Private Equity
Investment bank and adviser Signal Hill has appointed Daniel Graves as head of sponsor coverage. Graves is replacing Franklin Staley who has moved back into a transaction leadership position. Graves' work background includes senior banking positions at Salomon Brothers, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch.
2 min read · 12 April 2017
Pillarstone, the platform set up by US private equity firm KKR to buy or manage non-core bank assets in Europe, has hired Mark Knight as a partner and general counsel, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 12 April 2017
Mizuho America said April 11 that Alexander Lim has joined as a managing director in healthcare investment banking. Lim will be located in Mizuho's San Francisco office. He most recently served as a managing director, healthcare investment banking, for Oppenheimer & Co in San Francisco.
3 min read · 12 April 2017
Polaris has named Rune Lillie Gornitzka as associate partner, Simon Damkjær Wille as associate director and Joachim Satchwell as associate. Gornitzka joined Polaris in 2005, Wille came on board in 2010 and Satchwell joined in 2013.
2 min read · 11 April 2017
San Francisco Bay area-based YapStone, a provider of online and mobile payment solutions for marketplaces and large vertical markets, has named Christopher Crum as senior vice president of sales and customer success. Previously, Crum worked at Blackhawk Network where he served as SVP of sales and services. YapStone is backed by Accel Partners, Meritech Capital and Bregal Sagemount.
3 min read · 11 April 2017
Cowen Group Inc has hired Todd Coleman and Kevin S. Manning as managing directors for its investment banking team. Previously, Coleman worked at Piper Jaffray while Manning was at BMO Capital Markets.
3 min read · 11 April 2017
This week's opportunities include M&A jobs at Coller Capital and HP Enterprise, as well as associate roles with JMC Capital Partners and Silicon Valley Bank.
2 min read · 10 April 2017
Varsity Brands, portfolio company of Charlesbank Capital Partners and Partners Group, has named Adam Blumenfeld as CEO. The appointment became effective immediately. For the last decade, Blumenfeld has served as CEO of Varsity Brands' BSN SPORTS division. Varsity Brands owns student sports brands.
3 min read · 10 April 2017
Lincoln International has hired Brent Williams and Brendan Murphy as managing directors for the firm's special situations and restructuring practice. Previously, Williams and Murphy worked at Teneo Capital's restructuring practice.
3 min read · 10 April 2017
Edge Capital Partners has promoted three to partner. They are Whit Davis, Paul Robertson and Dennis Sabo. Also, Will Skeean, a partner and chair of Edge Capital's investment team, has relocated to the firm's Dallas office.
3 min read · 10 April 2017
