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Private Equity Jobs of the Week: Blackstone, Fifth Wall, Concord Health and Webster are hiring

This week’s jobs include vice presidents at Blackstone and Fifth Wall and associates at Webster and Concord Health.

PE-backed Sciens buys SmartWatch

Sciens Building Solutions, which is backed by Huron Capital, has acquired Mount Dora, Florida-based SmartWatch, a security, fire alarm and sound integrator serving Orlando and the Central Florida area. No financial terms were disclosed.

Ovation Fertility hires new VP

Ovation Fertility, a provider of fertility lab services, has named Ian Koons as vice president of physician partnerships. Previously, Koons worked at Advantia Health. Ovation Fertility is backed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners.

Spindletop adds to advisory board

Spindletop Capital Management added James H. Henry to its advisory board. Recently, Henry was managing partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the San Francisco area.

Macquarie beefs up team with new appointments

Macquarie Capital has named Vincent Repaci as managing director and head of a new asset-based finance group. Previously, he worked at UBS. Also, the firm has appointed Matthew Magnuson as a managing director and head of credit analytics. And, Chad Hersch has been named a credit trader and senior vice president and Jodi Joskowitz as a senior vice president and credit salesperson.

PE-backed Biocare taps Barthelemy as exec chair

Biocare Medical, a developer of immunohistochemistry and molecular reagents and instrumentation, has appointed Nicolas Barthelemy as executive chairman. He's a former CEO and president of Biotheranostics. Biocare is a portfolio company of Excellere Partners.

Belingard named CD&R operating adviser

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice said Oct. 14 that Jean-Luc Belingard was named an operating adviser to CD&R funds. Belingard was previously chairman and CEO of bioMérieux and Ipsen Group, and CEO of Roche Diagnostics.

Invest Europe taps de Montgolfier as CEO

Eric de Montgolfier was named CEO of Invest Europe. Most recently, de Montgolfier worked at Brussels-listed investment manager Gimv.

Advent appoints McNeill as advisory partner

Advent International has named Jon McNeill as an advisory partner. McNeill is the former chief operating officer of Lyft Inc and ex-president of global sales, marketing, delivery and service at Tesla Motors Inc.

CD&R recruits Killmer as partner

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has named Björn Killmer as a partner. Previously, he was co-head of Triton Partners' energy and resources team. No financial terms were disclosed.