Private equity and investment advisory firm CVC Capital Partners (CVC) has hired Thomas J Kichler as a Partner and Head of Industrials and Energy in the United States. Kichler joins CVC from One Equity Partners (OEP), where he was a Partner and Managing Director. He has over 13 years of experience in the private equity industry, and a proven track record in numerous transactions across the industrials and energy sector. In his previous role, Tom was the lead partner of many deals including LBC Tank Terminals, Progress Rail, OCI, Columbian Chemicals, Sonneborn Refined Products, Polarcus, PeroxyChem and East Balt. Prior

Baird has named Steve Booth as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective 1 January, 2016. Booth adds the CEO title to his existing role as President. Baird succeeds Paul Purcell, who will continue as Chairman of the employee-owned financial services firm.   Purcell and Booth both joined Baird in 1994. Booth previously led Baird’s Investment Banking team and served as co-head of the firm’s Equity Capital Markets business since 2006. Purcell was named President of Baird in 1998, added the title of CEO in 2000 and also became Chairman in 2006. Under Purcell’s leadership, Baird once again became an employee-owned, independent firm following

Alternative Investment Management, (AIM), a privately-owned investment management firm has appointed Ryan Quinn as managing director, focusing on portfolio management and researching hedge fund and private equity managers and investments. Quinn is also a member of the firm’s Investment Committee.   “We are excited to have a professional of Ryan’s caliber join our growing investment team,” says AIM Partner Jonathan Harris. “Ryan’s experience in various facets of financial services – including portfolio management and investment manager selection – will be beneficial to our investment and due diligence process. I am also confident that Ryan will make immediate and positive contributions

Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has named Kenneth Frank as CEO of the newly combined global commerce solutions company formed by Vista’s November acquisition and merger of retail software leaders MarketLive and Shopatron. Frank most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Vista portfolio company Aptean Software and brings to his new role more than 20 years of global experience in the software industry, with a particular focus on operations, product development, and strategic growth.   “I could not be more excited about the opportunity to lead the innovative commerce platform formed by the merger of MarketLive and Shopatron,” Frank

Leerink Capital Partners, the asset management affiliate of Leerink Partners, has appointed Dr Jared Kesselheim as a Managing Partner.  Based in Boston, Kesselheim is co-managing Leerink Capital Partners’ healthcare technology and services and digital healthcare investment initiative. He joins Todd Cozzens who recently came to Leerink Capital Partners from Sequoia Capital to lead Leerink’s healthcare growth equity effort. Kesselheim has over seven years of investment experience in healthcare information technology, healthcare services and diagnostics. Most recently, Kesselheim was a leader of Bain Capital Venture’s healthcare practice, focusing on investments in healthcare information technology and services. Previously, Kesselheim completed a residency

Harris Williams & Co has hired two senior professionals in its London office. Edward Arkus joins as a managing director and William Bain as a director; both are joining the firm’s Consumer Group.  In addition to hiring Arkus and Bain, Harris Williams & Co has engaged Christopher Darlington as a senior advisor to support and augment the firm’s consumer industry insight and expertise. The firm’s Consumer Group completed more than 20 transactions in 2015 and enters 2016 with a strong pipeline.   Arkus and Bain both have strong advisory backgrounds in the consumer, retail and leisure sectors with more than

Berkshire Partners has appointed Samantha Adams and Thomas Kuo as Managing Directors effective 1 January, 2016.  Adams and Kuo join the 22 existing Managing Directors of Berkshire in managing the firm and its affiliated investment funds. Berkshire’s MDs have an average tenure of 16 years with the firm. Adams joined Berkshire Partners in 2012 as Director of Talent Management. Prior to joining Berkshire, she held various positions at Bank of America, Hill Holiday Advertising, Discovery Health Channel and Bain & Co. She received an AB from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Kuo joined Berkshire Partners in

Todd W Betke has joined K&L Gates from Pepper Hamilton as a partner in the firm’s Washington DC office. Betke focuses his practice on commercial, legal, and regulatory issues surrounding private equity, venture capital, and hedge fund formation, as well as related acquisitions and dispositions of portfolio companies and assets. He has served as outside counsel to dozens of funds over the course of his 20-year career, and has extensive experience with the formation, regulation, and operation of varying types of funds, including Small Business Investment Companies licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Betke represents investment funds with capital