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Renaissance Venture Capital Fund adds two new officers

Michigan-based The Renaissance Venture Capital Fund added two new officers, Vince Nystrom and Jessica Scott. Nystrom is currently vice president of business development, and Scott recently joined the fund as chief administrative officer.

CD&R taps ex-Omnicare CEO/president as operating adviser

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has named Nitin Sahney as an operating adviser to CD&R's funds. Sahney is the former president and CEO of Omnicare Inc.

Fuloria joins Fundbox

Prashant Fuloria has joined Fundbox as Chief Product Officer while Oren Katz was named Vice President of R&D and Michal Cieplinski was appointed General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer. Johnson Ma has also joined Fundbox as Vice President of Business Development. Fuloria was previously SVP of Advertising Products at Yahoo. Katz was with eXelate where he was VP R&D and General Manager, while Cieplinksi was previously MD and Senior Counsel at The Bank of New York Mellon and Ma was with Trial Pay.

J.F. Lehman & Company adds retired Army General Campbell to board

J.F. Lehman & Company has appointed retired Army General John F. Campbell to its operating executive board. During his 37-year tenure in the Army, General Campbell led units in Germany, Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan and the United States.

Evan Schultz joins O2 Investment Partners

Midwest-based private equity firm O2 Investment Partners added Evan Schultz to its investment team. Schultz, formerly of Baker Tilly Capital, LLC, will be responsible for sourcing new transactions, due diligence, underwriting and monitoring O2's portfolio companies.

Private Equity Jobs of the Week: BlackRock, AlpInvest, Siemens are hiring

This week there are opportunities at firms big and small, from BlackRock and Carlyle to Lorient Capital.

Terra Firma moves into direct lending, secondaries – Exclusive

The firm has built a team that will look beyond conventional private equity, as it finally moves on from its lost investment in EMI, says vice chairman Justin King.

BlackRock's Russ Steenberg on the evolution of private equity

Five Questions with Steven Pierson, president of Lovell Minnick

Ghosh joins Paradigm Precision

Paradigm Precision, a portfolio of the Carlyle Group, said June 24 that Ronojoy Ghosh was named Vice President Business Development. Gosh was most recently General Manager, Global Engine Systems, Aero Nozzles and Aero Blades & Vanes in the Engine and Environmental Control Systems business unit of UTC Aerospace Systems.