Private Equity
Aurelius has named Peter Wood as a principal for its London office. Prior to joining the pan-European, middle market investor, Wood worked at Next Wave Partners where he was an investment director.
3 min read · 08 January 2018
Blackstone has hired Chris Blunt as a senior managing director and CEO of Blackstone Insurance Solutions, a new business that provides the firm's investment management expertise and products to insurance companies. Blunt is the former president of New York Life's investments group.
3 min read · 08 January 2018
VMG Partners has promoted Robin Tsai to managing director. Tsai joined VMG in 2009. Prior to joining the company, Tsai worked at The Boston Consulting Group.
2 min read · 08 January 2018
TA Associates announced Jan. 8 that following staff promotions: Patrick Sader was named a managing director, while Max Cancre, John DiCola, Lovisa Lander, Alex Melamud and Amara Suebsaeng were each promoted to senior vice president.
4 min read · 08 January 2018
Neiman Marcus Group Ltd has named Geoffroy van Raemdonck, an executive at upscale clothing manufacturer Ralph Lauren Corp, to succeed Karen Katz as CEO of the debt-burdened luxury retailer next month, Reuters reported. Van Raemdonck was Ralph Lauren’s group president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and head of travel retail. He previously was CEO at St. John Knits International Inc, where he oversaw a turnaround of the luxury apparel retailer. Neiman Marcus is struggling with a nearly US$5 billion debt load, due mainly to its 2013 leveraged buyout by Ares Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Like other retail chains, Neiman Marcus has also suffered as customers move away from brick-and-mortar stores in favor of online shopping.
2 min read · 05 January 2018
MTS Health Partners, a healthcare-focused investment bank, has hired Kazuki Kusaka as a partner. Previously, Kusaka worked at Lazard where he led the healthcare practice for 10 years.
2 min read · 05 January 2018
Los Angeles-based family office Chiron Investments LLC has named John Low as chief operating officer. Low's work background includes working at such firms as Goldman Sachs, Hitchwood Capital and Karsh Capital. He first became a principal at Chiron in the first quarter of 2017.
3 min read · 05 January 2018
Boston-based Berkshire Partners has named Blake Gottesman and Sam Spirn as managing directors. Their appointments began January 1, 2018. Gottesman is a former Deputy Chief of Staff at the White House and was special assistant and personal aide to former U.S. President George W. Bush. And prior to joining Berkshire Partners, Spirn worked at Summit Partners.
2 min read · 04 January 2018
Coveris, a global packaging manufacturer, has named Markus Petersen as chief financial officer. Previously, Petersen was the CFO of Aenova Group. Coveris is a portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners Inc.
2 min read · 04 January 2018
Pelican BioThermal, a provider of temperature-controlled packaging, has named Dominic Hyde as its new vice president of Crēdo on Demand. Hyde is a former managing director at va-Q-tec and chief operating officer at Envirotainer. Pelican BioThermal is a division of Pelican Products Inc, which is backed by Behrman Capital.
3 min read · 04 January 2018
