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Privately Speaking: David Bonderman of TPG

For TPG co-founder David Bonderman, ESG is top of mind, and he has firm views on the subject. When Philip Borel and James Taylor asked him about them, he was equally forthright on the trouble with Europe, how to tackle the challenges of Asia and what his firm will look like in five years’ time.

Social impact: What Damon did next

A few years ago, Damon Buffini was one of the biggest names in European private equity. Now he spends his time trying to help social enterprises reach another million people

Venture philanthropy: Maintaining Impetus

The UK’s two leading venture philanthropy groups have taken some of their own medicine by deciding to merge in pursuit of greater scale and impact

PGGM hires former Permira exec

The Dutch pension administrator has expanded its private equity team with the appointment of Wouter Snoeijers as a director, private equity.

Clairvest promotes Green to managing director

Mitch Green’s promotion brings the total number of managing directors at Clairvest to five.

Ontario Teachers’ loses head of TMT

Bogdan Cenanovic was named interim head of the team, replacing Glen Silvestri (pictured), who left the Canadian pension system in July.

Lawson named CEO of HGGC

Richard Lawson has been promoted to CEO of HGGC, formerly Huntsman Gay Global Capital, which recently returned all committed capital from its $1.1bn debut fund back to LPs.

Carlyle hires former GE exec

Matthew O’Connor will join Carlyle in September as a managing director on the power investing team.

La Caisse hires IFC exec for emerging markets

Former COO of the IFC Rashad Kaldany will join the C$186bn system to build out its team focused on emerging markets.

Darby hires head of Latin America

The firm has hired Roberto Velarde, former CIO of Grupo Inder in Chile, to manage its Latin America investment practice and develop additional private equity vehicles focused on the region.