Private Equity
Frazier Healthcare said Monday that Tadataka Yamada, Ph.D., has rejoined the firm as a Venture Partner on the Life Sciences team. He will also serve as a Senior Advisor to the Growth Buyout team. Before rejoining Frazier, Dr. Yamada was Chief Medical and Scientific Officer at Takeda Pharmaceuticals in Tokyo, as well as a member of the Board of Directors.
3 min read · 07 July 2015
Abingworth said Monday that Tim Haines and Kurt von Emster were named joint Managing Partners. Stephen Bunting, who has held the Managing Partner role since 2002, will become Chairman. The changes are effective immediately.
2 min read · 07 July 2015
Creative Artists Agency, a portfolio company of TPG Capital, said Monday that James Burtson is joining as CFO effective July 13. Burtson most recently served as Senior Vice President of Time Warner Inc.
5 min read · 07 July 2015
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners said Monday that it has promoted David Burcham to Managing Director.
2 min read · 07 July 2015
In this week's jobs, West Monroe Partners is looking for an M&A director while JPMorgan Chase is seeking to fill an investor relations VP spot. Also up for grabs are associate openings at Z Capital and EverStream Energy.
2 min read · 06 July 2015
Baird has appointed Chase Sanders as a managing director on its technology and services team. Recently, Sanders worked at Signal Hill where he served as a partner and managing director.
3 min read · 06 July 2015
New hire comes little more than a year after KKR completes its first Africa investment.
2 min read · 06 July 2015
Blackstone has appointed Liping Zhang as a senior managing director and its chairman for Greater China. Previously, Zhang worked at Credit Suisse where he recently was co-CEO of Greater China and vice chairman of global investment banking.
2 min read · 06 July 2015
KKR has named Dominique Lafont as a senior advisor. The appointment is effective immediately. Lafont is the former president and CEO of Bolloré Africa Logistics.
2 min read · 06 July 2015
Japanese restaurant chain Wagamama, which is backed by Duke Street, has named Allan Leighton as non-executive chairman. Leighton's extensive work background includes serving as president and CEO of Wal-Mart Europe.
3 min read · 06 July 2015
