PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS Crestline Investors appointed Michael Aingorn a managing director. He previously was a partner at American Industrial Partners. BelHealth Investment Partners promoted Jonathan Spero to vice president from senior associate. He joined the healthcare-focused PE firm in 2015. Siris hired Tracy Harris as a partner in IR and product strategy. She will help manage the firm’s relationships with LPs and prospective investors […]
Kolin joined this month Five Arrows closed its last secondary fund in 2016 Kolin spent years at Strategic Partners Brian Kolin, a former executive with Strategic Partners, Blackstone Group’s secondaries outfit, has joined Rothschild & Co.’s Five Arrows group, two sources told Buyouts. Kolin, who joined Five Arrows as a managing director on the Multi Strategy team, […]
Schlitt joined Credit Suisse in 2000 Worked out of Dallas on Southeast, Southwest U.S. David Klein earlier was named co-head of private fund group Ryan Schlitt, a longtime executive with Credit Suisse’s Private Funds Group, left the firm, Schlitt and a separate source confirmed for Buyouts. Schlitt, a managing director who worked at the firm […]
Scott Twibell is a managing director and co-head of the TMT group at Lincoln International. Twibell’s global team completed nearly 110 transactions in the past four years, focusing largely on vertical software and on a mix of tech-enabled businesses, mostly PE-backed. Twibell spoke to Buyouts about how competition for software deals has changed the dynamics around […]
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS Permira hired Tom Eggemeier as a partner. He’d been president of Genesys. Graycliff Partners named Gregory Olson an operating partner. Olson is former chief development officer at Ichor Systems. Cimbria Capital named Richard Seline a senior adviser. Currently, he is a managing partner at Resiliency Capital Partners and executive director and senior adviser for AccelerateH2O. Actis named Maureen E. O’Toole a managing director, leading the investor development […]
Independent sponsors are a source of deal flow for LPs with co-investment experience Doing deals as an independent sponsor can be a proving ground for aspiring GPs Aberdeen often commits 30-50 pct of its PE funds to emerging managers Whit Matthews is a senior investment director at Aberdeen Standard Investments. He spoke with Buyouts about […]
Bistrong launched Harris Williams TMT group in 2006 Croley founded Ministry Brands in 2012 Croley started Greater Sum Ventures in 2016 Jeff Bistrong is leaving Harris Williams after 17 years and joining a private equity firm, four sources said. Bistrong began at Harris Williams in 2002, his LinkedIn profile said. He is credited with launching […]
Erickson joined Gores Group in May 2011 Gores is investing on deal-by-deal basis Aurora Capital Fund V closed on $1.2 bln in 2017 Scott Erickson has left Gores Group after eight years, according to three sources. A May 14 email to Erickson at Gores generated an automatic reply: “Please note that Scott Erickson is no […]
Cornwell was a team lead on sale of Perform to Vista Equity Deregulation in sports betting creates opportunity for M&A Sports data companies trade at high multiples K. Don Cornwell is a partner at PJT Partners, focused on media and entertainment, specifically sports and gaming. Most recently, Cornwell led the PJT team that represented Perform and its parent, […]
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS Macquarie Capital named Mark Buchanan managing director and head of North American family office coverage. He’s a former managing director at BMO Financial Group. Macquarie also appointed Mark Padjen senior vice president. Carlyle Group: Pooja Goyal joins as partner and head of the renewable and sustainable energy team. Goyal most recently headed the alternative-energy investing group at Goldman Sachs. General Atlantic: Michael […]