Private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners has appointed Theodore Laufik as chief financial officer and chief compliance officer and Robert Northrop as senior vice president – operations group.
It has also promoted Michael Cavanaugh to partner and Megan McPherson to vice president.
Laufik (pictured) joins Resilience with more than 25 years of private equity experience with Morgenthaler and Foundation Medical Partners. He began his career with Deloitte and is a Certified Public Accountant.
"Ted’s tremendous background and depth of experience will be an invaluable asset to our firm. His experience in both private equity administration and investor relations positions us very well as we continue to focus on our long term growth plans," says Bassem Mansour, co-chief executive, Resilience.
Northrop joins Resilience’s operations team as senior vice president focused on supporting the implementation of value creation plans and operational support across Resilience’s portfolio companies. Prior to joining Resilience, Northrop was an associate partner with McKinsey & Company in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to McKinsey, he served as the director of client services for Tallan, an information technology consulting firm that specialises in developing custom software solutions for businesses.
Cavanaugh first joined Resilience in 2006 and is responsible for deal origination, investment due diligence and portfolio company oversight. Prior to joining Resilience, Cavanaugh was a turnaround consultant at Conway MacKenzie, an M&A attorney at Kaye Scholer and a distressed securities trader and investment banker at Merrill Lynch.
McPherson joined Resilience in 2007. Her responsibilities include investment due diligence, transaction execution, and monitoring of portfolio companies. Prior to Resilience, McPherson worked in corporate and investment banking at KeyBanc Capital Markets.