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Jobs of the week: Drum Capital, William Blair, Cambridge and Pimco are hiring

This week's jobs include a director of private equity investor relations at Drum Capital and a healthcare investment banking vice president at William Blair. Also, Cambridge Associates is seeking an investment director while Pimco is looking to hire a compliance officer.

Altium ups Fuller to head of London office

International investment bank Altium has promoted Sam Fuller to head of the London office. Fuller has been with Altium since 2000.

First Reserve expands team with new hire

First Reserve has added Luke O'Keefe to its energy infrastructure team. Previously, O'Keefe worked at General Electric's energy financial services business where he served as vice president of technical risk.

ILPA taps CEB veteran to replace long-time chief Jeramaz-Larson

Peter Freire, a long-time veteran at CEB (formerly Corporate Executive Board), has some big shoes to fill.

Seyfarth Shaw hires M&A attorney from Greenberg Traurig

Gabriel Monzon-Cortarelli has joined law firm Seyfarth Shaw as a partner focusing on corporate finance and commercial transactions involving public and privately held U.S., European and Latin American companies. He also handles cross-border mergers, joint ventures and strategic alliances involving U.S., European and Latin American businesses. Monzon-Contarelli joined from Greenberg Traurig.

HCRP promotes one to MD and hires another as VP

HealthCare Royalty Partners has promoted Paul Hadden to managing director and named Dr. Shin Kang as vice president. Hadden joined HCRP in 2007 as a senior associate. And, previously, Kang was vice president of equity research at Wells Fargo Securities. Also, HCRP will be opening an office in San Francisco this summer.

Mainsail Partners hires Will as CFO and operating partner

Mainsail Partners has appointed Ron Will as chief financial officer and operating partner. Previously, Will was the CFO of BrightRoll, which was acquired by Yahoo last December.

Gryphon Investors launches new dental services platform

Private equity firm taps former portfolio company executives to lead acquisition effort in the fragmented dental services practice industry

FireMon recruits Lewandowski as president and COO

FireMon, which is backed by Insight Venture Partners, has named James Lewandowski as president and chief operating officer. Recently, Lewandowski was CEO of FireHost. Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, FireMon is a security intelligence solutions provider.

PE firms seeking to capitalise on strong exit market

Panelists discuss how M&A sales, IPOs and dividend recaps are fueling realisation activity for financial sponsors