Private Equity
This week's jobs include a managing director at Cambridge Associates and a vice president at Jefferies. Also up for grabs are analyst positions at Blackstone and PIMCO and an associate spot at 3P Partners.
2 min read · 08 February 2016
Greenberg Traurig LLP hired Raymond F. Bogenrief as a shareholder in the corporate and securities practice. Bogenrief joins the firm’s Chicago office from Vedder Price. Before Vedder, he was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.
2 min read · 08 February 2016
Blue Ridge Partners hired Moti Shahani as a managing director and Vincent Schuller tot Peursum as a principal in the firm’s London office. Shahani was previously a London-based independent consultant focused on accelerating growth for a wide range of companies. Schuller tot Peursum recently returned from Dubai, where he founded and led Deloitte's commercial due diligence practice in the Middle East and North Africa region.
3 min read · 08 February 2016
Avista Pharma Solutions, which is backed by Ampersand Capital Partners, has named Eric Setzer as chief financial officer. Previously, Setzer worked at INC Research where he served as the executive director of finance. Avista Pharma is a a contract testing, development and manufacturing company.
2 min read · 08 February 2016
VMG Partners has promoted Angad Hira, Jonathan Marshall, and Carle Stenmark to vice president. Hira joined VMG in 2010 while Marshall and Stenmark came on board in 2012.
2 min read · 08 February 2016
Forestar Group Inc. said Monday that it has appointed Richard D. Squires of Lennox Capital Partners and Ashton Hudson of Rock Creek Capital to serve as Directors of the company. Kathleen Brown and Charles W. Matthews have resigned from the Board. Both appointments are part of an agreement with Carlson Capital LP and Cove Street Capital LLC. Both Carlson and Cove Street have agreed to vote their shares in favor of the Board’s recommended director nominees and certain other proposals the Board may recommend to stockholders for approval at the 2016 Annual Meeting and abide by other customary standstill provisions through early 2017. Austin-based Forestar Group operates in three business segments: real estate, oil and gas and other natural resources.
5 min read · 08 February 2016
South Florida-based Cardplatforms, a financial services tech company, has added Jim Aviles and Charlie Jadallah to its board of directors. Aviles was the founder of Merchant e-Solutions while Jadallah is a partner at Darwin Ventures.
3 min read · 05 February 2016
David Lee, CEO of Pritzker Group-owned PECO Pallet, will be leaving his post in 2016. A successor has not yet been named. Lee joined the company in 2005. Headquartered in Irvington, New York, PECO is a pallet rental company.
3 min read · 05 February 2016
Vestar Capital Partners has promoted four of its staff. Winston Song will now be a principal while Nikhil Bhat, Matt Dubbioso and Alex Kerr have been upgraded to vice presidents.
2 min read · 04 February 2016
Chesterfield, Missouri-based Pretium Packaging, a provider of custom rigid plastic packaging solutions, has named Paul Kayser as president and CEO. The appointment becomes effective February 15, 2016. Previously, Kayser worked at Nypro Packaging where he served as group president. Pretium is a portfolio company of Genstar Capital.
3 min read · 04 February 2016
