Private Equity
Investment Management Corp of Ontario (IMCO) has appointed Nicole Musicco as senior managing director, private markets. Based in Toronto, Musicco will be responsible for advancing IMCO's private markets' strategy, establishing partnerships, and sourcing investment opportunities. She joins IMCO from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), where she most recently served as a senior managing director and head of public equities. Before then, Musicco was a managing director in OTPP's private equity group, a role that included her heading Asia-Pacific operations. Launched in 2017, IMCO oversees $61.6 billion in assets on behalf of Ontario public-sector institutional investors.
2 min read · 19 November 2018
This week’s jobs include a private equity AVP at GIC and associates at Goldman Sachs and Ares Management.
2 min read · 19 November 2018
H.C. Wainwright & Co LLC has named Richard E. Gormley as vice chairman and president of capital markets. Previously, Gormley worked at Guggenheim Securities where he was a senior managing director and head of equity capital markets.
2 min read · 19 November 2018
Accordion, a private equity-focused financial consulting and technology firm, has named Ofri Porat as managing director and Zach Mainzer as vice president. Previously, Porat worked at FTI Consulting while Mainzer was at Berkeley Research. Accordion is backed by FFL Partners.
3 min read · 15 November 2018
Paya, a portfolio company of GTCR, has named Jeffrey Hack as CEO and member of its board of directors. Previously, Hack worked at First Data where he was an executive vice president and management committee member. Reston, Virginia-based Paya is a provider of integrated payment processing and business solutions.
3 min read · 15 November 2018
Liberty Hall Capital Partners has appointed General John W. Handy and J. Rick Creed as operating advisers. General Handy is a four-star general who served in the United States Air Force from 1966 to 2005. Creed recently served as president and CEO of Weber Metals Inc.
3 min read · 15 November 2018
Wing Venture Capital, an early-stage venture firm focused on technology for business, has named Jake Flomenberg as a partner. Previously, he worked at Accel Partners where he was an investor and partner.
2 min read · 14 November 2018
Chicago-based private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners has made a number of appointments and promotions. Mike Dolce, who joined the firm earlier this year as a managing director and head of capital markets, will lead MDP's new capital markets group. Josh Damon will join MDP as a managing director and head of the firm’s newly created portfolio resources function. Jason Shideler, a leading member of the firm's healthcare team, has been promoted to managing director; Annie Terry is now managing director, general counsel and chief compliance officer; Dave Pequet, has become a managing director; Karla Bullard has been promoted to managing director and CFO; and Erin Arnold is now a director. Also, Terry is succeeding Mark Tresnowski who is retiring from his current role but will remain as a senior adviser.
4 min read · 14 November 2018
Victory Park Capital has launched an insurance services division and named Connell Hasten and Joshua Platek to lead the new platform. Hasten, a partner at the firm and Platek, a vice president, will be responsible for sourcing, underwriting, executing and managing investment opportunities for insurers. Prior to joining VPC, both Hasten and Platek worked at EquiTrust Life Insurance Company.
3 min read · 14 November 2018
FocusPoint Private Capital Group has named Russell Boggess as a managing director in its New York office. Previously, Boggess worked at R6 Capital where he was a managing director.
3 min read · 14 November 2018
