portfolio company management teams in scaling their businesses,” says Bennett Thompson, Co-Founder and Managing Director. “We are

MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has appointed Steve Spinner as Operating Partner.  The former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Natural Foods (UNFI), Spinner has over 20 years of experience across multiple industries, bringing deep business expertise to MidOcean’s private equity portfolio. In his role as Operating Partner, Steve will work across the MidOcean platform to bring a wide range of insights and resources to the firm’s Consumer and Business Services verticals. Spinner’s background brings a broad range of capabilities to the firm including food distribution,

Crestbridge has appointed Mike Edward as Chief People Officer. In his role, Edward will be responsible for the implementation of strategic and practical plans to support Crestbridge’s international growth objectives in order to meet evolving compliance, regulatory and legislative obligations across each of Crestbridge’s eight jurisdictions. With a career in human resources spanning more than two decades, Edward has particular expertise in devising strategies and techniques to support change and culture management and he originally joined Crestbridge on a consultancy basis, with a remit to manage a series of major HR projects. Prior to joining Crestbridge Mike worked in a

Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ) has appointed Michael R Flynn, a seasoned lawyer within the private capital industry, has joined the firm as a partner in the M&A and Securities Group, based in the firm’s New York office. Flynn brings to SRZ more than 27 years of experience serving venture and growth equity investors across the fintech, energy tech, life sciences, telecommunications, software, consumer and general IT sectors. At SRZ, Flynn will serve investment funds, strategic investors and other investor-side clients, both in the US and globally, on their portfolio investments, exit transactions and restructurings. In particular, he will focus

GTCR LLC and Reverence Capital Partners, which agreed to acquire Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) earlier this year,  have appointed Chris Baker as Chief Compliance Officer of the newly independent company, which is now known as Allspring Global Investments.  Baker will join Allspring in January 2022 from State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) where he serves as Chief Compliance Officer. Baker will report to Kate McKinley, Allspring’s incoming Chief Legal Officer, as well as to the Allspring Funds Board of Trustees.    Joseph A Sullivan, the incoming Chairman and CEO of Allspring, says: “Chris brings a wealth of compliance experience to

Piper Sandler Companies has appointed Matthew Ochsner as a managing director in the firm’s technology investment banking group.  He will be focused on internet technology and will be based in the firm’s newly opened Austin office. Ochsner brings over 18 years of operational and investment banking experience within the internet technology sector. Prior to joining Piper Sandler, Ochsner led the Amazon Web Services M&A Advise program within the private equity team at Amazon. Prior to that, he worked at Needham & Company, LLC as the sole West Coast internet banker and subsequently Yahoo! and Google. Ochsner earned a bachelor’s degree

Rashmi Rao has been appointed as Group CIO at IQ-EQ. Rao brings 20-plus years of experience to her new role and has a proven track record in leading successful technology transformations in regulated industries. She has previously held a number of senior technology leadership roles with insurance firms including Bupa, management consulting firms including McKinsey and Andersen and Fortune 100 banks.  Rao has advised multiple private equity portfolio companies and brings a global mindset to the role, having worked across the UK, the US, Europe, India and Africa. Rao says: “I am delighted to join the team at IQ-EQ and

InTandem Capital Partners, a healthcare services focused private equity firm, has appointed Chris Reef as an Operating Partner. As a previous business founder and CEO, Reef is perfectly positioned to leverage his leadership experience to help accelerate growth for InTandem’s portfolio companies. Prior to joining InTandem, he worked for Grey Mountain Partners and served as Executive Chairman of Sunbelt Transformer and Dimex Corporation. Throughout his career, Reef has leveraged his vast operating experience and exceptional knowledge of building high-performing organisations to help healthcare companies achieve aggressive growth objectives. Prior to Grey Mountain Partners, Reef served as an investor, Board member

Grant Thornton, aa audit, tax and advisory firm, has named Melanie Krygier as Growth leader of the firm’s Private Equity Tax practice.  Krygier, a San Francisco-based partner and leader of Grant Thornton’s M&A Tax Services West Coast practice, will join the Private Equity leadership team and focus on supporting private equity clients engaged in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). “Melanie’s extraordinary tax knowledge and years of experience helping private equity investors and their portfolio companies through M&A will be incredibly valuable for every client she works with,” says Carlos Ferreira, Grant Thornton’s national managing partner of Private Equity. “The private equity

Circumference Group, an operationally-focused investment firm led by former Endurance International CEO, Jeff Fox, has appointed Kurt Silverman, Luca Sechi and Virgil Prewitt to newly created leadership positions focused on growing the firm’s private investing strategy.  In their roles, Silverman, Sechi and Prewitt will leverage their significant operational and strategic experience to further strengthen Circumference Group’s ability to provide support to its partner companies. Circumference Group invests in both public and private companies, providing committed long-term capital and ongoing support to help its partners build sustainable and successful businesses. The firm uses its collective operational and investment experience to ensure