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Private Equity Jobs of the Week: Blackstone, Vista Equity Partners, Macquarie are hiring

This week's opportunities include associate roles with Blackstone's private equity energy and minority stakes groups, as well as analyst jobs with Macquarie and Vista.

Starwood adds two managing directors to staff

Starwood Capital Group has named Alex Waterbury as managing director, head of development and Andrea Pierce as managing director, head of office asset management.Waterbury joined the firm in January while Pierce will be coming on board this June.

PE-backed Oasis Outsourcing taps Purgay as CMO

Oasis Outsourcing, which is backed by Stone Point Capital and Kelso, has named Gerald Purgay, as chief marketing officer. Previously, Purgay worked at Mercer. Oasis Outsourcing is a Florida-based professional employer organization.

Foster, Chicago Blackhawk's emergency goalie, is Golub Capital accountant

The Chicago Blackhawks tapped Scott Foster to serve as an emergency goalie on Thursday, March 29, according to the Chicago Tribune. Foster blocked seven shots during the last 14 minutes of third period, helping the Blackhawks beat the Winnipeg Jets, the story said. He is reportedly part of a group of recreational players who staff home games for the Blackhawks in case of an emergency. Foster is a senior accountant with Golub Capital, where his specialties include financial reporting, board reports and mutual fund expenses, his LinkedIn profile said.

Emmanuel Jaclot to lead CDPQ's infrastructure group

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has appointed Emmanuel Jaclot as executive vice president of infrastructure as of June 1. In the role, Jaclot will oversee the Caisse’s infrastructure portfolio, which totals more than $16 billion in assets. He will also eventually head CDPQ Infra, the pension system's affiliate for developing and operating infrastructure projects. Jaclot joins the Caisse from Schneider Electric SE, where he served as senior vice president and head of M&A. His prior roles included senior executive positions with EDF's renewable energy group.

CDPQ recruits Jaclot as infrastructure EVP

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has appointed Emmanuel Jaclot as executive vice president of infrastructure. In his new role, Jaclot will manage CDPQ's infrastructure portfolio, which totals over $16 billion in assets. Jaclot will eventually head CDPQ Infra, a subsidiary that's responsible for developing and operating infrastructure projects. Jaclot's work background includes roles at Schneider Electric and EDF Energies Nouvelles. Jaclot's appointment begins June 1, 2018.

Begor named CEO of Equifax

Equifax said March 28 that it named Mark Begor its chief executive officer effective April 16. Begor, 59, joins Equifax from Warburg Pincus, where he served as a managing director. Begor also spent 35 years at General Electric, including nine years as leader of GE’s retail credit card business.

Crystal Financial promotes 5 executives

Crystal Financial LLC said March 28 that it promoted five executives: Cheryl Carner and Evren Ozargun were named senior managing director, Tyler Harrington and Kenny Smith were promoted to managing director and Case Fedor was made an assistant vice president.

Gunn named Dollarama chairman

Dollarama Inc said March 29 that Stephen Gunn will succeed founder Larry Rossy as chairman of the board. Rossy will be named Chairman Emeritus and not stand for re-election as a director. The appointments are effective on June 7. Gunn has been Dollarama's Lead Director since 2009.

Kovacic joins Monroe Capital

Monroe Capital LLC said March 29 that Karin Kovacic has joined the firm’s originations team as managing director, East coast region. Kovacic was previously a senior vice president at Alcentra Capital Corp.