Private Equity
Perella Weinberg Partners said Wednesday that James Dunham has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Asset Management business. Dunham was previously with Goldman Sachs where he was responsible for creating and enhancing the firm’s partnerships with hedge fund/private equity fund of funds, sub-advised asset managers and outsourced CIO organizations in the United States and Canada.
2 min read · 14 October 2015
Famous Brands International, a portfolio company of Z Capital Partners LLC, has named Jonathan T. Drake as CEO. Previously, Drake worked at global nutrition company GLANBIA plc where he served as vice president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa performance nutrition division. In addition to this job, Drake's work background includes senior leadership positions at Sara Lee Corporation, The Virgin Group and Kraft Foods. Famous Brands International is the parent company of TCBY Yogurt and Mrs. Fields Cookies.
4 min read · 14 October 2015
Nashville-based lower middle market private equity firm LFM Capital appointed Jessica Ginsberg as vice president of business development. Previously, she worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch's middle market general industrials group in Nashville where she served as portfolio management officer.
2 min read · 14 October 2015
Deal leaves private equity group’s fourth fund 60% invested.
2 min read · 14 October 2015
Silversmith Capital Partners has hired Marc Munfa as a principal, Brian Peterson and Srikant Rao as vice presidents and Nikhil Marathe as a senior associate. Prior to joining Silversmith, Munfa was a vice president at JMI Equity, Peterson was a vice president at Sterling Partners, Rao was senior director of advertising products at Salesforce.com and Marathe was an associate at TA Associates.
3 min read · 14 October 2015
Ryan Butler, a managing director and top secondary dealmaker at Portfolio Advisors, left the firm this month, Brian Murphy, managing director, confirmed for Buyouts.
2 min read · 12 October 2015
Jeff Edwards, a former private equity executive at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, left the pension system in July and joined NovaQuest Capital Management, according to two people with knowledge of the move.
2 min read · 12 October 2015
Specialty pharmaceutical company Impax Laboratories has added Janet S. Vergis to its board of directors. The appointment became effective October 7. Currently, Vergis serves as an executive advisor to Water Street Healthcare Partners LLC and Deerfield Management. Previously, she was an executive-in-residence at Warburg Pincus LLC.
2 min read · 08 October 2015
Car insurance agency Goji has named Amit Basak as president. Previously, Basak worked at Acclaris where he served as chairman and Staley Capital where he was a general partner. Goji is backed by Spark Capital, Thayer Street Partners, Village Ventures and Five Elms Capital.
3 min read · 08 October 2015
Electra Private Equity on Thursday said there was no reason for activist investor Edward Bramson to join its board and called on shareholders to again reject a proposed management shake-up.
2 min read · 08 October 2015
