Private Equity
Connor Industries Inc said Tuesday that it named Joseph McCormick its CEO. Kurien Jacob, Connor’s current acting CEO, has become Chairman of the Board. McCormick previoulsy led the operations of several divisions of Sensus, including as President of Die Cast Holdings, from 1999 to March 2015. Connor is a portfolio company of The Argentum Group.
3 min read · 10 February 2016
Vinson & Elkins hired Paul Dunbar as a partner in the firm’s London office. Dunbar, whose practice focuses on private equity and special situations funds, was previously a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP.
2 min read · 09 February 2016
Enbala Power Networks, a Canadian provider of solutions for distributed energy resource management, has added Dr. Cheryl Martin to its board of directors. Martin is a principal at Harwich Partners. She is also the the former acting director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy and prior to that, was an executive in residence with Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.
3 min read · 09 February 2016
PCX Aerostructures, a provider of precision, flight critical and structural assemblies for rotorcraft and fixed wing aerospace platforms, has named Jeff Frisby to its board of directors. Recently, Frisby was the president and CEO of Triumph Group. PCX Aerostructures's backers include RFE Investment Partners and 24/6 Capital Partners.
3 min read · 09 February 2016
Applied Acoustics International, which is owned by Angeles Equity Partners, has named Larry Hagood as CEO. Previously, Hagood worked at Autoneum North America where he served as chief operating officer. Based in Chicago Heights, Illinois, AAI is a provider of of noise, vibration and harshness solutions for the North American automotive sector.
3 min read · 09 February 2016
Lovell Minnick Partners has made several new additions to its team. The private equity firm has hired Benjamin Kaplan and Steven Korff as vice president and associate respectively in Los Angeles while Greg Dutov is joining the Philadelphia office as an associate.
3 min read · 09 February 2016
Investment bank Houlihan Lokey said on Monday that Gregg Feinstein, its U.S. head of mergers and acquisitions, had died, Reuters News reported.
1 min read · 09 February 2016
Modere said Monday it named Josh Kirschbaum its Chief Operations Officer and Brad Christensen its Chief Information Officer, effective immediately. Modere is a portfolio company of Z Capital Partners LLC.
3 min read · 09 February 2016
Ghostery, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus LLC, said Monday that it named Jim Weber its CFO. Prior to Ghostery, Weber was CFO of iLevel Solutions.
3 min read · 09 February 2016
Modere, a portfolio company of Z Capital Partners LLC, appointed Josh Kirschbaum as chief operations officer and Brad Christensen as chief information officer. Kirschbaum was previously COO at Gilchrist & Soames, and Christensen has worked at Novell and FamilySearch.org. Modere is a Utah-based social retailer focused on wellness.
3 min read · 09 February 2016
