Private Equity
Platinum Equity has named investment bank veteran David Boutry as a principal and head of its global business development team.
1 min read · 21 November 2014
Forbes Private Capital Group has hired former Blackstone Group and Fortress Investment Group fundraiser Laura Hill as a director in the New York office. Hill will cover institutional and family office investors in the Western U.S. and select clients in other North American geographies. Most recently, Hill worked as a director of corporate affairs at the Council of Foreign Relations. Previously, she was a director at Fortress in the capital formation group, and prior to that she worked at Blackstone as a director in the private equity fundraising group.
3 min read · 21 November 2014
BKM Capital Partners has added John J. Mack, Paul Dolinoy and Jeff Gehl to its board of advisors. Mack is the former CEO and chairman of Morgan Stanley while Dolinoy is the former president of Equitable Real Estate Investment Management. And, Gehl is a managing principal and co-founder of RCP Advisors.
4 min read · 20 November 2014
CVC Capital has hired Tomas Ekman as a partner in its Stockholm office. Previously, Ekman worked at 3i where he served as a partner and managing director in the Nordic region.
2 min read · 20 November 2014
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is hiring the former head of Spain at 3i, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a source confirmed.
1 min read · 20 November 2014
Lower middle market private equity firm Summit Park has expanded its staff with three additions. Houston Stokes and Kyle Taura are joining the company as associates while Ian Morris has been hired as a business development associate.
2 min read · 20 November 2014
Fiserv, a Brookfield, Wisc.-based provider of financial services technology solutions, has added Alison Davis to its board of directors. Davis is a managing partner of Fifth Era, which invests in early-stage technology-enabled companies. She is also a former managing partner at Belvedere Capital Partners.
2 min read · 20 November 2014
ForgeRock, a provider of identity relationship management solutions, has hired Robert Humphrey as chief marketing officer. Previously, Humphrey worked at CA Technologies where he served as senior vice president of global field and channel marketing. ForgeRock is backed by Meritech Capital Partners, Accel Partners and Foundation Capital.
2 min read · 20 November 2014
New Jersey State Investment Council chairman Robert Grady stepped down from his role following the council’s Nov. 19 meeting. The former Carlyle Group executive chaired the council during a four year period that featured a surge in the value of its private equity portfolio.
2 min read · 20 November 2014
Evercore has hired Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi as senior advisor. Leonardi is the former chairman and CEO of Northington Partners.
3 min read · 20 November 2014
