Private Equity
Värde Partners co-CEO/CIO Marcia Page is moving into the role of chairman, where she will have oversight of the firm and be involved in strategic initiatives. Page will retain her seat on the investment committee. Co-CEO/CIO George Hicks will become Värde's sole CEO/CIO, effective January 1, 2016. Bradley Bauer will remain president.
2 min read · 02 December 2015
Franklin Square Capital Partners has appointed Greg Bassuk as managing director and head of liquid alternative strategies. Bassuk is a former chief operating officer at IndexIQ.
3 min read · 01 December 2015
Monomoy Capital Partners has hired Phil Arra as managing director and business development head. Previously, Arra worked at Terra Verde Partners.
3 min read · 01 December 2015
Advisory firm Maitland has expanded its team with four new appointments. Joining the firm are Luke Spencer-Wilson and Bill Henderson as senior business development managers; Pedro Hilton S. Olmo as client services manager; and Charles Romilly as business development advisor.
4 min read · 01 December 2015
This week's jobs include an investment director at Cambridge Associates and a director of healthcare industry private equity at Alvarez & Marsal. Also up for grabs is an associate position at Guggenheim Partners and a private equity senior analyst at TIAA-CREF.
2 min read · 30 November 2015
The Right Honourable Paul Martin, Canada's 21st Prime Minister, was recently named one of the recipients of the 2015 Startup Canada Awards. Martin was awarded the Adam Chowaniec Lifetime Achievement Award for his role in founding the CAPE Fund. Launched in 2009, the CAPE Fund is a $50 million private equity fund focused on investing in aboriginal enterprises and entrepreneurs. Its investments include Manitobah Mukluks, a footwear manufacturer, and One Earth Farms, an agri-food producer.
3 min read · 30 November 2015
Regimen Partners said Thursday that Michael Walsh joined as EVP, Corporate development. Bill Murray also joined the firm as a Director, Private equity. Walsh spent almost two decades as Chief Financial Officer at Burnaby's Creation Technologies while Murray has worked at National Bank Financial and Versant Partners.
2 min read · 30 November 2015
Regimen Partners, a Canadian private equity firm, has introduced two new members to its management team. Michael Walsh, formerly the CFO of Creation Technologies Inc, has joined the firm as executive vice-president, corporate development. Additionally, Bill Murray, a capital markets advisor and investment banker who previously served at National Bank Financial, joined as director, private equity. Vancouver-based Regimen also announced the opening of a new office in Toronto. The firm's recent investments include CRS CraneSystems Inc. Regimen became the company's majority shareholder in late 2014.
2 min read · 26 November 2015
LPEQ, the international association of listed private equity companies, has named Douwe Cosijn to succeed Andrea Lowe as CEO. The appointment becomes effective January 4, 2016. Cosijn is a former director of corporate affairs and head of investor relations at 3i.
3 min read · 25 November 2015
Lionbridge Technologies Inc, which helps brands increase market share and customer engagement, has named James Quella to its board of directors. Quella is a former senior managing director at Blackstone's private equity group.
2 min read · 25 November 2015
