Private Equity
FirePower Capital has hired Anthony Lipschitz as a partner, private equity. Lipschitz joins the firm from Thinking Capital, where he served as chief strategy officer. He has also worked as a technology executive, including at iStopOver, a short-term vacation rental platform he co-founded and led, and served as a vice president at Brightspark Ventures. FirePower also announced its hire of Alan Chettiar as head of investment banking and the opening of a Montréal office. Earlier this year, PE Hub Canada profiled the debut deals of FirePower's private capital division, which launched last year.
2 min read · 08 November 2017
Minnesota-based NetSPI, a provider of enterprise security testing and vulnerability correlation software, has named Aaron Shilts as president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining NetSPI, Shilts led worldwide services for Optiv and FishNet Security. NetSPI is backed by Sunstone Partners.
3 min read · 08 November 2017
Winter Haven, Florida-based Singular Medical Technologies, a provider of picture archiving communications systems for hospitals, imaging centers, radiology, teleradiology and cardiology groups, have named John Adair and Richard A Brown Jr to its board of directors. Adair is a former head of equities for Nomura while Brown is a managing director at MKM Partners.
3 min read · 08 November 2017
This week's opportunities include senior associate roles at Neuberger Berman and Wafra Investment Advisory Group.
3 min read · 07 November 2017
SeaWorld Entertainment, a theme park and entertainment company, has named Scott Ross to its board of directors and revenue committee. The appointment became effective November 5, 2017. Ross is the founder and managing partner of Hill Path Capital LP. Previously, he was a partner at Apollo Global Management.
3 min read · 07 November 2017
TA Associates-backed Think Project! has named Peter Prestele to its board of directors. Prestele is a former general manager and European head for a number of companies that include Mercury, IBM and HP. Based in Germany, Think Project! is an SaaS company for collaboration in construction and engineering.
3 min read · 07 November 2017
Pritzker Group Private Capital said Nov. 7 that Chris Trick was promoted to principal from vice president.
2 min read · 07 November 2017
Matrix Wealth Partners has rebranded to Matrix Private Capital Group. Also, the asset management firm has expanded its team with the hiring of three new managing directors: Thomas Deutsch, Monte Resnick and Lance Bryan, all of whom will be based in the company's New York City, Palm Beach, Florida and Los Angeles offices, respectively. Richard S. Fuld Jr, former chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers, leads Matrix Private Capital Group.
3 min read · 06 November 2017
Advent International has hired Raul Alvarez as an operating partner. Alvarez is a former president and chief operating officer at McDonald's Corp.
3 min read · 06 November 2017
AlixPartners, a global consulting firm, has named Jerry Wolfe as a senior adviser to its digital practice. Wolfe is the CEO and founder of Vivanda Inc, a food tech company.
2 min read · 06 November 2017
