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BMO Capital Markets names George as MD and financial sponsors group head

BMO Capital Markets has hired Michael George as a managing director and head of the financial sponsors group, according to a source at the firm. George's appointment begins November 5, 2018.

AlixPartners hires MD for PE and investors practice

AlixPartners has named David Podolsky as a managing director in its private equity and investors practice. Previously, he was a partner at Bain & Company. Podolsky will be based in the consulting firm's Dallas office.

Private Equity Jobs of the Week: Goldman Sachs, Cerberus and CPPIB are hiring

This week’s jobs include an associate at Goldman Sachs, analyst at CPPIB and due-diligence specialist at Cerberus.

Paine Schwartz appoints Haft as operating director

Paine Schwartz Partners has named Edward Haft as an operating director. Previously, Haft was president and CEO of Sunrise Growers, a portfolio company of Paine Schwartz.

Houlihan Lokey recruits Bastian as industrials group MD

Houlihan Lokey has named Martin Bastian as a managing director in the industrials group. Previously, he worked at Citigroup where he was a managing director with senior coverage responsibilities in Germany and Switzerland.

VC-backed PlainID adds four to senior management team

Israel and Vero Beach, Florida-based PlainID, a cybersecurity company focused on authorizations management and control, has named Daniel Brudner as vice president of sales engineering, Tal Yaari as vice president of R&D, Sam Adler as vice president of marketing and Tom Doyle as professional services director. PlainID's backers include Viola Ventures.

Pamplona announces appointments and promotions

Pamplona Capital Management has appointed Martin Schwab and William Pruellage as co-managing directors. Alex Knaster will remain as chairman and CEO while John Halsten will continue in his role as president of private equity and chair of the investment committee. Also, Pamplona has promoted Paul MacDuff, Pekka Puustinen and Russell Gehrett to partner.

VC-backed Echodyne taps Farmer as CFO

Bellevue Washington-based Echodyne, a maker of high performance, software-defined radars for government, military, and commercial customers, has named Paul Farmer as chief financial officer. Echodyne's backers include Bill Gates, New Enterprise Associates, Madrona Venture Group, Vulcan Capital and Lux Capital.

Palmer promoted to co-managing partner at KPS Capital

KPS Capital Partners LP said Nov. 5 that that Raquel Palmer was promoted to co-managing partner, while Ryan Baker and Kyle Mumford were named partner.

Maven Capital announces promotions

Maven Capital Partners said Nov. 5 that it promoted five senior staff to partnership positions. They include Colin Anderson, Suzanne Lupton, Ewan McKinnon, David Milroy and Andrew Whiteley.