Private Equity
This week's job opportunities include a vice president spot at BlackRock in addition to private equity directors at Zurich Alternative Asset Management and West Monroe Partners. Also up for grabs is a supervisor of private equity investor services at Citi.
2 min read · 17 March 2015
Timothy Atkinson, a senior vice president at Meketa Investment Group, has joined the firm's London office. Previously, Atkinson was based in Meketa's Boston office where he was in charge of investment manager research and client service. In London, Atkinson will be responsible for manager due diligence focusing on credit and other debt strategies across the EMEA region.
2 min read · 17 March 2015
Z Capital has beefed up its team with several new appointments. The firm has named Dennis L. Roberts and Jeffrey P. Werner as managing directors and operating partners; Andrew C. Curtis as managing director and a member of the investment team; Elias G. Silverman as a director and a member of the investment team; and Taylor S. Webb as an associate, corporate counsel and a member of the investment team.
7 min read · 17 March 2015
Squire Patton Boggs has promoted its private equity and venture capital head in Poland Michal Karwacki to partner at the firm's Warsaw office. Karwacki joined Squire Patton Boggs' global corporate practice in May 2014. Squire Patton Boggs is an international law firm that serves as an adviser in the private equity and venture capital markets in Central and Eastern Europe.
2 min read · 17 March 2015
Investment banking firm D.A. Davidson & Co has appointed Bryan Cummings as managing director and head of private equity coverage. Cummings' previous work experience includes senior level roles at RBC Capital Markets and an unnamed information services firm.
2 min read · 17 March 2015
Dow Schofield Watts has named Tony Norwood as a director to its corporate finance team. Norwood has previously held senior positions at Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance and at LDC.
3 min read · 17 March 2015
Polaris Partners said Tuesday it promoted Paulina Hill to principal and hired Dan Lombard. Hill, who was previously a Senior Associate, will continue to invest as part of the Polaris’ healthcare team. Lombard joins from H.I.G. Growth Partners. He will be a Principal at Polaris and part of the technology team.
2 min read · 17 March 2015
The board of directors of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc (TSX: SNC) has appointed Lawrence Stevenson as its new chairman. Stevenson, who is the managing director of Canadian mid-market private equity firm Callisto Capital, replaces Ian Bourne, who has decided to step down. According to Reuters, Stevenson has been a director on the company's board since 1999. Based in Montréal, SNC-Lavalin is an engineering and construction business.
2 min read · 16 March 2015
Polaris Private Equity said Monday it made two appointments to its team. Martin Lindh and Thorsten Madsen both joined as investment managers. Lindh previously worked in SEB Private Equity as investment manager, while Madsen was most recently with Implement Consulting Group.
2 min read · 16 March 2015
Canadian renewable power producer BluEarth Renewables Inc has appointed David McGraw to its board of directors. McGraw is a senior vice president and CFO of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP). One of BluEarth's investors is Teachers’ Private Capital, the private equity investment arm of OTPP. Based in Calgary, the company is also backed by ARC Financial Corp. In November 2014, ARC and Teachers, which first invested in BluEarth in 2010, made a follow-on investment totaling $81 million.
3 min read · 13 March 2015
