Private Equity
Culver City, California-based MedMen, a cannabis firm, has named Benjamin Rose as chairman of its board of directors. The appointment is effective immediately. Since 2012, Rose has worked as a chief investment officer at Wicklow Capital Inc.
3 min read · 31 August 2018
Wilshire Phoenix Capital, a specialty finance, asset management and advisory firm, has named Garrette Furo as partner and chief investment officer. Previously, Furo was neuroscience researcher at Columbia University Medical School.
2 min read · 30 August 2018
Seth Waugh was named CEO of the PGA of America. Waugh was a senior adviser and managing director at Silver Lake. He will continue as a senior adviser to the firm, the PGA said. Waugh will officially start at the PGA on Sept. 24.
4 min read · 30 August 2018
Partners Group said Aug. 30 that David Layton will replace Christoph Rubeli as co-CEO beginning Jan. 1. Layton will join André Frei, who has been co-CEO since 2013. Rubeli will also step down from Partners Group's executive committee and global executive board by the end of this year, but he will remain a partner of the firm.
4 min read · 30 August 2018
California Public Employees’ Retirement System has hired Michael Cohen as its new chief financial officer. His appointment begins October 1, 2018. Previously, Cohen was a director at the California Department of Finance.
3 min read · 29 August 2018
Thessalus Capital LLC, a biotech and healthcare investment firm, has appointed Rishi Bagaria as a junior partner. Also, the firm has nominated John Ennis to its advisory board.
2 min read · 29 August 2018
Brynwood Partners has named John LeBoutillier as a managing director. Previously, he was president and CEO of Harvest Hill Beverage Company, a portfolio company of Brynwood. Prior to Harvest Hill, LeBoutillier held senior management roles at Kraft Foods and worked at Unilever where he was president of Unilever Canada.
4 min read · 29 August 2018
Sumeru Equity Partners has beefed up its team with several new additions. Joining the firm are Ben Cox and Faton Gjuka as operating principals, Michelle Ruggeri as controller and Maddison Smith and Nathan Stanley as investment associates.
3 min read · 29 August 2018
Amherst Partners has added Ray Dallavecchia, Jr will join the firm as an operating partner. Currently, he is a partner at Venetian Associates LLC, a Michigan-based family office focused on lower-middle market consumer products companies.
3 min read · 28 August 2018
Canadian private equity firm Altas Partners has appointed Dominic Barton to its advisory board. Barton is a senior partner and global managing partner emeritus at McKinsey & Company.
3 min read · 28 August 2018
