Private Equity
Longitude Capital has promoted Dr. Josh Richardson to managing director. Richardson originally was hired by the company in 2011. Then from 2014 to early 2016, Richardson worked at HealthCor Management where he served as a public equities analyst. In 2016, Richardson rejoined Longitude Capital.
2 min read · 16 February 2017
Pennsylvania-based investment firm Hirtle Callaghan has opened an office in San Francisco and named Dan Eagan as a director in its portfolio management group. Eagan, who will be based in the San Francisco office, previously worked at Alliance Bernstein where he served as a managing director.
3 min read · 16 February 2017
Beauty Brands LLC, a provider of salon and retail beauty products, has named Caryn Lerner as CEO. Lyn Kirby, the company's current chairman and CEO, will remain chairman of the board. Previously, Lerner worked at Palladin Capital Group where she served as an operating partner.
3 min read · 16 February 2017
Passport, a provider of mobile payment technology for parking and transit, has appointed Stephen Goldsmith to its board of advisors. Goldsmith is the former Mayor of Indianapolis and Deputy Mayor of New York City. Currently, he is a professor at Harvard‘s Kennedy School of Government. Passport’s backers include Grotech Ventures, Relevance Capital and MK Capital.
3 min read · 16 February 2017
Talara Capital Management LLC has named Jeff Gutke as a managing director. Gutke is a former director at Denham Capital.
2 min read · 16 February 2017
Waud Capital has appointed Dave Prendergast as vice president of business development. Previously, Prendergast worked at Great Point Partners where he served as vice president.
3 min read · 15 February 2017
Mary Jo White, the former chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, is rejoining her old law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. There she will serve as senior chair of the firm.
1 min read · 15 February 2017
Sixpoint Partners said Feb. 15 that Michael Leonardo has joined the firm as vice president, west coast distribution. Leonardo joins from Ironwood Capital Management where he was an associate vice president. Sixpoint also said that Sean Joffe and Ryan Carey were promoted to Director, while Ben Newman was named a vice president.
3 min read · 15 February 2017
Linda Chaffin has joined NXT Capital as head of institutional marketing. Most recently, Chaffin served as senior vice president for Pathway Capital Management.
2 min read · 15 February 2017
Frazier Healthcare Partners said Feb. 15 that Dr. Krishna Polu has joined the Life Sciences operating professional team as an entrepreneur-in-residence with Hawkeye Therapeutics. Dr. Polu previously served as chief medical officer at Raptor Pharmaceuticals until its acquisition by Horizon Pharmaceuticals in 2016.
2 min read · 15 February 2017
