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Littlejohn hires CFO, adds head of IR

Littlejohn & Co has moved chief financial officer Deborah Jorde to head of investor relations and fund marketing, and has hired Kenneth Warren of Quadrangle to replace her.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Lyceum hires Sovereign Capital dealmaker

Simon Hitchcock will make the move to fellow UK mid-market firm Lyceum in March 2009. Lyceum has simultaneously made three investment team hires, bringing to 17 its total number of investment professionals, as it invests its £255m fund.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Schwarzman, Zell top list of richest buyout chiefs

The heads of Blackstone and Equity International lead the Forbes 400 list of the richest US investors in private equity. Leon Black, Pete Peterson, David Rubenstein, Tom Barrack, Tony James and Jerry Speyer were among other buyout titans listed.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Electra hires marketing vet to head IR

The London-based firm is looking to invest mainly in the UK and Western Europe. The firm raised a £100 million fund earlier this year.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Clayton Dubilier partner to head AIG

Edward Liddy, an operating partner with the New York buyout firm, is expected to return to Clayton Dubilier when he is finished with his duties at AIG, which yesterday entered into an $85bn government bailout. Liddy has been with the firm for about a year.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Palamon adds Currie to advisors

The firm has attracted another heavyweight media and telecoms veteran to its 12-strong advisory team. Sun Microsystems’ Peter Currie joins the likes of Lorenzo Pellicioli, Lord Eatwell and Ron Sandler.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

HarbourVest promotes three principals to managing director

The promotions of Brett Gordon, Alex Rogers and John Toomey brings to 20 the firm’s total number of managing directors worldwide, with five focused on the firm’s secondaries business and four working on direct investments.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Greenpark hires former Doughty Hanson GP

The London-based secondaries firm has added Robert Savage to its team of 12 investment professionals as it invests a €730m fund and prepares to raise Fund IV.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

AIG Investments hires Citi exec for Japan

Amid the turmoil of its parent company, AIG's investment arm continues its Asian expansion with the hiring of Michael Chae.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Highland expands China team with two Intel recruits

Highland Capital Partners has hired technology specialists and former Intel Capital senior executives John Hsin and Kuantai Yeh, just five months after Intel launched its second China fund.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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