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First Republic Bank, a private bank and wealth management company, has hired Samir Kaji in its Sand Hill Road office in Menlo Park and John Cummings in the downtown Los Angeles office.
Kaji, who has 13 years of banking experience, works with venture capital and private equity clients in Silicon Valley. Prior to joining First Republic, Kaji worked for Silicon Valley Bank.
Cummings, who has more than 25 years of financial services experience, has extensive expertise in commercial lending. Prior to joining First Republic, Cummings worked for California Bank & Trust as senior vice president and commercial banking officer.
Fund administrator HedgeServ has appointed Bill Kelly as global head of sales, responsible for building relationships with hedge fund managers, funds of hedge funds, private equity funds and institutional investment managers.
He will be based in HedgeServ’s New York office and will report to Jim Kelly, HedgeServ chairman and co-founder.
"Bill is a dynamic addition to the HedgeServ team and a knowledgeable industry veteran recognised for his expertise in helping asset managers build institutional infrastructure," says Justin Nadler, HedgeServ president and co-founder. "We are glad to welcome Bill to HedgeServ and feel his deep industry insight and reputation as a
Paulson Investment Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Paulson Capital, has hired Chris Clark as senior managing director and Bryan Hagen as chief compliance officer.
Clark has over 23 years of industry background in investment banking, private placements, and as co-owner of several broker-dealers and asset management firms.
“He joins us from a San Francisco venture capital investment bank to help us expand our role in the venture capital and private placement markets," says Chet Paulson (pictured), chairman of Paulson Capital. "We look forward to leveraging Chris’s institutional expertise to expand our funding options for our client companies."
"We are
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed Colin Buckley as chief operating officer.
Buckley (pictured) joins CDC after a career combining international development and corporate finance.
His development experience includes working for governments, multilateral donors and private philanthropy organisations.
Buckley will be responsible for improving the effectiveness of the organisation to deliver CDC’s new strategy.
Before joining CDC, he was the executive director, investments at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, where he headed the foundation’s expansion of health, education and nutrition programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Between 2005 and 2009, he managed around USD400m in US
Alexandre Masson has joined Activa Capital as an operating director.
Masson previously worked for six years as a director at Alvarez & Marsal where he conducted operational and financial improvement assignments on behalf of private equity firms or family-owned companies.
He specialised in the retail, manufacturing industry and healthcare sectors.
Prior to Alvarez & Marsal, Masson worked for four years as a director at KPMG (audit).
Charles Diehl, partner of Activa Capital, says: "Alexandre will actively contribute to the strategic and operational development of our portfolio companies while accelerating their financial performance. He will work hand in hand
Law firm Baker & McKenzie has hired three private equity lawyers in Chicago: William S. Kirsch, Stacey T. Kern and Garry W. Jaunal.
Kirsch (pictured) will chair the private equity practice in North America and will serve as a member of the firm’s Global Private Equity Steering Committee.
“The combination of our global platform and capabilities built over the past 60 years and Bill Kirsch, one of the most talented, prominent and uniquely experienced corporate lawyers in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations and boardroom representation, will enable Baker & McKenzie to move to the forefront in this
Alternative asset management firm Black Diamond Capital Management has appointed Jean Fleischhacker as Senior Managing Director, Business Development.
Fleischhacker will lead the structuring and marketing for CLOs, other structured products, and mezzanine debt. Fleischhacker will also head new product development and play an instrumental role in strategic development and growth initiatives. She will be based in Black Diamond’s Greenwich, Connecticut office, working alongside Michael Moreno, Head of Marketing and Investor Relations and a Principal of Black Diamond.
"Jean is a seasoned and well respected industry veteran with extensive investment, product management and business development experience and we are very enthusiastic about bringing
Chicago Equity Partners has hired Brian Portnoy as Managing Director and Head of Alternatives and Strategic Initiatives.
In this newly formed role, Portnoy will report to the firm’s President, Patrick Lynch, and will help to lead the firm’s ongoing efforts in creating innovative solutions for the firm’s institutional clientele. The role will involve leveraging the firm’s internal equity and fixed income capabilities, as well as externally pursuing select partnerships. Previously, Portnoy served as Portfolio Manager and Director of Research at the Vestian Group, Associate Head of Hedge Fund Research at Mesirow Advanced Strategies, and Senior Analyst at Morningstar. He received
Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) has promoted Ambar Bhattacharyya to vice president.
"Ambar has been a valuable asset to our healthcare team, and I am pleased to announce his well-deserved promotion," says BVP partner Ed Colloton. "We look forward to continuing to work with Ambar as we build upon the success of the group and support entrepreneurs who will create companies that will drive progress in this important sector."
Bhattacharyya is based out of Bessemer’s Cambridge, MA office. He focuses on investments in early- and growth-stage healthcare companies and has been closely involved in Bessemer’s investments in Verastem
glendonTodd Capital (glendonTodd), a Dallas-based private equity firm, has appointed Mary Hatcher to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer.
Todd Furniss, CEO and Managing Partner of glendonTodd, says: “Mary’s extensive experience substantively expands our firm’s leadership and functional competence. Mary has already completed the implementation of a world-class compliance program and is rapidly extending our reach to investors in money centers around the world.”
Hatcher served as a Mergers and Acquisitions Consultant for Blockbuster Inc. from January 2010 through April 2010, where she was responsible for the divestiture process for certain international markets. Previously, Ms. Hatcher
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