Private Equity
Entertainment Cruises, a portfolio company of Pritzker Group Private Capital, said Wednesday it named Kenneth Svendsen its CEO. Most recently, Svendsen served as president of the Walt Disney Travel Company.
3 min read · 06 January 2016
Catalyst Investors said Wednesday it promoted Susan Bihler to Principal, Patty Xu to Finance Director and Isaac Schlecht to Senior Research/Business Analyst.
2 min read · 06 January 2016
Eric Albert has joined XPND Capital as Vice-President, Investments effective immediately. Most recently Albert was Executive Vice President with Stingray Digital Group Inc.
2 min read · 06 January 2016
Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp has promoted Todd Clegg to managing director. Clegg, who joined the firm in September 2005 from JPMorgan, has worked on several portfolio investments, including York Risk Services Group Inc, a U.S.-based provider of risk management, claims management and managed care services acquired from ABRY Partners in late 2014. From Onex's office in New York, Clegg will in his new role be responsible for leading the firm's origination efforts in the financial services industry.
2 min read · 05 January 2016
Syncsort, which is backed by Clearlake Capital Group LP, has promoted Josh Rogers from president to CEO. Prior to joining Syncsort, Rogers worked at IBM and Endeca Technologies. Based in Woodcliff Lake, NJ, Syncsort is an enterprise software provider.
4 min read · 05 January 2016
Alternative Investment Management LLC has hired Ryan Quinn as a managing director. In his new role, Quinn is focusing on portfolio management and researching hedge fund and private equity managers and investments. Previously, Quinn was a shareholder and director at Canterbury Consulting.
2 min read · 05 January 2016
Precision, a portfolio company of Peak Rock Capital, said Tuesday that Hans Van Der Looij has been appointed Regional Manager of Europe, effective immediately. Previously Van Der Looij spent 15 years at SCA Packaging Group of DS Smith most recently serving as MD of Plastics Europe. Markus Raab, who previously served as Precision's Regional Manager of Europe, was promoted to Chief Commercial Officer last year.
2 min read · 05 January 2016
Cerberus Capital Management said Monday that David Abrams was appointed Senior MD of Cerberus UK Advisors Ltd in its London office. Abrams was previously with Apollo Management, where he founded and was the Managing Partner of the Apollo European Principal Finance Funds franchise.
3 min read · 04 January 2016
Berkshire Partners said Monday that Samantha Adams and Thomas Kuo were named Managing Directors effective Jan. 1.
2 min read · 04 January 2016
Vista Equity Partners said Monday it named Kenneth Frank the CEO of the merged MarketLive Inc. and Shopatron. Frank most recently served as COO of Vista portfolio company Aptean. In November, Vista said it acquired and merged MarketLife and Shopatron.
3 min read · 04 January 2016
