Private Equity
SourceLink, which is owned by Aterian Investment Partners, has named Don Lewis as chief financial officer. Lewis has been with SourceLink since 2013 and prior to that, he worked at KPMG. Based in Itasca, Illinois, SourceLink is a direct marketing services provider.
2 min read · 31 August 2015
HGGC has promoted Hudson D. Smith Jr. and Neil H. White to managing director. Also, the middle-market-focused private equity firm has upped Farouk J. Hussein and Steven A. Leistner to principal. Smith, White and Leistner have been with HGGC since 2009 while Hussein joined the firm in 2012.
3 min read · 31 August 2015
Strategic Value Partners LLC said Monday it named Flip Huffard to its Advisory Council. Huffard was previously with the Blackstone Group where he was a Senior MD and one of the leaders of the firm’s Restructuring and Reorganization Group.
2 min read · 31 August 2015
Jerome Kohlberg, a private equity pioneer, passes away at 90. Joseph Trustey, a 53-year-old deal maker, has his life cut short by a plane crash.
4 min read · 30 August 2015
BelHealth Investment Partners has appointed Burt Zweigenhaft as an operating partner. Prior to joining BelHealth, Zweigenhaft worked at Onco360 where he served as the founder, CEO and vice chairman.
2 min read · 28 August 2015
Investment bank 7 Mile Advisors has named Steven Cowan as a managing director. In his new role, Cowan will lead 7 Mile Advisors' newly formed energy and industrial services team. Cowan's previous work background includes senior banking positions at Jefferies & Company, Deutsche Bank and Canaccord Genuity.
4 min read · 28 August 2015
Middletown, New York-based snacks maker BFY Holdings I LLC has named Paul Nardone as president and CEO. The appointment is effective immediately. Previously, Nardone was an operating partner at Sherbrooke Capital. BFY is backed by Permira.
4 min read · 27 August 2015
Angelo, Gordon & Co has named Joshua S. Baumgarten as senior managing director and head of credit. Baumgarten, who is currently a senior managing director at Blackstone, will start his new position in 2016.
3 min read · 26 August 2015
Aequitas Capital has expanded its capital markets team. The firm hired Jeff Mazer, a former Bank of America Merrill Lynch executive, as senior managing director of capital markets and treasury. He will be responsible for managing the firm's portfolio of investment offerings, executing senior and junior debt and credit strategies and working as an advisor to executive management. The firm also brought on Katya Baron as a managing director of capital markets. Baron previously worked at Sterne Agee, Gleacher, Barclays Capital and J.P. Morgan Securities.
2 min read · 26 August 2015
McClarin Plastics LLC, which is backed by Blackford Capital, has appointed Wade Walcott as vice president and general manager of its Dynamic Fabricators unit. From 2006 to 2009, Walcott was the sole owner of Dynamic Fabricators when it was taken over by Amtech and then merged with McClarin this year. Based in Hanover, Pennsylvania, McClarin is a maker of composites and fiber-reinforced plastic components.
3 min read · 25 August 2015
