Private Equity
Ridgewood Private Equity Partners has hired Michael Albrecht as managing director. Prior to joining RPEP, Albrecht worked at Allstate Investments, where he most recently served as acting global head of infrastructure and real assets.
3 min read · 09 October 2014
Sharing wisdom gleaned as a senior executive at HGGC after his years as a Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, Steve Young told private equity pros to huddle, embrace change and find out how good you could be.
2 min read · 08 October 2014
Vortus has named Brian Hansen as a principal for its investment team. Previously, Hansen worked at Pioneer Natural Resources Company where he was a senior executive.
2 min read · 08 October 2014
Middle market private equity firm GI Partners has named Laila Tarraf as head of human resources. Previously, Tarraf worked at Peet's Coffee & Tea where she served as chief people officer and vice president of human resources.
2 min read · 08 October 2014
Onex Credit Partners has hired Stephen Baker, former senior portfolio manager with CQS. It's not clear what title Baker will have. Onex Credit Partners is establishing a London office to expand its platform into Europe.
3 min read · 08 October 2014
Zeus Capital has hired Adam Pollock as head of corporate broking from Panmure Gordon and Michael Allen as a research director. Allen previously worked as an executive director at Panmure Gordon.
2 min read · 08 October 2014
Warburg Pincus has hired three people as executives-in-residence in the healthcare group. David Kirchhoff, former chief investment officer of Weight Watchers International, Philip Gioia, president of North America at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals and Richard Hassett, formerly president and CEO of NovaSom, will work to explore investment opportunities in the healthcare industry.
5 min read · 08 October 2014
Edwin Cass has joined the board of directors of Markit Ltd (Nasdaq: MRKT), a London-based provider of financial information services. The appointment of Cass, a senior managing director and chief investment strategist at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), follows the pension fund's investment in the company at the time of its initial public offering. Founded by Canadian-born executive Lance Uggla, Markit is a portfolio company of U.S. private equity firm General Atlantic, Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings and other investors.
3 min read · 07 October 2014
Financial services firm Aequitas Capital has named Brian Rice as executive vice president and partner. He has also been appointed president of Aequitas' wealth management division. Prior to joining Aequitas, Rice worked at KeyBank, where he served as the regional president for Oregon, Washington and Alaska.
3 min read · 07 October 2014
Investment management firm Spears Abacus has hired William W. Marden III as principal and portfolio manager. Previously, Marden worked at First Republic Investment Management where he served as a managing director and portfolio manager.
2 min read · 07 October 2014
