Private Equity
2 min read · 16 April 2018
Rand Capital Corp said April 12 that Erland Kailbourne was named chairman of the board effective immediately. Robert M. Zak will remain as vice chairman. The appointment follows the death of Reginald B. Newman II, Rand’s chairman, who passed away on April 6.
3 min read · 12 April 2018
Fiserv said April 11 that it named Kim Crawford Goodman president of its Card Services unit. Goodman most recently served as CEO of Worldpay. Vantiv in 2017 agreed to buy WorldPay for $10 billion.
2 min read · 12 April 2018
The Private Fund Group of Credit Suisse Asset Management has formed a directs & co-investments group. The unit will advise and assist PFG clients in the structuring and placement of private direct investments into the institutional investor market. Paul Van Hook, a managing director, will lead the group. Imran Hameed has also joined the group as a director. Hameed was previously with Mercury Capital Advisors.
3 min read · 12 April 2018
David Bartleme has joined Milwaukee-based private equity firm Borgman Capital as a managing director. Previously, Bartelme worked at Shell Oil's corporate M&A group.
1 min read · 11 April 2018
KKR is planning on naming David Haines as executive chairman of the global spreads business. The appointment will become effective once KKR's acquisition of Unilever's global spreads business closes. Previously, Haines was chairman and CEO of Grohe Group.
2 min read · 11 April 2018
Thomas Mazarakis has joined Salveo Capital as a managing partner. Mazarakis most recently served as a managing director at Goldman Sachs in London where he was head of the Fundamental Strategies Group.
4 min read · 11 April 2018
PDC Logic, a portfolio company of Intervale Capital, has named Warren Dyer as its president and CEO effective immediately. Dyer is the former CEO of Ulterra Drilling Technologies.
2 min read · 11 April 2018
Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate investment arm of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, has appointed Karim Habra as head of Europe. In his new role, Habra will be responsible for Ivanhoé Cambridge's European platform and its future growth. Habra begins his new position on July 2nd and will operate from the firm's European headquarters in Paris. Habra is joining Ivanhoé Cambridge from LaSalle Investment Management where he is head of Continental Europe.
2 min read · 10 April 2018
Serenova, which is backed by Marlin Equity Partners, has named Michelle Burrows as chief marketing officer and David Nelson as chief financial officer. Burrows is a former vice president of marketing and analytics at Comcast Business while Nelson was CFO of Periscope Holdings. Serenova is a contact center-as-a-service and workforce optimization provider.
4 min read · 10 April 2018