Private Equity
Advent International said Monday that Jeremy Rabe has joined as an operating partner while Livia Masnaghetti was named an industry advisor. They will work with Advent’s global retail and business and financial services teams to identify and assess investment opportunities in the loyalty and marketing services industries worldwide. Rabe most recently served as CEO of Premier Loyalty & Marketing while Masnaghetti was special advisor to Aeroplan on its initial public offering and spinoff from Air Canada.
2 min read · 02 March 2015
Patricia Grad has left Irving Place Capital after nearly five years, two sources said.
2 min read · 02 March 2015
Brock Capital Group has hired Phillip Harrington, Jr., as a senior managing director focused on corporate and fiduciary advisory services, M&A consulting and private equity and venture capital. Harrington previously worked as an executive vice president at CA Technologies.
2 min read · 27 February 2015
Chris Seasons has joined the investment team of Calgary-based energy private equity firm ARC Financial Corp. Seasons is a professional engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry. He also served as president of Devon Canada between 2004 and 2014. At ARC Financial, he will be a senior advisor, working on new deal origination and strategic and operational matters, and representing the firm on portfolio company boards of directors.
2 min read · 26 February 2015
Commonfund Capital Inc, a Commonfund subsidiary, has hired Celeste R. Barone as chief financial officer. Previously, Barone worked at Pomona Capital where he served as a managing director of finance and chief compliance officer.
3 min read · 26 February 2015
Healthcare-focused private equity firm BelHealth Investment Partners has hired Marc Aronstein as a managing director. Previously, Aronstein worked at The Marwood Group where he recently served as a managing director and co-head of private equity investing and M&A.
2 min read · 26 February 2015
Spectrum Group Management LLC, which focuses on investing in the distressed, special situations and secured lending credit markets, has hired Russell Diamond as a managing director. Previously, Diamond worked at Gates Capital Management where he was responsible for marketing and business development efforts.
2 min read · 26 February 2015
Jaguar Growth Partners has appointed Bruce Wolfson as general counsel and Eva Lo as senior vice president of operations and chief compliance officer. Previously, Wolfson worked at Bingham McCutchen (now known as Morgan Lewis & Bockius) while Lo was at Rockwell Partners LLC.
3 min read · 26 February 2015
Transportation-focused private equity firm Greenbriar Equity Group LLC has promoted Michael Weiss as a managing director. Prior to joining Greenbriar, Weiss worked at Merrill Lynch & Co's financial sponsors and leveraged finance group.
2 min read · 26 February 2015
Things Remembered said Wednesday that its President and CEO Lisa Gavales was named chairman. Michael Anthony, who had been Chairman, President and CEO for eight years, has stepped down from the board. Cleveland-based Things Remembered is a personalized gift retailer that is backed by Madison Dearborn Partners.
3 min read · 26 February 2015
