Private Equity
HarbourVest Partners has announced a slew of promotions. Among them are Nate Bishop, Carolina Espinal and Aris Hatch to managing director. The firm has also promoted four staffers to principals and one to senior vice president.
4 min read · 12 November 2015
High Road Capital Partners has hired Kristin Newhall as Partner, Investor Relations and Administration. Newhall previously was a partner at The Riverside Company.
2 min read · 12 November 2015
Active Ride Shop, a portfolio company of Tengram Capital Partners, said Tuesday that Jenner Heller was promoted to President. Rick Mina, Active's interim president, is transitioning to the role of a strategic advisor.
3 min read · 11 November 2015
Private placement agent First Avenue has opened a new office in Hong Kong. The company has also appointed Michael Henningsen as a partner and he will be leading the new office in Hong Kong. Henningsen will also be serving as Asia co-head along with Martin Donnelly, a partner at the firm who runs its Sydney office. Previously, Henningsen worked at Park Hill Group where he served as a managing director and led the firm’s Hong Kong office.
3 min read · 10 November 2015
Shamrock Capital Advisors has named Jason Sklar as a managing director. Previously, Sklar worked at J.P. Morgan's Entertainment Industries Group.
2 min read · 10 November 2015
Apposite Capital said Tuesday it has appointed Anne-Laure Meynier as Investment Manager. Meynier was most recently CFO of Nuage Labs, a Paris based technology start-up.
2 min read · 10 November 2015
Stanford University is on the hunt for a managing director of private equity while Ontario Teachers' is seeking a director of private asset operations. Also, up for grabs is an investment banking director of private equity funds group at UBS and an investment manager at Octopus Capital.
2 min read · 10 November 2015
Comvest Capital, the direct lending group of Comvest Partners, has named Colleen Gurda as a vice president. Previously, Gurda worked at BNY Mellon subsidiary Alcentra Capital Corp.
2 min read · 09 November 2015
DDJ Capital Management has hired Michael Weissenburger as managing director and head of origination. The appointment is effective immediately. Previously, Weissenburger worked at Wells Fargo Capital Finance where he served as director of direct loan origination.
2 min read · 09 November 2015
Angelo Gordon & Co. has named Jenny Morton as managing director and head of consultant relations. Previously, Morton worked at the Man Group in London where she served as managing director and global head of consultant relations.
2 min read · 09 November 2015
