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Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has appointed Robert Burgess to its newly formed executive advisory board.
Burgess was previously chairman and chief executive of Pulte Homes, one of the US’s largest homebuilders.
Other leadership positions Burgess held during his 19-year career at Pulte include senior vice president corporate development and president and chief operating officer.
"The depth of Bob's knowledge in the building products industry will greatly augment our efforts to expand our portfolio in this area," says John Hatherly, founding partner, Wynnchurch.
Burgess serves on the boards of directors of Amerisure Companies, Mattamy Homes
Palamon Capital Partners has appointed of Philippe Arbour as managing director of structured finance and Antony Barker as director of investor relations and marketing.
Arbour joins Palamon having spent ten years with Lloyds Banking Group, where he worked in a variety of roles spanning trade finance, specialist credit and leveraged finance. Most recently, he was a director in the leveraged finance and high yield team. Between 2010 and 2011 he was seconded to 3i as a director in its banking team.
Barker re-joins Palamon from global placement agent Campbell Lutyens and DMC Partners, where he was an investor relations associate
Palatine-backed MoneyPlus Group, one of the largest providers of debt advice in the UK, has appointed Ellie McKinnon as director of insolvency operations.
With over 20 years’ experience, McKinnon joins the company from consumer financial services business Fairpoint and has also worked at Deloitte, with skills in corporate and personal insolvency and risk and compliance.
In her new role, McKinnon will work with individuals and businesses to provide advice and debt solutions to clients.
Manchester-based MoneyPlus Group was backed by Palatine Private Equity following a management buyout in 2011.
Chief executive Chris Davis says: "In light of
Venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners has appointed consumer media and technology expert Walt Doyle as a venture partner in the firm’s Cambridge, Massachusetts office.
A veteran of both the Bay Area and Boston entrepreneurial ecosystems, Doyle has built companies at the epicentre of mobile, location and payments.
Most recently, Doyle was the general manager of PayPal Media where he managed the product, sales, and operations in building its omni-channel commerce strategy. He joined PayPal through its acquisition of WHERE, a local discovery service and mobile advertising network. Doyle served as CEO of WHERE from 2005 through its acquisition, growing
New York private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has named Shawn Abrams as an operating partner in the firm's specialty industrials group.
Abrams brings 30 years of experience in the global chemicals and materials industries, most recently serving as president of Grace Catalysts Technologies.
"We have developed a powerful team of operating partners and a network of executive advisors who represent top talent within their respective fields and they bring immediate value to our investments as we grow those businesses in their targeted industries," says John Televantos, a partner who co-heads Arsenal's specialty industrials group. "Shawn is an extremely
Altius Holdings, the parent company of Altius Associates Ltd, has appointed Joseph Crumbling to the board of directors.
The appointment was confirmed at a meeting of the board on 5 December 2013.
Crumbling is a vice president of T Rowe Price Group and T Rowe Price Associates. His role is that of assistant to the president. Prior to this position, he served as a general manager in both the third party distribution and investment operations divisions of T Rowe Price. Before joining the firm in 1993, he was director of operations for the Baltimore and Harrisburg offices of Coopers
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) has made two senior private equity hires to support the growth of its alternatives business in the Americas and worldwide.
Joshua Glaser has joined as a director and global head of private equity for the global client group. Based in New York, he reports to Pascal Botteron, global head of alternative investments for the global client group.
Brian Chiappinelli has joined as a director and North American product specialist for private equity. Chiappinelli is based in Boston and reports to Glaser.
Carlo Pirzio-Biroli, global head of private equity for Deutsche Asset &
Things are changing in the private equity world, thanks to the overturn of an 80-year ban on marketing to the general public back in July.
Although the industry has traditionally relied on intermediaries like JP Morgan to source top talent, this new ability to reach the public directly means firms need to think differently about their marketing approach.
According to Dan Darchuck of Topturn Capital, taking the lead from retail marketing experts like Proctor and Gamble is key to success in this changing marketplace.
"Retailers don't use sex, celebrities, and style for fun," he says. "They didn't just
Burren Capital Advisors has appointed industry veteran Frank Dejonckheere to its investment team.
Dejonckheere will join the firm as senior research analyst from Hadron Capital where he focussed on long/short relative value with a catalyst and special situation opportunities.
In his new role Dejonckheere, under chief investment officer Andrew McGrath, will be responsible for overseeing the relative value component of the portfolio as well as supporting the investment team in all other event arbitrage situations.
Dejonckheere started his career in private equity M&A at Citigroup and Merrill Lynch in London before joining Cogent Partners in New York.
Private equity-backed Aptuit has appointed Jonathan Goldman as chief executive officer, completing the company's senior management leadership team.
Goldman will focus his efforts on the growth of Aptuit as a provider of outsourced services in the early development space by establishing new partnerships with clients and pursuing strategic acquisitions.
He joins the company after achieving success at ICON Clinical Research, a contract research organisation that specialises in the provision of clinical and other solutions that support Phase I-IV clinical studies.
Goldman says: "I'm delighted to join Aptuit, and look forward to working closely with the entire team to
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