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Z Capital recruits Hirschbein as MD

Z Capital has named Erik Hirschbein as managing director, finance. Previously, he worked at BlackRock.

Grain promotes four and hires one

Grain Management, a private equity firm focused on the global communications sectors, has made a number of promotions and a hire. Raghav Nayar and Nikola Trkulja, who have been promoted to principal; Paul Licursi is now a chief operating officer; and Jeannie Jones has been upped to chief financial officer. Also, the firm has hired Jenny Zhang as vice president.

PE-backed Think Project! recruits Burton as CEO

Munich-based Think Project! a cloud-based common data environment provider for construction and engineering, has named Gareth Burton as CEO. Burton is the former CIO of Laing O'Rourke. Think Project! is a portfolio company of TA Associates.

Carlyle promotes Ruulke Bagijn to lead its Solutions platform

Carlyle Group promoted Ruulke Bagijn, co-head of AlpInvest Partners’s primary funds investment team, to lead the firm’s investment solutions platform. Bagijn formerly managed a 40 billion euros portfolio of alternative investments at Dutch pension manger PGGM. Carlyle’s solutions group includes AlpInvest and Metropolitan, which focuses on real estate investments. Bagijn succeeds Lauren Dillard, who will move to another organization. Erica Herberg, chief financial officer at Carlyle’s global credit segment, will become CFO for the solutions group. Herberg will take over for Paul de Klerk, CFO and COO of AlpInvest, who will move to a senior adviser role and remain on the AlpInvest board as a non-executive member.

Blackstone launches impact investing platform to be led by ex-Goldman Sachs executive

Blackstone launched an impact investing platform that will target health and wellbeing, financial access, sustainable communities and green technology. The platform will be led by Tanya Barnes, former managing director in Goldman Sachs' merchant banking division. The impact platform will sit within Blackstone's secondaries group, Strategic Partners.

Meketa expands employee ownership team

Meketa, an investment consulting and advisory firm, has expanded its employee ownership team to 13 new shareholders. Among them are Lisa Bacon, Sarah Bernstein, Colin Bebee, Gustavo Bikkesbakker, Brandon Colón, Aaron Lally and Ryan Lobdell.

PE-backed Genesys names Bates as CEO

Genesys, a provider of omnichannel customer experience and contact center solutions, has appointed Tony Bates as CEO. His appointment becomes effective immediately. Bates is the former CEO of Skype. Genesys is backed by Hellman & Friedman and Permira Funds.

Thoma Bravo-backed ABC Financial recruits Jain as chief people officer

ABC Financial, a software and payment processing provider for health and fitness clubs, has named Rachana Jain as chief people officer. Jain's work background includes roles at Accenture and Emtec. ABC Financial is a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo LLC.

Welltower appoints two investments SVPs

Toledo, Ohio-based Welltower, which invests in seniors housing operators, post-acute providers and health systems, has hired Ayesha Menon and Edward Cheung as senior vice presidents of investments. Previously, Menon was director of real estate investments at Sidewalk Labs while Cheung was a managing partner at BFIN.

Eggemeier joins Permira as a partner

Permira has hired Tom Eggemeier as a partner. His appointment becomes effective May 20, 2019. Recently, he was the president of Genesys.