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Buy-side advisor Clavana has launched to help private equity firms, their portfolio companies, and corporations identify and consummate acquisitions, particularly of companies that aren't yet for sale.
Four of the first eight team members at Clavana recently worked at Singapore-based Finquest. The buy-side advisor last month informed employees it was shutting down its operations in all of its North American, European and Asian markets except for Luxembourg.
The Carlyle Group has hired the former global head of campus recruiting and diversity recruiting at Goldman Sachs to be a managing director of human capital management.
In his new position Omer Tanvir will focus on the operational and tech side of talent management, rather than recruiting. Still, his knowledge of campus recruiting methods could come in handy.
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The following Big Move! items appeared in the September 26 edition of Private Equity Career News:
Big Move! Anna (Chambers) Ferguson joins the London office of technology buyout shop Clearlake Capital Group as managing director-fundraising, according to her Linkedin profile. Ferguson most recently served as managing director of capital formation of Hunter Point Capital.
Los Angeles is enjoying a more hopeful moment in private equity, nine months after being hit with multiple wildfires that took a toll on several local M&A professionals.
LA-based PE firms Composition Capital and Fusion Capital Partners, founded last year by former executives of Kayne Anderson and Odyssey Investment Partners, have brought debut funds to market. The two firms filed regulatory forms late last month, respectively, for Composition I LP fund and Fusion Capital Partners I LP fund. No amounts or targets were listed.
The following Big Move! items ran in the September 19 free edition of Private Equity Career News:
Big Move! Alain Carrier joins sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Investment Council as executive director-private equity, according to his Linkedin profile. Carrier most recently served as chief executive officer of money manager Bregal Investments.
When Terry Mullen left Thomas H. Lee Partners some 25 years ago to found Arsenal Capital Partners, it created a stir. Mullen had been a principal at the Boston buyout firm. Would investors back someone who had yet to reach the partner level?
Stephan Schneck, until this summer a managing director and founding team member at direct lender Tree Line Capital Partners, promises a "New Venture Coming Soon!" on his Linkedin profile.
"A special thanks to Tom Quimby and Jon Schroeder for taking a chance on me in 2014," wrote Schneck in a Linkedin post, referring to the two managing partners of the San Francisco firm. "From those early days with a small team in San Francisco to today's national platform, it's been an honor to be part of the journey."
The following Big Move! items ran in the September 12 free edition of Private Equity Career News:
Big Move! Amit Aggarwal joins the State of Connecticut Office of the Treasury, which oversees the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, as principal investment officer-real assets, according to his Linkedin profile. Aggarwal most recently served as an investment officer at Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association.
Ben Mimmack, a former M&A director and head of investor relations for Baymark Partners, has started his own independent sponsor, Sulis Investment Capital.
The following Big Move! items appeared in the September 5 free edition of Private Equity Career News.
Big Move! Steve Baranowski joins Chicago-based buyout firm Flexpoint Ford as managing director and CFO. According to his Linkedin profile, Barankowski previously served as a partner at Chicago-based money manager Adams Street Partners.