Private Equity
K&N Engineering, a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors, said Thursday that Tom McGann has joined as CEO. Most recently, McGann was the President and CEO of Spyder Active Sports. Riverside, California-based K&N makes washable performance air filters and air intake systems.
2 min read · 12 February 2015
Monument Group, an alternative investment fund placement agent, has hired Niklas Amundsson as a managing director for the firm's Hong Kong office. Previously, Amundsson worked at MVision where he most recently served as a partner.
2 min read · 11 February 2015
Cyprium Partners has named John Ward to its advisory council. Ward is a managing partner at Unit Economic Investors and Unit Economic Advisors.
2 min read · 11 February 2015
Landmark Partners said Wednesday that James Clarke has joined the firm as Director - Investor Relations. He will be based in New York. Clarke will focus on IR initiatives following Landmark’s recent close of its fifteenth secondary fund at $3.25 billion in December.
3 min read · 11 February 2015
AssuredPartners Inc., a portfolio company of GTCR, said that Matthew Gardner was named regional president. Gardner will build and integrate the company’s existing operating platforms within the mid-Atlantic region. Gardner most recently led the integration of Bollinger Inc. into Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Lake Mary, Florida-based AssuredPartners buys and invests in insurance brokerage businesses.
2 min read · 11 February 2015
Frazier Healthcare said that Brett Moraski has joined the growth buyout team as an Operating Partner. Previously, Moraski was a Senior Operating Advisor at LLR Partners and Corporate VP of Transformation at WellPoint. With offices in Seattle and Menlo Park, California, Frazier provides venture and growth capital to healthcare companies.
2 min read · 11 February 2015
NGP Energy Capital Management said late Tuesday that Chris Carter, MD and Chief Investment Coordinator, was appointed to the firm’s Executive Committee and named a Managing Partner. Robert Edwards, NGP managing director, is also relocating to Houston and will manage the firm’s office there, a statement said. The Carlyle Group is an investor of NGP, an energy investor.
2 min read · 11 February 2015
AP Exhaust Technologies, a portfolio company of Audax Group, said it named Chris Ostrander as its new chief executive officer and president. Evangelos "Vange" Proimos, the current CEO, will continue as executive chairman. Goldsboro, N.C.-based AP Exhaust makes OE replacement exhaust and emission products for the automotive, light truck, heavy-duty, agricultural, and industrial markets.
3 min read · 11 February 2015
Adnan Ahmed has been named the president and CEO of Marketwired Inc, a provider of news distribution services based in Toronto. The appointment follows the recent separation of social intelligence platform Sysomos from Marketwired. Ahmed joined the company in 2013 as chief strategy officer and general manager. In his new role, he will oversee its focus on core customers and products. Both Marketwired and Sysomos are portfolio companies of OMERS Private Equity, an investment arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.
4 min read · 10 February 2015
Pine Brook has appointed James P. Rutherfurd as a managing director. Previously, Rutherfurd was a partner at 3i Group.
3 min read · 10 February 2015
