Private Equity
Pinnacle Treatment Centers, a provider of inpatient and outpatient treatment for those suffering from substance use disorders, has named Jeff Nelson to its board of directors. Nelson is the former CEO of Healogics. Pinnacle Treatment Centers is backed by Linden Capital Partners.
2 min read · 14 March 2019
Summit Partners has promoted five of its staffers. Peter Francis is now managing director; Matt Curtis has become a portfolio manager; and Gus Phelps is now a principal. Also, Chris Bon and Jono Pagden were promoted to senior associate.
3 min read · 13 March 2019
Tilray, a Nanaimo, British Columbia-based cannabis researcher, cultivator, producer and distributor, has named Andrew Pucher as chief corporate development officer. Previously, Pucher worked at Goldman Sachs where he was a managing director and most recently served as head of Canadian diversified investment banking. Tilray is a portfolio company of Seattle-based cannabis private equity firm Privateer Holdings.
3 min read · 13 March 2019
Hercules Capital Inc said March 13 that effective immediately Manuel Henriquez has voluntarily stepped aside as its chairman and CEO. Hercules’ board elected Robert P. Badavas, currently an independent director to serve as interim chairman, while it elected Scott Bluestein, its chief investment officer, to be its interim CEO. Henriquez, along with his wife Elizabeth, was one of several executives charged in a nationwide college admissions cheating scandal, according to the New York Times.
4 min read · 13 March 2019
SK Capital Partners said March 13 that it promoted Stephen d’Incelli to managing director and Lee Karras to director.
2 min read · 13 March 2019
EnsembleIQ, a portfolio company of RFE Investment Partners, has promoted Joel Hughes to chief operating officer. His appointment is effective immediately. Prior to working at EnsembleIQ, Hughes was the digital senior vice president at Scranton Gillette Communications. EnsembleIQ is a business intelligence resource.
2 min read · 12 March 2019
Opus Agency, a marketing adviser to brands, has named Jeff Stelmach as its new president. Stelmach's previous roles include serving as president of experiential marketing at Mosaic. Opus Agency is a portfolio company of Growth Catalyst Partners.
2 min read · 12 March 2019
Law firm Sidley Austin LLP has named Joshua S. Cohen as a partner in its investment practice in Chicago. Previously, he was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
2 min read · 12 March 2019
PEF Services, a fund administrator for alternative investment managers, has promoted Emily Chen and Delphine Jones to managing directors within the firm's client services group. Prior to joining PEF, Chen worked as a vice president at Citi Hedge Fund Service while Jones was chief financial officer at Prudential Capital Group.
3 min read · 12 March 2019
Carrick Capital Partners has promoted Rob Delaney to vice president. Delaney's background includes working at Accenture as a consultant for venture capital clients.
2 min read · 12 March 2019
