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PE-backed Ideal Option appoints two to clinical advisory council

Ideal Option, which is backed by Varsity Healthcare Partners, has appointed Dr. Andrea Barthwell and Dr. David Mee-Lee to its clinical advisory council. Barthwell is the former president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine while Mee-Lee is an expert in co-occurring substance use and mental disorders with over 40 years of experience in person-centered treatment and program development. Based in Kennewick, Washington, Ideal Option is a provider of medication assisted treatment and behavioral counseling services for individuals suffering from opioid use disorder.

CE Capital adds two exec directors to team

CE Capital, a provider of corporate advisory and M&A services, has named Fergus Herbert and Darren Heathcote as executive directors. Both Herbert and Heathcote have had experience serving as CEO and founders of businesses.

Blackstone sweetens deal with GSO's Goodman: Financial Times

Blackstone has sweetened its deal with Bennett Goodman, co-founder of the investment group’s $130 billion credit business, to prevent him from leaving, the Financial Times said. Goodman’s new deal with BX will provide faster vesting of a $200 million share award dating from 2015, when he joined the firm, as well as include five weeks’ holiday a year and benefits that will match whatever Blackstone offers its other senior managing directors, with the exception of chief executive Stephen Schwarzman, the story said. BX has also promised they will not pay Goodman less than Dwight Scott, who was named president of GSO Capital Partners in June 2017.

Raymond James hires Young as MD

Raymond James has named J.P. Young as a managing director for its specialty finance banking practice. Previously, Young worked at William Blair & Co. where he was a managing director in Chicago.

PE-backed SeniorMetrics adds two to C-suite team

SeniorMetrics, which is backed by Periscope Equity, has appointed Chad Harris as chief digital officer and Dave Keane as chief financial officer. Previously, Harris was president of the North American operations at Atos while Keane was CFO at Healthy Living Network.

Ridgewood Infrastructure taps Stewart as MD

Ridgewood Infrastructure LLC has named Ryan Stewart as a managing director. Previously, Stewart worked at Fortress Investment Group where he was a managing director.

Partners Capital promotes two to MD

Partners Capital has promoted Elizabeth Trotta and Adam Watson to managing director. Both Trotta and Watson joined Partners Capital in 2009.

Reynolds, Davis join Hamilton Lane

Hamilton Lane said March 5 that it hired Jean Reynolds as head of consultant relations and Stephanie Davis as principal of intermediary sales. Reynolds most recently was with Morgan Stanley, where she was an executive director in the alternative investment partners group. Davis joins Hamilton Lane from Ultra Capital LLC, where she was director and CCO within the capital formation team.

Loveland rejoins Siguler Guff

Doug Loveland has rejoined Siguler Guff's marketing team as a managing director. Loveland originally joined the private equity firm in 2011 before leaving for a brief period in late 2017. He will be based in New York.

Private Equity Jobs of the Week: University of California, Goldman Sachs and Lazard are hiring

This week’s jobs include a director of private equity investments at the University of California, a vice president at Goldman Sachs and associates at Lazard and NaviMed.