Private Equity
Jeff Immelt has joined New Enterprise Associates as a venture partner. Immelt recently retired from his role as chairman and CEO of GE after 16 years.
3 min read · 01 February 2018
Campbell Lutyens said Feb. 1 that it Guillermo Marroquin was named head of North American real assets. Marroquin spent the last four years at Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets, where he was a managing director.
3 min read · 01 February 2018
Spectrum Equity has hired Coley Florance as head of talent. Previously, she worked at TPG Capital where she served as operating director of human capital.
2 min read · 01 February 2018
Melissa Bethell has stepped down from her role as managing director at Bain Capital, Private Equity News said. Bethell joined Bain in 1999 and is one of firm’s most senior deal makers in Europe, the story said. The change after the firm in 2017 named Robin Marshall, Stuart Gent and Michael Siefke as co-heads of the firm's European private-equity team, the story said.
1 min read · 01 February 2018
Gridiron Capital LLC has promoted Kevin Jackson to managing partner. The appointment became effective January 1, 2018. Jackson joined the New Canaan, Connecticut-based middle-market private equity firm in 2010 as a vice president and was promoted to senior managing director in 2017.
2 min read · 31 January 2018
Insignia Capital Group has named Sean Kelly as vice president of business development. Previously, Kelly worked at Serent Capital where he served as director of business development.
2 min read · 31 January 2018
TriWest Capital Partners had an eventful 2017. The Calgary firm, a 20-year veteran of private equity investing in Western Canada’s mid-market, made two new platform investments, did a handful of add-on deals, and closed full or partial exits from three portfolio companies, one of them in a high-profile initial public offering. Additionally, TriWest Capital Partners Fund V, which raised $500 million in 2015, reached its halfway point in deployments. PE Hub Canada sat down with Senior Managing Directors Cody Church and Mick MacBean to discuss recent deals and how TriWest is navigating today's challenging market environment.
5 min read · 31 January 2018
Snow Phipps Group has named Philip S. Kemp Jr as a managing director, head of investor relations. Previously, Kemp worked at Waud Capital Partners where he was principal– investor relations.
2 min read · 31 January 2018
Mopec, a portfolio company of Blackford Capital, has appointed Sally Brandtneris and Dr. Joyce deJong to its board of directors. Brandtneris is chief financial officer at Logicalis Inc while Dr. deJong is the medical examiner for ten counties in Michigan. Oak Park, Michigan-based Mopec is a maker of pathology, anatomy, mortuary and necropsy equipment and products.
4 min read · 31 January 2018
Rex Adams has joined EyeSouth Partners as CEO. Adams was most recently CEO of Payspan. EyeSouth is a portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners.
3 min read · 31 January 2018
