Private Equity
Cambridge Associates has hired Jasmine Richards as senior investment director, manager diversity. Previously, Richards worked at FIS Group, where she was international equity manager and research analyst.
3 min read · 19 July 2018
Frazier Healthcare Partners has named Barbara Wachsman as senior adviser to its growth buyout team. Wachsman retired from The Walt Disney Company in early 2018 where she was the director of strategy and engagement for enterprise benefits.
3 min read · 19 July 2018
Littlejohn & Co LLC has appointed Courtney Hagen as chief talent officer. Previously, she was senior vice president of human resources for LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton North America.
2 min read · 19 July 2018
Stonepeak Partners has named DJ Gribbin as a senior operating partner. Previously, Gribbin served in the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Infrastructure Policy.
2 min read · 19 July 2018
Nashville-based burger franchise Back Yard Burgers, which is backed by Axum Capital Partners, has named Scott Shotter as CEO. Previously, he worked at Moe's Southwest Grill where he was vice president of operations.
2 min read · 18 July 2018
Trinity Hunt Partners has promoted Mike Steindorf and Blake Apel to partner. Steindorf joined the Dallas-based private equity firm in 2005 while Apel came on board in 2007.
2 min read · 17 July 2018
4 min read · 17 July 2018
Michael Fabiano is joining Platinum Equity in January 2019 where he will lead the formation of a credit investing division. He will be based in New York and will be head of credit. Fabiano was most recently a managing director at GSO Capital Partners LP.
3 min read · 17 July 2018
Canadian private-markets investor Northleaf Capital Partners has promoted three professionals in its private equity and private credit teams. Brad Blowes was promoted to vice president, private equity. Blowes, who joined Northleaf in 2014 from CommonWealth Fund Services, will help launch the firm's New York office. Serge Koniski was also promoted to director, private equity, operating from the London office. Koniski joined Northleaf in 2012 from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Additionally, Spencer Ross, who joined Northleaf two years ago from Catalyst Capital Group, was promoted to vice president, private credit. He will be based in the firm's Toronto headquarters.
2 min read · 16 July 2018
Fengate Real Asset Investments has appointed Omar Khalifa as a director, serving with the firm's private equity team. He will be responsible for originating, evaluating and executing private equity deal opportunities in Canada and internationally. Khalifa joins Fengate from the private markets group of OPTrust, where he worked for 10 years, most recently as a director. He served in the Canadian pension fund manager's London and Toronto offices. Toronto-based Fengate launched its private equity business in 2017.
1 min read · 16 July 2018
