Private Equity
Mizuho Americas, a subsidiary of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group Inc, has named Difei Yang as executive director of SMID cap biotechnology research. Previously, Yang was managing director at Aegis Capital.
2 min read · 13 July 2017
Echo Fox, an esports company backed by Vision Venture Partners, has named Jared Jeffries as president. Previously, Jeffries was director of player personnel for the NBA team, the Denver Nuggets.
3 min read · 13 July 2017
Canadian private-markets investor Northleaf Capital Partners has hired Robert Weiss as a Chicago-based senior advisor to its private credit team. Prior to joining the firm, Weiss was recently retired from Sankaty Advisors, now Bain Capital Credit, where he served as managing director and head of the Chicago office, and was responsible for deal activity related to the firm's mid-market direct lending business. Last November, Toronto-based Northleaf raised more than US$1.4 billion for its global private credit program and acquired a stake in Antares Holdings.
1 min read · 12 July 2017
H.I.G. Capital-backed American Vision Partners, an ophthalmic management company, has named Kyle A. Bohannon as president and CEO. Bohannon is the former president and CEO of FastMed Urgent Care.
3 min read · 11 July 2017
Placement agent Eaton Partners, a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp, has named Bill McLeod as a managing director. Previously, McLeod worked in Stifel's equities group where he served as a senior managing director.
4 min read · 11 July 2017
Comvest Partners has hired Ashley Ciaburri Rainwater as a director of investor relations. Previously, Rainwater worked at Kohlberg & Company where she served as director of marketing and investor relations.
2 min read · 11 July 2017
The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) said July 11 that Mike Mazzola will assume the role of interim CEO. Mazzola replaces Peter Freire who left ILPA in June. Mazzola recently retired from MetLife as senior vice president and head of alternative investments. He was also a member of the ILPA board of directors for five years through the fall of 2015 and served his last three years as chairman.
3 min read · 11 July 2017
This week's opportunities include VP at CapitalSpring, biz dev director at Z Capital Partners and senior associate at HP Enterprise.
2 min read · 10 July 2017
Z Capital Group LLC has hired Alexander Apponyi as a managing director and European head of investor development. Previously, Apponyi worked at Jefferies International where he served as European head of the firm's private capital group.
2 min read · 10 July 2017
Z Capital Group LLC has named Benjamin Webster as a managing director in investor development. Previously, Webster worked at BlackRock where he most recently served as director of the firm's institutional client business.
2 min read · 10 July 2017
