Private Equity
Convenience Valet, a portfolio company of Weinberg Capital Group, has named Steve Jungmann as president and CEO. Previously, Jungmann worked at Richelieu Foods where he was president of sales. Based in Melrose, Illinois, Convenience Valet is a distributor of branded products sold in small-portion packages.
3 min read · 04 January 2018
ComForCare, a home care franchisor, has named Steven Greenbaum as its new CEO. Greenbaum is the former CEO of PostNet. ComForCare is backed by The Riverside Company.
3 min read · 03 January 2018
Carrick Capital Partners LLC has promoted Paul Zolfaghari to managing director of operations and Chris Wenner to director. Prior to joining Carrick, Zolfaghari was president of MicroStrategy while Wenner worked at Perella Weinberg Partners.
3 min read · 03 January 2018
Waltham, Massachusetts and New York City-based Syntimmune Inc, a biotech company, has named Dr. Jean-Paul Kress as president and CEO. Kress succeeds Dr. David de Graaf who has stepped down from his CEO position and resigned from the company's board of directors. Prior to joining Syntimmune, Kress worked at Biogen Inc where he served as executive vice president and president, international and head of global therapeutic operations. Syntimmune's backers include by Apple Tree Partners, Partners Innovation Fund, FMB Research and AFB Fund.
4 min read · 03 January 2018
Siris Capital Group LLC said Jan. 3 that Bethany Mayer has joined as an executive partner. Mayer was most recently senior vice president of Keysight Technologies and president of Keysight’s Ixia Solutions group.
3 min read · 03 January 2018
Dallas-based BenefitMall, a provider of employee benefits and payroll services to small and medium sized businesses, has named Scott Kirksey as CEO. The appointment became effective January 1, 2018. Bernard DiFiore, the former CEO, will remain as chairman of BenefitMall's board of directors and be a key adviser. BenefitMall is owned by The Carlyle Group.
3 min read · 02 January 2018
Law firm Sadis & Goldberg has beefed up its private equity, investment funds and corporate practices by adding Paul J. Marino as a partner. Marino advises national and multinational hedge funds, private equity funds and corporations. Also joining the firm are Robert Cromwell as counsel and Nick Federici as associate. Cromwell's practice focuses on purchases, sales and recapitalizations of private companies, venture capital startups, private equity deals, registered and unregistered investment companies while Federici concentrates his practice on investment fund formation and related deals.
2 min read · 02 January 2018
This week's opportunities include PE business development roles at Oracle, EY and BDO.
2 min read · 02 January 2018
Pennsylvania-based investment firm Hirtle Callaghan has named Jim Morris as senior client engagement director. Previously, Morris worked over 30 years at SEI Investments where he was senior vice president in both the SEI institutional asset management group and SEI private bank unit.
3 min read · 02 January 2018
California-based Diamond Wipes International Inc, a wet wipe manufacturer, has named Jessica Lum as president. Previously, Lum was chief operating officer. Prior to joining Diamond Wipes, she worked at Texen Topline where she was vice president of operations. Diamond Wipes is backed by Nolan Capital.
2 min read · 02 January 2018
