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Somers joins Angle Advisors as director

Angle Advisors has hired Jeremy Somers as a director. Somers' work background includes stints at Wells Fargo Securities, Deloitte Corporate Finance, McColl Partners and UBS Investment Bank.

PE-backed Ivy Rehab Network taps Rucker as CEO

Ivy Rehab Network Inc, a portfolio company of Waud Capital Partners, has named Michael Rucker as CEO. Previously, Rucker worked at Surgical Care Associates where he served as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Ivy is a provider of management support services to physical therapy centers.

Rothschild Advisory adds four to team

Rothschild Global Advisory is expanding its North American team with four senior hires. Rothschild has hired Reza Vahabzadeh and Siddharth Hariharan as managing directors on the consumer team and Aashis Mehta and Timothy Hotchandani as managing directors focused on healthcare. Vahabzadeh, Mehta and Hotchandani are based in New York while Hariharan is based in Los Angeles.

SWaN & Legend hires Todd Foreman as managing director

SWaN & Legend Venture Partners hired Todd Foreman as a managing director. Foreman previously worked at UCG, a portfolio of business information and software companies (and former owner of Buyouts Insider), where he was a partner for more than 20 years. He worked as chief executive officer since 2010. From 2004 to 2015, Foreman was a part owner of the Atlanta Hawks Basketball and Entertainment, which owned the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers and operating rights to Atlanta's Philips Arena.

Macquarie-backed Plutora hires Davis as CMO

Santa Clara, California-based Plutora, a provider of enterprise release, test environment and software quality management solutions, has named Bob Davis as its chief marketing officer. Previously, Davis was CMO at Atlantis Computing. Plutora is backed by Macquarie Capital.

Onex taps Barclays' Laurence Goldberg as managing director

Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp has hired Laurence Goldberg as a managing director based in New York. In the new role, Goldberg will be responsible for leading the firm's investments in technology sectors. He joins Onex from Barclays Investment Bank, where he served as the global head of technology, media and telecommunications investment banking operations. He previously held similar executive positions at Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse. As reported by PE Hub Canada, Onex recently launched fundraising for Onex Partners V at a US$6.5 billion target.

Onex taps Goldberg as MD

Onex Corp has hired Laurence Goldberg as a managing director. Goldberg will be based in the firm's New York office and responsible for leading Onex's technology investments. Previously, Goldberg worked at Barclays where he was the global head of technology, media and telecom investment banking.

McGill joins Cairngorm Capital

Cairngorm Capital said May 23 that Neil McGill was named an investment director. McGill joins from BDO where he was head of the M&A advisory practice in Scotland.

Private Equity Jobs of the Week: Blackstone, Goldman, Prudential are hiring

This week's opportunities include a valuations job at Blackstone, an associate role at Goldman Sachs and a private equity managing directorship at Cal's Office of the President.

THL recruits Maxon as MD and capital markets head

Gregory Maxon will join Thomas H. Lee Partners LP as a managing director and head of capital markets. Maxon's appointment begins May 23, 2017. Previously, Maxon worked at J.P. Morgan Securities LLC where he served in the leveraged finance group.