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Jenny Machida Joins CD&R as Managing Director of Portfolio Talent

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Monday, March 4, 2024

NEW YORK, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice ("CD&R" or the "Firm") today announced the appointment of Jenny Machida as Managing Director of Portfolio Talent, a newly created position to bring additional capability to support our investment teams' focus on talent across the investment life cycle.

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  • NEW YORK, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice ("CD&R" or the "Firm") today announced the appointment of Jenny Machida as Managing Director of Portfolio Talent, a newly created position to bring additional capability to support our investment teams' focus on talent across the investment life cycle.
  • Ms. Machida has more than 25 years of experience in direct investing, management consulting and building businesses.
  • Prior to that, Ms. Machida was a Partner and Managing Director at private equity firm IMB Partners, where she played a lead role in talent due diligence, post-close strategic planning and in partnering with management teams to execute value creation initiatives.
  • Prior to IMB, Ms. Machida was co-founder, Chief Business Officer and Board Chair at a start-up medical diagnostic technology company called Sevident.

Fell Gray is named as Chief Marketing Officer at Arizent

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Arizent, a leading B2B information company, today announced that Fell Gray has been appointed as its Chief Marketing Officer. Ms. Gray joins the company's executive leadership team under Jeff Mancini, who was appointed as CEO in December.

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  • Fell Gray has been appointed as its Chief Marketing Officer.
  • NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Arizent , a leading B2B information company, today announced that Fell Gray has been appointed as its Chief Marketing Officer.
  • Ms. Gray joins the company's executive leadership team under Jeff Mancini, who was appointed as CEO in December.
  • For the past three years, Gray has served as SVP, Brand and Marketing at Arizent.

MSCI Equity Indexes November 2023 Index Review

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, announced the results of the November 2023 Index Review for the MSCI Equity Indexes - including the MSCI Global Standard, MSCI Global Small Cap and MSCI Micro Cap Indexes, the MSCI Frontier Markets, and MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Islamic and MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI US Equity Indexes, the MSCI US REIT Index, the MSCI China A Onshore indexes and the MSCI China All Shares Indexes.

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  • MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, announced the results of the November 2023 Index Review for the MSCI Equity Indexes - including the MSCI Global Standard, MSCI Global Small Cap and MSCI Micro Cap Indexes, the MSCI Frontier Markets, and MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Islamic and MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI US Equity Indexes, the MSCI US REIT Index, the MSCI China A Onshore indexes and the MSCI China All Shares Indexes.
  • MSCI Global Small Cap Indexes: There will be 216 additions to and 283 deletions from the MSCI ACWI Small Cap Index.
  • MSCI Global All Cap Indexes: There will be 103 additions to and 142 deletions from the MSCI World All Cap Index.
  • In light of currently observed market accessibility issues, MSCI will not implement changes as part of this Index Review for any securities classified in Bangladesh, Egypt, Kenya, or Nigeria for the MSCI Bangladesh, MSCI Egypt, MSCI Kenya, and MSCI Nigeria Indexes or impacted composite indexes.

Vida Health Announces $28.5 Million in Funding; Appoints Joe Murad CEO

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

The Company also announced the appointment of Joe Murad as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

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  • The Company also announced the appointment of Joe Murad as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
  • Murad succeeds Stephanie Tilenius, who will step down following nine years of service as Founder and Chief Executive Officer and will transition to an advisory capacity.
  • Vida intends to use the investment to further scale and pursue ongoing growth opportunities, particularly in the rapidly expanding GLP-1 market.
  • He most recently served as President and CEO of WithMe Health, a digital health company offering pharmacy benefits management and personalizing medication experiences for employers, employees, and their families.

Emmanuel Dubreuil and François Bucchini Appointed to PartnerRe’s Board

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Joining the Board are Emmanuel Dubreuil and François Bucchini, effective November 7, 2023.

