Private Equity
Frazier Healthcare Partners has named Andy Caine as an executive partner on the growth buyout team. Previously, he was a partner at Green Peak.
2 min read · 28 June 2018
Sean Cleary, Chairman of Abraaj Holdings, has resigned as the PE group is undergoing a court-supervised restructuring after claims of misused funds, Bloomberg is reporting.
1 min read · 28 June 2018
Darin Brock has been named board chair of the Association for Corporate Growth Toronto (ACG), a Canadian private equity and M&A industry association. Brock, who has been an ACG board member for nine years, leads business development at Canadian private equity firm TorQuest Partners. Before joining TorQuest in 2006, he was the manager of business development at U.S. private equity firm Platinum Equity. Founded in 1971, ACG Toronto is the 3rd longest operating chapter in the global ACG network. The chapter's day-to-day operations are overseen by President and CEO Mike Fenton, who joined ACG Toronto in 2015.
3 min read · 27 June 2018
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc has hired Matt Maley as a managing director and head of the bank's private equity sponsor coverage group. Maley will begin his new position on September 4, 2018. Previously, Maley worked at Deutsche Bank where he was most recently a senior member of the financial sponsors group.
4 min read · 27 June 2018
Jared Jensen has joined law firm Sidley Austin LLP as a partner in its global private equity practice. Previously, Jensen was a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP.
2 min read · 27 June 2018
Altamont Capital Partners has named Jennifer Mello as general counsel and chief compliance officer. Previously, Mello was a managing director in TPG's legal team in San Francisco.
2 min read · 27 June 2018
Gurnet Point Capital, a healthcare-focused fund, has named Dr. Sophie Kornowski as senior partner. Currently, she's the executive vice president of Roche Partnering.
3 min read · 26 June 2018
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has appointed Ziad Hindo as CIO, effective immediately. Hindo, who joined Ontario Teachers' in 2000 and previously led its capital markets division, replaces Bjarne Graven Larsen, who resigned earlier in 2018 after serving as CIO for two years. In the new job, Hindo will oversee the investments division and the overall portfolio. Ontario Teachers' also promoted Jo Taylor to the newly-created role of executive managing director, global development. Taylor previously ran the pension fund's global investment operations out of London and Hong Kong.
2 min read · 26 June 2018
Placement agent Eaton Partners, a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp, has hired Laura Hegarty as a managing director. Previously, Hegarty was head of marketing and investor relations for Endurant Capital Management.
3 min read · 26 June 2018
Riskonnect, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, has named Andrea Brody as chief marketing officer. Previously, Brody was CMO of BravoSolution. Headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia, Riskonnect is a provider of integrated risk management solutions.
2 min read · 26 June 2018
