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Quarton hires Kim VanCleef as vice president to focus on financing, M&A

Quarton International announced the hiring of Kim VanCleef as vice president, to focus on financing advisory and M&A. Quarton, based in Birmingham, Michigan, is an international middle market investment bank serving private equity firms as well as privately held and publicly traded companies.

Hattangadi named President, COO of Spirox

Spirox Inc, which is backed by KKR, said May 16 that it named Neil Hattangadi, M.D., as its president and chief operating officer. Dr. Hattangadi most recently served as Business Leader, Peripheral Vascular at Royal Philips.

Private Equity Jobs of the Week: Amazon, Apollo, Carlyle are hiring

This week's top roles include a capital markets associate at Apollo, a VP for portfolio management at Carlyle and a VC business development manager at Amazon.

TIAA's Nuveen Investments appoints Bill Stout as managing director

Nuveen Investments, an operating division of TIAA Global Asset Management, appointed Bill Stout as managing director and head of alternative investments business development, a newly created role. Stout was most recently a managing director at Corsair Capital Management.

Susan Fox replaces Carmelo Marrelli as CFO of Pinetree Capital

Pinetree Capital Ltd. appointed Susan E. Fox as chief financial officer. Fox has served as CFO at several small and medium-sized companies. She succeeds Carmelo Marrelli, who has resigned. Marrelli Services Ltd. will still provide accounting services to the Pinetree.

Cybersecurity M&A banker Don More joins JMP as managing director

Alternative asset management firm JMP Group LLC announced the hiring of Don More as a managing director in the investment banking division of JMP Securities. More, formerly a managing director at Signal Hill, will focus on the cybersecurity sector from the firm's New York office.

Brian Miner joins Fried Frank as partner in M&A and PE practice

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced the addition of Brian Miner as a partner in the M&A and private equity practice. Miner, previously a partner at Reed Smith, will join the firm's Washington, DC office.

Long-time private markets head steps down at Howard Hughes Medical

Mark Barnard will step down as managing director of private investments for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) endowment, effective June 2016. He has been with the institute since 1995.

U.S. subsidiary of Eastern Capital-backed Highland Therapeutics taps new president

Ironshore Pharmaceuticals (America) Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of pharmaceutical company Highland Therapeutics Inc., appointed Craig S. Lewis as president. Lewis, formerly SVP at Assurex Health, has been a member of IPA's board of directors since August 2015, and will retain that role. Highland is backed by Eastern Capital Limited, which led a $50 million financing in June 2015.

Sandra McEwen appointed OTPP's VP, valuations and risk

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has appointed Sandra McEwen to the position of vice-president, valuations, risk analytics and model validation. McEwen has more than 17 years of audit, valuation and team leadership experience. Prior to joining the pension fund, she worked as vice-president, deals, at PWC Canada. Based in Toronto, OTPP has net assets of $171.4 billion.