Greg Geiling, a senior Blackstone executive who oversaw special situations investments at BX’s hedge fund unit Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, has left, Reuters reported. Geiling resigned from Blackstone earlier this year and left the firm last week, the story said. Geiling was a senior managing director and head of the hedge fund solutions special situations investing group.
Kell Reilly has joined General Atlantic as a managing director. Reilly will focus on investments in the Technology sector, based in Palo Alto. Reilly was previously with D1 Capital Partners, where he served as co-head of the technology, media & telecommunications sector.
Riverpoint Medical, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has named Doug J. King as CEO. Previously, he was president of Medtronic's spinal business. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Riverpoint Medical is a provider of medical devices focused on advanced surgical fiber implants and related technologies.
Concord Health Partners has named Tim Leahy as a managing director on the investment team. Previously, he was managing director at BelHealth Investment Partners.
Concord Health Partners has named Tim Leahy as a managing director on the investment team. Previously, he was managing director at BelHealth Investment Partners.
Chicago and Belgium-based Showpad, a sales enablement solution, has named Helen Yu as chief customer officer. Yu was the founder and CEO of Tigon Advisory Corp. Showpad's investors include Dawn Capital and Insight Partners.
Raymond James has expanded its financial services investment banking team with four new hires. Joining the firm's Boston office are Robert Hutchinson as managing director, Andrew Stager as director, Calvin Chau as vice president and Frank Elder as analyst.
EduLab Capital Partners has hired Edwin Derecho as chief financial officer and Dahler Battle as senior associate. Derecho's work background includes serving as manager of international treasury for RCA and vice president in M&A at Citibank. Prior to working at EduLab, Battle was an associate at Village Capital.
Atlanta-based Global Franchise Group, a brand acquisition and management firm, has named Chris Cheek as chief development officer. Also, the firm has promoted Annica Conrad as executive vice president of brand marketing; Pam Maxwell as vice president of franchise operations; and Lisa Cheatham as vice president of growth marketing. GFG is backed by Lion Capital LLP and Serruya Private Equity Inc.
The JDRF T1D Fund, a venture philanthropy fund focused on accelerating life-changing solutions to cure, prevent and treat type 1 diabetes, has named Dr. Steven St. Peter as a managing director. He's a former managing director at MPM Capital and ex-CEO of Aratana Therapeutics Inc.