Private Equity
Raymond James has named Geoffrey Richards as a managing director in its investment banking unit. In his new role, Richards will head both the private capital solutions group and the recapitalization and restructuring group. Previously, Richards worked at Canaccord Genuity where he served as head of North America debt finance and restructuring.
3 min read · 28 September 2017
San Francisco-based Remind, a K-12 communication platform, has added Deborah Quazzo to its board of directors. Quazzo is a managing partner at venture firm GSV Acceleration. Remind's backers include First Round Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Social Capital.
2 min read · 28 September 2017
Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp has named Kermit Crawford as president and chief operating officer. His appointment becomes effective October 5, 2017. Previously, Crawford was a retail and healthcare adviser and consultant for Sycamore Partners.
2 min read · 28 September 2017
Overseas Private Investment Corp, the federal government's development finance arm, has named Ryan Brennan as vice president of the office of investment policy. Previously, Brennan was managing director at Advantage Capital, which he joined in 1999.
3 min read · 28 September 2017
Meketa Investment Group said Sept. 28 that Paola Nealon joined the firm as a senior vice president. Nealon was previously an investment officer at Oregon State Treasury.
2 min read · 28 September 2017
GTCR has promoted John Kos and Jeff Heh to principal. Kos joined the Chicago-based private equity firm in 2006 as an associate while Heh came on board as a vice president in 2013.
2 min read · 27 September 2017
White Oak Capital Advisors LLC has appointed John Felix as managing director and co-head of originations. Recently, he founded Consortium Finance and prior to that, worked at the D. E. Shaw Group.
2 min read · 27 September 2017
Validus Group Partners Ltd has appointed Richard A. Mocsari as chief financial officer. Mocsari is the former CFO of GulfShore Bank.
3 min read · 27 September 2017
WhiteHorse Capital, a direct lending affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, has named Daniel Dubé as a principal. Previously, he was a director at THL Credit in the Los Angeles office.
2 min read · 27 September 2017
SierraConstellation Partners LLC, an interim management and adviser to middle-market companies in transition, has hired John Farrace as a managing director in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Previously, Farrace was a managing director and group head in CIT Group’s commercial finance unit and was head of corporate banking at OneWest Bank prior to its acquisition by CIT Group Inc.
3 min read · 27 September 2017
