Private Equity
Adcole Corporation, a maker of automatic and semi-automatic measuring gauges, has named Jeff Walker as president and CEO. The appointment is effective immediately. Walker first joined the company in 2017 as vice president of global sales and marketing. Adcole is backed by Artemis Capital Partners.
2 min read · 06 February 2018
Altas Partners has named James Hammond as an associate. Previously, Hammond worked at TPG Capital in San Francisco.
1 min read · 06 February 2018
Canadian private-markets investor Northleaf Capital Partners has hired Matt Shafer as a managing director on the firm’s private equity team. Shafer will focus on the origination and execution of secondary opportunities from Northleaf’s new office in New York, which is scheduled to open this spring. He will lead the office and a team that includes Brad Blowes and Mitch Reeves, who are relocating from the firm’s Toronto headquarters. Shafer joins Northleaf from Vision Capital, where he served as a partner and head of the Americas operation. He was previously a managing director at Nomura International.
3 min read · 06 February 2018
Canadian private-markets investor Northleaf Capital Partners has hired Matt Shafer as a managing director on the firm’s private equity team. Shafer will focus on the origination and execution of secondary opportunities from Northleaf's new office in New York, which is scheduled to open this spring. He will lead the office and a team that includes Brad Blowes and Mitch Reeves, who are relocating from the firm's Toronto headquarters. Shafer joins Northleaf from Vision Capital, where he served as a partner and head of the Americas operation. He was previously a managing director at Nomura International.
4 min read · 06 February 2018
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has added private equity lawyer Jennifer Perkins to the law firm's corporate practice group in New York. Previously, Perkins was a partner at Latham & Watkins in New York and was global co-chair of the firm’s private equity practice.
2 min read · 06 February 2018
Warrenville, Illinois-based Performance Health, a maker of products for the rehabilitation, physical therapy and sports medicine markets, has named Jeff George as CEO. Also, Harry Kraemer, a former chairman and CEO of Baxter International, has been appointed chairman of Performance Health's board. Performance Health is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners.
4 min read · 06 February 2018
Huron Capital has hired Scott Hauncher as a new partner. Also, the Detroit-based private equity firm has promoted James Mahoney and David Reynolds to senior partners. Previously, Hauncher was a partner at Superior Capital. And, Mahoney joined Huron Capital over a decade ago while Reynolds first came on board in 2007.
4 min read · 05 February 2018
This week's opportunities include a senior comms job at Carlyle and associate roles with BelHealth and BMO.
2 min read · 05 February 2018
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board announced the forthcoming departure of three senior executives, two of whom are retiring. Nick Zelenczuk, senior managing director and COO, who joined CPPIB in 2009, will retire effective May 31st. Graeme Eadie, who last year stepped back from his role as global head of real assets, will retire effective March 31st, but will stay on as an advisor. Eric Wetlaufer, senior managing director and global head of public market investments, who joined CPPIB in 2011, will also leave as of May 31st. CPPIB is conducting an assessment of potential successors.
3 min read · 05 February 2018
Santa Clara, California-based Agora, a provider of real-time communications solutions, has named Reggie Yativ as chief revenue and operations officer. Previously, Yativ worked at Redis Labs. Agora is backed by Morningside, SIG, GGV Capital, ShunWei and IDG.
3 min read · 05 February 2018
