Private Equity
Maureen Kerr has joined Forbes Private Capital Group as a senior managing director in its New York office. Kerr will be responsible for insurance coverage in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Prior to Forbes, she worked as a director with Barclays where she developed and managed the Japanese Yen private placement platform.
3 min read · 02 February 2015
Cardinal Logistics Management Corp, which is backed by Centerbridge Partners, has named Tom White as executive chairman. Previously, White worked in senior management at a number of companies that include CEVA Logistics and Hub Group Inc. Cardinal Logistics provides transportation and third-party logistics services.
2 min read · 30 January 2015
Vestar Capital Partners has promoted John B. Stephens to managing director. Previously a principal at the firm, Stephens joined Vestar in 2006.
2 min read · 30 January 2015
Aequitas Capital Partners has expanded its team by hiring four new regional directors. Joining the firm are Todd Nelson as southeast regional director; James Kenney as northwest regional director; Whit Whitehouse as southwest regional director; and Bill Hennessey as northeast regional director. Also, the company has promoted Tammy Wood to vice president of sales.
3 min read · 30 January 2015
Evercore has hired Jay Chandler as a senior managing director in its Equity Capital Markets Group. Chandler most recently worked as head of capital markets for Liquidnet, an equity block trading network. Chandler spent 26 years with Merrill Lynch and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
2 min read · 30 January 2015
Accordion Partners has hired Jonathan Apter as director and named Bolaji Lawl as vice president. Apter will focus on leading private equity consulting engagements. He joined Accordion from Evercore Capital Partners, where he worked as a director originating and executing investment opportunities. Bolaji, who was been working at Accordion since August 2014, has now fully joined the team. Previously, Lawl worked at Moelis & Co. as a vice president.
3 min read · 30 January 2015
Online education firm Lynda.com has hired Erik Nierenberg as general manager of its enterprise business unit. Previously, Nierenberg worked at Salesforce.com. Lynda.com is backed by TPG, Accel Partners, Spectrum Equity and Meritech.
2 min read · 29 January 2015
Square 1 Bank has hired Randy Churchill as senior vice president to lead the company's tech banking efforts in Los Angeles and Orange County. Previously, Churchill worked at Cooley LLP where he was a founding member and a senior vice president of business development at the company's LA office.
3 min read · 29 January 2015
Giact Systems LLC, a portfolio company of Tritium Partners, has appointed Benjamin Guion as chief financial officer and Holly Merrill as chief communications and advocacy officer. Guion is the former COO and CFO of New Dominion Bank while Merrill is the former CEO of PaymentsPLUS. Based in Texas, Giact is a provider of risk management solutions for electronic payments.
3 min read · 29 January 2015
The appointments comes as Swedish GPs gear up to formally launch industry guidelines on greater transparency
2 min read · 29 January 2015
