Private Equity
PineBridge Investments has named Gregory A. Ehret as CEO. The appointment becomes effective January 25, 2016. Prior to joining PineBridge, Ehret will be coming from State Street Global Advisors where he was the president and a member of the executive management group.
2 min read · 03 December 2015
Avondale Partners has named William F. Hagerty to its advisory board. Hagerty is the former Tennessee Commissioner of Economic Development under Governor Bill Haslam. Currently, Hagerty is managing director and co-founder of Hagerty Peterson & Company, a merchant bank and private equity firm.
2 min read · 03 December 2015
Oliver Duff has left his position as HSBC's head of European capital financing and is expected to launch a new senior loan fund in a move to Europe's growing institutional buyside, banking sources told Reuters.
2 min read · 03 December 2015
Alan Shor has joined Riata Capital Group LLC as an operating partner. Shor previously served as President, COO, and member of the Board of Directors of Zale Corp. He is currently co-founder and President of The Retail Connection, a real estate advisory, management and investment firm.
3 min read · 03 December 2015
Brian Corday has joined the Pulse Beverage Corp. as EVP of Business Development. He has also joined Pulse’s board. Corday was most recently Chairman and President of BullBear Ventures LLC.
2 min read · 02 December 2015
Gerald Schwartz, founder, chairman and CEO of Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp, has been chosen to receive the International Horatio Alger Award in 2016. The award recognizes an individual who has persevered through challenges to become a successful entrepreneur and community leader. As a result, Schwartz will become a lifelong member of the Horatio Alger Association of Canada and its American affiliate. Schwartz founded Onex in 1984. Today, it has more than US$22 billion in assets under management, including US$6 billion of Onex capital, in private equity and credit securities.
3 min read · 02 December 2015
Adams Street Partners has named Yar-Ping Soo to lead the firm's Asian investment team. Soo, a partner at Adams Street since 2010, will be succeeding Piau-Voon Wang, who will become a senior advisor. Prior to joining Adams Street, Soo worked at GIC Special Investments where she held various senior investment positions.
2 min read · 02 December 2015
London-based mid-market private equity firm Duke Street has promoted Charlie Troup and Stuart McMinnies to managing partners. Also, Jason Lawford, Ben Long and James Almond have been promoted to partner. And, Miles Cresswell-Turner, who has been a partner since 2008, will now become a specialist adviser to Duke Street.
2 min read · 02 December 2015
Revolution Growth has named four new vice presidents, hiring three new executives and promoting Meredith Balenske to vice president of communications. The firm hired Kristin Gunther, formerly a vice president at Perseus; Ashley Larson, a former senior associate at ABS Capital Partners; and Chris Hughes, former project leader at Boston Consulting Group.
3 min read · 02 December 2015
Monomoy Capital Partners hired Phil Arra as a managing director and head of business development. Arra will focus on sourcing investments from corporate sellers and family owners, among others. Arra joined Monomoy from Terra Verde Partners, prior to which he worked at Hunt Special Situations Group.
3 min read · 02 December 2015
