Cleveland-based private equity firm Linsalata Capital Partners (LinCap) has promoted Jeffrey S Wahl to Managing Director and Operating Partner, Murad A Beg to Managing Director and James V Guddy to Principal. Wahl joined Linsalata Capital Partners in 2014 after a 30 year career of progressive operating roles, most recently as President and CEO of EdisonLearning, a private equity-backed international education services provider. Before Edison, Wahl was Executive Vice President and COO at Outsourcing Solutions Inc, a private equity backed global leader of business process outsourcing and revenue cycle management. Prior to that, he rose through senior level positions at GE

Private equity and investment advisory firm CVC Capital Partners (CVC) has hired Chris Colpitts as a Senior Managing Director and Head of Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) in the US. Colpitts will be based in CVC’s San Francisco office. Colpitts joins CVC from Deutsche Bank, where he was Global Co-Head of TMT Investment Banking based in San Francisco. Chris has over 18 years’ experience working in the San Francisco and Bay area with local and global technology companies, including Avago Technologies’ acquisition of Broadcom Corporation which was the largest strategic transaction in the technology sector since 2000. Prior to joining

Zeus has made its first step into the Oil and Gas and Mining sectors with the appointment with immediate effect of Rob Collins as a Corporate Finance Director and Head of Natural Resources. Collins has been Head of Oil and Gas Banking at Evolution Group, and Head of Natural Resources at Canaccord, before joining GMP Europe.   Further appointments for this new sector team will be announced in due course.   Darren Ellis, COO of Zeus, says: “We believe that these sectors fit well into our strategy and that we are building a specialist team at the right point in

HIG Middle Market, the dedicated middle market investment affiliate of HIG Capital, has promoted Matt Lozow to Managing Director and hired Alok Sanghvi as a Managing Director. Matt and Alok will be leading HIG’s Business Services investment efforts. Matt has been a member of HIG’s New York Middle Market team since joining the firm in 2009. He has been a key player in several successful HIG investments including Surgery Partners, MagnaCare, SeaStar Marine and A10. Prior to joining HIG in 2009, Matt worked with private equity firms including Behrman Capital and Audax Private Equity focusing on late stage buyouts and

Navigant has appointed Dr Scott Ransom to lead its Strategic Solutions team as Managing Director. Ransom will also lead the Navigant Physician Leadership Group, focused on physician executive integration and alignment. With more than 25 years of strategy, operations, and physician leadership experience, Ransom will assist Navigant clients to meet the challenge of shifting strategic focus in the changing healthcare environment.   Ransom has consulted with hospitals, health systems, academic medical centres, physician groups, private equity firms, and universities on issues related to strategy development, organisational transformation, restructuring, medical education, clinical and research operations, mergers and acquisitions, academic affiliations, and

Lumira Capital, a North American health care venture capital firm, has appointed Richard Glickman, Frank Stonebanks and Brian Underdown as Venture Partners at the firm. These industry veterans will support Lumira Capital's investment and corporate partnering initiatives and expand the firm's presence in leading centers for life sciences innovation in Canada and the US from offices in Vancouver and San Diego.   Peter van der Velden, Managing General Partner of Lumira Capital, says: "We are excited to deepen our decades-long relationships with Richard and Frank while continuing our relationship with Brian. Our team and our portfolio companies look forward to