Private Equity
Bryan Taylor, a top tech dealmaker at TPG, is exiting the buyout shop, Bloomberg is reporting. Taylor, who led investments in software, data analytics and technology services, is leaving TPG before the firm starts its next PE fund in 2018, the story said. Taylor, a partner, joined TPG in March 2004.
1 min read · 13 October 2017
Total Safety, a portfolio company of Littlejohn & Co, has named George P. Ristevski as CEO. His work background includes roles at Praxair and Maxum Petroleum. Total Safety is a provider of integrated safety and compliance services and the products necessary to support them.
2 min read · 13 October 2017
Institutional Limited Partners Association is looking for a chief executive officer. ILPA hired Arlington Partners International to lead a global search for a CEO. Earlier this year, ILPA named Mike Mazzola interim CEO to replace Peter Freire, who left the organization.
2 min read · 13 October 2017
Florida-based Oasis Outsourcing, a professional employer organization, has promoted Ruth Trezevant Cyrus to executive vice president. Cyrus has been with the firm for more than 12 years. Oasis Outsourcing is backed by Stone Point Capital and Kelso.
3 min read · 12 October 2017
Alantra, an investment bank and asset manager, has named Jeremy Novak as a managing director. Previously, Novak worked at Houlihan Lokey where he was a senior member of the TMT Group.
2 min read · 12 October 2017
Private equity adviser KAP Group has hired Jessica Hacker as a project manager. Previously, Hacker worked at Warburg Pincus.
2 min read · 11 October 2017
Finbarr O'Neill, CEO and president of Costa Mesa, California-based J.D. Power, a provider of consumer data and analytics, will be retiring, effective March 2018. The board will begin a search for a successor. O'Neill will remain with J.D. Power during the transition and act as a senior adviser after a new CEO is chosen. J.D. Power is a portfolio company of London-based private equity firm XIO Group.
3 min read · 11 October 2017
KKR has appointed Iñaki Cobo Bachiller to lead the healthcare franchise for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Bachiller will also lead KKR's private equity business in Spain. His appointment becomes effective January 1, 2018. Bachiller is joining KKR from CVC Capital Partners where he was a senior managing director.
2 min read · 11 October 2017
Financial Technology Partners, a fintech-focused investment bank, has named Vijay Sondhi as a managing director. Sondhi is a former Visa senior executive.
4 min read · 11 October 2017
NMS Capital Advisors, an investment banking firm, has named Robert A. Maley as president and head of investment banking. Maley was the former president and CEO of Gilford Securities and its investment adviser Gilford Financial Corp.
3 min read · 10 October 2017