Del Real Foods, a Hispanic refrigerated foods company, has named Michael Axelrod as CEO. Previously, he was CEO of Passport Global Foods and Fine Choice Foods. Del Real is backed by Palladium Equity Partners LLC.
Bridge Growth Partners has named Jack Welch as an executive partner. Welch is the former senior partner at McKinsey & Company and head of the Boston office.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania-based 29Bison, a human capital advisory firm for middle-market private equity and venture firms and their portfolio companies, has named Eric Lane as a partner and chief operating officer. Previously, he worked as human resources officer for Cigna's government and business segment.
YL Ventures has hired Roger Hale as chief information security officer-in-residence. Hale is the former CISO of Informatica.
PGIM Investments has made a number of senior-level appointments. The firm has hired Ray Ahn as global chief marketing officer and Indy Reddy as global chief technology and operations officer. Also, Jim Devaney has assumed the role of U.S. head of distribution while Kimberly LaPointe has become head of PGIM Investments International.
Victory Park Capital has named Olibia Stamatoglou as chief financial officer. Most recently, she served as vice president of finance at Valor Equity Partners.
SymphonyAl Group has named Leif E. Pedersen as a senior operating partner. Recently, Pedersen was CEO of BIOVIA, a business unit of Dassault Systemes.
Phoenix Rehabilitation and Health Services Inc, a provider of out-patient rehabilitation centers, has named Chris Ciatto as CEO. Previously, Ciatto was executive vice president and chief growth officer for Elior North America. Phoenix is backed by Audax.
New Enterprise Associates Inc has promoted Ed Mathers to general partner. Also, the firm has promoted Blake Wu to partner on the healthcare investing team. Mathers first joined NEA in 2008 while Wu came on board in 2014.
This week’s jobs include a principal at Wellington, a a venture investments VP at Bayer and an associate at Prudential.