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Sun Life Investment Management hires Murphy as affiliate development and biz strategy head

Sun Life Investment Management has named Tom Murphy as head of affiliate development and business strategy. His appointment begins September 4, 2018. Murphy's work background includes building Mercer's European outsourced chief investment officer business.

YL Ventures adds 24 to its venture advisory board

Silicon Valley-based YL Ventures, a venture firm focused on Israeli cybersecurity, has expanded its venture advisory board. Among the 24 chief information security officers and cybersecurity experts joining the board are Tomasz Chowanski of Wells Fargo, Brooks Evans of Netflix, Dave Hannigan of Spotify, Sherry Ryan of Juniper Networks and John L. Sullivan of Boston Scientific.

Gridiron Capital re-hires Mario Masrieh as a vice president

Gridiron Capital hired Mario Masrieh as a vice president after he earned his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. Masrieh previously worked at Gridiron as an associate from 2014 to 2016 before going back to school. Masrieh began his career at Morgan Stanley in the investment banking division.

Blue Sage Capital adds two associates to investment team

Blue Sage Capital has added David Berry and Blake Jones as associates to its investment team. Prior to joining the Austin-based private investment firm, Berry worked as an investment professional at ITE Management while Jones was an analyst in the leveraged finance investment banking group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Gallant Capital hires ex-OpenGate exec Desmond Nugent as head of operations

Gallant Capital Partners, launched by two former Gores Group executives, hired Desmond Nugent from OpenGate Capital as partner and head of operations. Nugent formerly worked as a managing director at OpenGate, prior to which he worked as a principal at Gores Group. Gallant also hired former EQT executive Chris Suen and Amish Tolia, former head of sales and business development at Peloton Document Solutions, as vice presidents, and Justin Shand and Jonathan Ramirez as associates.

Blue Wolf Capital adds four operating partners to team

Blue Wolf Capital Partners has expanded its team with several new additions. Joining as operating partners are Dr. Alice Mann, Richard Kobor, Don Armstrong and Tom Tomlinson.

Private Equity Jobs of the Week: LACERA, Google, Liberty Mutual and Jefferies are hiring

This week’s jobs include associates at Jefferies and Liberty Mutual and analysts at LACERA, Google and Utah’s Retirement Systems.

Accordion hires Vadan as MD

Accordion, a private equity-focused financial consulting and technology firm, has hired Tiberius Vadan as managing director. Vadan's work background includes serving as a partner at KPMG and a senior director at Alvarez & Marsal. Vadan will be based in New York.

Sure Shot Drilling adds CFO and controller to team

Sure Shot Drilling, which is backed by Diamond State Ventures and Banyan Investment Partners, has named Michael Walker and Debbie Perry as chief financial officer and controller, respectively. Previously, Walker was vice president of finance at Great Western Oil & Gas while Perry worked at Mastertech Services Inc where she was controller. Colorado-based Sure Shot Drilling is a provider of horizontal directional drilling and associated services for the installation of underground utilities.

PE-backed George Industries names Cohen as president

George Industries LLC, a portfolio company of Orangewood Partners, has appointed Jon Cohen as president. Cohen's work background includes senior leadership and operational roles at a number of companies, including Lockheed Martin. Based in Endicott, New York, George is a maker of engineered aerospace, defense and industrial components.