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Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) has promoted Charles Birnbaum to vice president (VP) with respsonsibility for helping lead the firm’s New York office.
Birnbaum joined BVP in 2013. He is focused on investments in the financial services, education, Internet of things and consumer Internet sectors, and has helped lead Bessemer's investments in August Home, Quantopian, OMsignal, Abacus, BrightBytes and Main Street Hub. Currently, he represents BVP as a director at United Capital and is actively involved at August Home, Betterment, BrightBytes, Main Street Hub, OMsignal, Quantopian and Yodle.
“Charles has been a valuable member of the BVP team,
European growth private equity firm Keensight Capital has appointed Guillaume Lefebvre as Associate and Alexandre Carrot (Pictured) as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Before joining Keensight Capital, Lefebvre worked as an Associate at Argos Soditic in Paris, where he was involved in investments in medium-sized companies across various sectors including Healthcare and Energy.
Prior to this, he started his career within the Merchant Banking division of the Rothschild group.
Guillaume, 30 years old, is a graduate from ESCP Europe Business School and holds Master degrees in Finance and Economics from the Sorbonne University.
Carrot started his career as an auditor in
Private equity firm Trilantic North America has added to its senior leadership team with the appointment of Charles Fleischmann as a Partner in teh fiem’s New York office.
With 11 years of private equity experience, Fleischmann will primarily focus on investments in the services and light industrials sectors.
“We are excited to welcome Charles and to integrate him into our existing senior management team,” says Charlie Ayres, Chairman and Managing Partner of Trilantic North America. “Charles brings with him a wealth of knowledge across of variety of industry sectors, including business services, consumer, distribution and light industrials, which align with
Binswanger Enterprises, a Grey Mountain Partners portfolio company, has appointed Tim Curran as chief Executive Officer (CEO). Curran replaces Norm Plotkin, who is transitioning to a role supporting other Grey Mountain Partners portfolio companies.
Curran brings with him a 30-year track record of successfully managing and growing companies in a number of different industries.
Curran was most recently the Senior Vice President of US Operations at G&K Services (NASDAQ: GK), a publicly traded industry leader in the uniform and facility services business, operating through 39 production groups across the US. During Curran’s 11-year tenure with G&K, he successfully grew revenue
Independent communications, media and Technology-focused M&A advisory firm Arma Partners has appointed four new Partners including one new hire and three internal promotions.
David Creamer (Palo Alto) will join Arma as Partner in July, following 25 years of banking experience with RBC Capital Markets and Jefferies. Most recently, Creamer was Global Head of Electronics and Semiconductor Banking at RBC Capital Markets; at Arma, he will lead this practice globally, while working to expand further the firm’s US footprint.
Jan Helle and David Smith (London) have both been promoted to Partner and will co-head the M&A execution function globally. With more
GMT Communications Partners, a European independent private equity group focused exclusively on the content, communications infrastructure and tech‐enabled Services markets, has promoted Jean-Sébastien Talbot to Principal.
Talbot (pictured) joined GMT in July 2008 and we are delighted to announce his promotion to Principal with immediate effect. He previously worked with XAnge, a Paris‐based venture capital fund, and with the advertising agency TBWA\Paris. He recently played integral roles in the refinancing of DOCUgroup, a construction industry business information group based in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; and the sale of DOCUgroup’s Nordic business. His current portfolio responsibilities also include Primesight and Redext,
ZIMT Partners portfolio company BFP Wholesale Limited [BFP], a UK national wholesaler of bakery ingredients, has appointed Bill Thurston as Chief Executive.
Thurston has over three decades of experience in the manufacturing and distribution sectors with a strong track record in achieving strategic business growth, margin and customer service improvement in mature and developing markets.
He joins BFP from the Alshaya Group, where he was Vice President of the Food Division. Previously he was Chief Executive of Langmead Farms, a salad and vegetable producing company, and Managing Director of Vion Food Group’s International Division for Fresh Meat with responsibility
Law firm Sidley Austin has appointed Dan Clivner as co-managing partner of the Los Angeles office and a key member of the firm’s M&A and Private Equity practices.
Clivner regularly leads high-profile transactions in private equity, telecom, media and entertainment and retailing, including more than $18 billion of such transactions since 2012. He joins Sidley from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he served as the Los Angeles office managing partner since 1998. His arrival expands Sidley’s long-standing presence in the Los Angeles market and the continued growth of its M&A and Private Equity practices.
“Dan is a tremendously
Dynasty Financial Partners has appointed Scott D Welch as Chief Investment Officer.
Welch will join Dynasty's Investment Committee and will report to Todd Thomson, Chairman of Dynasty and Head of the firm's Investment Committee. He will work in partnership with Michael Moriarty, Director of Investment Platforms, and Tom Petrone, Director of Capital Markets.
"We are excited to have one of the leading investment professionals in the independent advisory industry join Dynasty," says Thomson. "As Chief Investment Officer, Scott's expertise and track record in research and investments will add significant leadership and capability to our investment team. Scott has a deep
Marc Gordon, a 25 year real estate industry veteran, has joined StarPoint Properties, a specialist in the acquisition, redevelopment and repositioning of real estate properties, as vice president.
Based in the firm’s Beverly Hills office, he is responsible for overseeing the debt and new equity practice group.
“Marc’s extensive experience in the acquisition, financing and management of commercial real estate will allow us to continue expanding our portfolio and keep our fingers on the pulse of the various markets that we’re active in,” says Paul Daneshrad, CEO of StarPoint. “There is no question that this type of experience is
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