Leadership

Equinix Names Google Cloud Executive Adaire Fox-Martin As Next CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 13, 2024

Digital infrastructure company Equinix announced a planned leadership transition effective late second quarter of 2024 when the current President and CEO Charles Meyers will transition to the role of Executive Chairman, and Google Cloud Go-to-Market President Adaire Fox-Martin will start serving as Equinix President and CEO. Peter Van Camp - currently the Executive Chairman - will step away from his formal responsibilities as a Board member to take the role of Special Advisor to the Board.

Rede Partners Hires Riccardo Villa From Lazard As Head Of Strategic Capital Advisory

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 13, 2024

Rede Partners announced it appointed Riccardo Villa to the newly created Head of Strategic Capital Advisory role. Villa joins Rede with 20 years of experience from Lazard to deepen the firm's capabilities in supporting clients in building their franchises through accessing capital at the portfolio and corporate levels.

Osaic Brings In $210 Million Latitude Wealth Advisors Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 12, 2024

Osaic - one of the largest providers of wealth management services in the nation - announced the addition of Latitude Wealth Advisors, a wealth management firm based in Hauppauge, New York. Latitude works with hundreds of families and businesses, representing $210 million in total client assets. The firm was previously affiliated with Ameriprise Financial and joined Osaic through Affiliated Advisors, one of Osaic's largest enterprise offices of supervisory jurisdiction (OSJs).

3M Names Bill Brown As New CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 12, 2024

3M announced that William M. "Bill" Brown is appointed chief executive officer, effective May 1, 2024. Brown succeeds Michael Roman, who is being appointed to the role of Executive Chairman of the 3M Board of Directors, also effective May 1, 2024.

Blue Wolf Capital: David Hecht Named As Operating Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 12, 2024

Blue Wolf Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm specializing in the industrial and healthcare sectors, announced that David Hecht will join the firm as an operating partner. At the firm, Hecht will specialize in healthcare investments.

Houlihan Lokey: Brent Shepherd Named As Managing Director Of Capital Markets Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 12, 2024

Global investment bank Houlihan Lokey announced that Brent Shepherd has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Capital Markets Group. Based out of Chicago, Shepherd will co-lead the firm’s Healthcare Capital Markets efforts along with Managing Director Neha Shah.

Jamie Schwartz Named As Investment Team Director At Encore Consumer Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 12, 2024

Encore Consumer Capital announced that Jamie Schwartz rejoined the investment team as a Director after working at the firm as an Associate in 2016. Schwartz will be responsible for deal origination and execution as well as portfolio company oversight.

Leeds Equity Partners Hires Emily Bernstein As VP Of Investment Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 9, 2024

Leeds Equity Partners - a New York-based private equity firm focused exclusively on investing in the Knowledge Industries - announced that Emily Hyman Bernstein has joined the firm as a Vice President on its investment team.

Mesirow: Brian Price Named As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 8, 2024

Mesirow - an independent, employee-owned financial services firm - announced the appointment of Brian D. Price as CEO of Mesirow Wealth Management. In this role, he is responsible for the strategy, growth and market positioning of the private wealth business - which has over $10 billion in assets under management.

True Wind Capital: Emily Brakebill Named As Partner And Head Of Investor Relations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 8, 2024

Private investment firm True Wind Capital has announced the hiring of Emily M. Brakebill as Partner, Head of Investor Relations. Brakebill joined True Wind effective on March 4, 2024, and will serve on the firm's Investment Committee.

JLL Partners Reveals Managing Director Promotions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2024

JLL Partners (a New York-based middle market private equity firm focused on investing in businesses in the healthcare, aerospace and defense, and business services sectors) announced the appointments of Vikas Mouli and James Shillito to the position of Managing Director.

Jenny Machida Named As Managing Director Of Portfolio Talent At CD&R

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2024

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has announced the appointment of Jenny Machida as Managing Director of Portfolio Talent. This newly created position will bring additional capability to support our investment teams' focus on talent across the investment life cycle.

KKR Names Ruchir Swarup As Chief Information Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2024

KKR announced the appointment of Ruchir Swarup as a Partner and Chief Information Officer, effective immediately. In this role, Swarup will drive KKR’s technology strategy and vision. Based in New York, Swarup will lead the firm’s efforts to embrace new technologies and scale existing technology to create efficiencies and reduce risk.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board Reveals New Leadership Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2024

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board announced the appointment of new leaders to oversee the Capital Markets, Total Fund Management, and Global Investment Strategy investment departments, effective immediately.

Dechert Names Brian Miner As Partner In Corporate And Securities Practice Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2024

Dechert LLP announced the addition of Brian Miner as a partner in its corporate and securities practice group, further driving the firm's capabilities in middle market private equity and M&A. Miner will be based in its New York office.

Willkie Expands Private Equity Practice In Germany

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2024

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced that private equity attorney Dr. Nils Röver had joined the firm on March 1 as a partner in Germany. And his addition continues Willkie’s steady growth strategy in Germany over the past four years.

Ryan Asdourian Named As Chief Marketing Officer At Lumen

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 4, 2024

Lumen Technologies has named Ryan Asdourian as its new Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). In this role, Asdourian will oversee brand and product marketing and corporate communications. Asdourian will report to Lumen President and CEO Kate Johnson starting next week and serve as a member of the executive team.

HighPost Capital: Jay Steinle Named As Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2024

HighPost Capital - a leading private investment firm focused on the global consumer sector - announced that Jay Steinle has joined the firm as Managing Director and head of Investor Relations. Steinle will lead the firm’s fundraising and investor relations activities and be responsible for creating and strengthening new and existing client relationships. He will be based in West Palm Beach, FL, and report to David Moross, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HighPost.

Clarifai Names Chris Kent As SVP Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 29, 2024

Clarifai - a global leader in AI development and a pioneer of the full-stack AI platform - announced that Chris Kent will join as SVP of Marketing as Clarifai expands into more enterprises, enabling them to build and operationalize AI faster. Kent brings decades of marketing and category creation experience to Clarifai - which has spent ten years perfecting its capabilities to enable teams to build AI in minutes (not months) and unlock value instantly.

Emigrant Names Liz Nesvold As Vice Chair

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 29, 2024

Emigrant announced the appointment of Liz Nesvold as Vice Chair of Emigrant Bank. Nesvold has served the wealth management industry for over 30 years as a passionate advisor, investment banker, and executive. A proud advocate and mentor for women in financial services, Nesvold was described by Mergers & Acquisitions magazine as the most experienced female investment banker serving the investment management and securities industry and was recognized with the M&A Advisor's Leadership Award in 2021, in addition to being acknowledged as a Woman to Watch by InvestmentNews in 2019.