Private Equity
Franklin Square Capital Partners has hired Lewis Katz as chief business development officer. Katz was previously president of Blackboard Advisors, a management consulting firm he founded. Based in Philadelphia, Franklin Square is an alternative investment manager with $16.8 billion in total assets as December 31, 2015.
2 min read · 31 March 2016
Franklin Square Capital Partners, the Philadelphia alternative-investment manager, named Lewis Katz to the new post of chief business-development officer. Katz joins Franklin Square from Blackboard Advisors, a management consultancy he founded.
2 min read · 31 March 2016
Krauter & Co. hired Phil Dixon to lead its West Coast mergers and acquisitions practice with a focus on private equity services on the West Coast. Dixon has worked for the past 12 years at Aon, where he was a managing director in the M&A Solutions business. Before, he co-founded Equity Risk Partners (now Hub International) in 2001.
3 min read · 31 March 2016
Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores said Wednesday it named Wade Miquelon to the roles of executive vice president and chief financial officer. Miquelon recently served as the executive vice president, CFO and president of international for Walgreen Co. Jo-Ann Fabric is a portfolio company of Leonard Green & Partners.
4 min read · 30 March 2016
Warburg Pincus has named Jay Nadler executive-in-residence in its Technology, Media and Telecommunications and Industrials and Business Services Groups. Nadler most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Interactive Data Corp.
2 min read · 30 March 2016
Mike Majors has joined Data Point Capital as a Managing Partner. Majors most recently was the founder and head of Siemens Venture Capital's $100 million early-stage Industry of the Future Fund.
3 min read · 30 March 2016
Matteo Perale has joined Creative Artists Agency to help execute CAA’s growth and diversification strategy. Perale was previously with Infront Sports & Media, where he served as the Director of Strategic Development. CAA is backed by TPG.
4 min read · 30 March 2016
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has appointed Alonso García-Tamés as managing director of its subsidiary in Mexico, CDPQ México, and head of Latin America. Operating from Mexico City, García-Tamés will play a key role in developing and managing the Caisse's investments in Mexico, as well as in the Latin American region. As part of these duties, he will help develop the co-investment platform for Mexico infrastructure projects launched last September by the Caisse in partnership with Mexican institutional investors. Prior to joining CDPQ México, García-Tamés was a senior executive at Citi and Banamex.
3 min read · 29 March 2016
2 min read · 29 March 2016
Paul Muhr has joined Finstar Financial Group where he will lead M&A and Capital Markets projects. Muhr was most recently a Vice President at Citi.
2 min read · 29 March 2016