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  • Joining the Board are Emmanuel Dubreuil and François Bucchini, effective November 7, 2023.
  • Mr. Dubreuil and Mr. Bucchini replace Sylvestre Frézal and Thierry Francq.
  • Mr. Dubreuil is Head of Insurance and Reinsurance Initiatives at Covéa.
  • Commenting on the appointments, PartnerRe Board Chairman, Thierry Derez said, “On behalf of the Board, Jacques Bonneau and I would like to thank Sylvestre and Thierry for their contributions during their time on the PartnerRe Board.

Ex-Goldman Sachs Executives Partner with Insurance Veterans to Launch Global Transactional Risk Firm, Birch Risk Advisors

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As dealmakers across Wall Street and corporate America increasingly turn to transactional risk insurance, an accomplished team of former tax attorneys and investment bankers today announced the launch of New York-based Birch Risk Advisors. Backed by global insurer AmTrust Financial, the new insurance advisory firm will be led by Steve Bunson, Barry Sklar, Sheldon Elefant, and David Danesh.

Key Points: 
  • Elefant, previously the U.S. Head of Tax Insurance at Willis Towers Watson, and Danesh, previously SVP and Director in the Specialty Insurance practice at Alliant Insurance, are well-known tax attorneys with extensive transactional risk experience across the global M&A markets and tax-controversy landscape.
  • Birch Risk Advisors offers bespoke solutions, including:
    Tax Insurance—transferring uncertain tax exposure to top-rated insurance carriers, inside and outside of M&A transactions.
  • Notably, a significant tailwind powering the recent demand for transactional risk insurance is President Biden's landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
  • "With the evolution of the transactional risk insurance market, insurance capital is now a powerful solution for complex M&A transactions and uncertain balance sheet risks," said Steve Bunson, Advisory Director at Birch Risk.

WTW to Announce Third Quarter Earnings on October 26, 2023

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

LONDON, Oct. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WTW (Willis Towers Watson, NASDAQ: WTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, will announce its financial results for the third quarter on Thursday, October 26, 2023 before the market opens.

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  • LONDON, Oct. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WTW (Willis Towers Watson, NASDAQ: WTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, will announce its financial results for the third quarter on Thursday, October 26, 2023 before the market opens.
  • The company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 26, 2023.
  • A live broadcast of the conference call will be available on WTW’s website here .
  • An online replay will be available at www.wtwco.com shortly after the call concludes.

TRADETEQ SECURES US$12.5 MILLION IN A PLUS FUNDING ROUND LED BY LEADING VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM MS&AD VENTURES

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Friday, September 8, 2023

LONDON, Sept. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tradeteq, the pioneering technology provider for securitisation-as-a-service and bank asset distribution, today announces the completion of its $12.5 million A Plus funding round. Tradeteq connects trade finance and private credit originators with institutional investors to help address the pressing global lending shortfall.

Key Points: 
  • Tradeteq connects trade finance and private credit originators with institutional investors to help address the pressing global lending shortfall.
  • The round is led by US-based MS&AD Ventures, with significant investment from fellow venture capital firm Interlock Partners.
  • Both add invaluable industry insights and will aid Tradeteq in establishing its US operations, transforming issuance infrastructure to cater for the demands of US-based investors.
  • We were gratified with the participation and continued support of existing investors LGGP and Niya Partners to complete the funding round."

WTW Announces Regular Quarterly Dividend

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

LONDON, Aug. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WTW (Willis Towers Watson, NASDAQ: WTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced that its Board of Directors approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.84 per common share for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.

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  • LONDON, Aug. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WTW (Willis Towers Watson, NASDAQ: WTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced that its Board of Directors approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.84 per common share for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.
  • The dividend is payable on or about October 16, 2023 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 30, 2023.

Voya Financial names Brannigan Thompson executive vice president and chief human resources officer

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), a leading health, wealth and investment company, announced today that Brannigan Thompson has been named company executive vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO), reporting to CEO Heather Lavallee effective Aug. 16.

Key Points: 
  • Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), a leading health, wealth and investment company, announced today that Brannigan Thompson has been named company executive vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO), reporting to CEO Heather Lavallee effective Aug. 16.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230808182346/en/
    Brannigan Thompson, executive vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO), Voya Financial.
  • During his Voya tenure, Thompson has provided HR support for each of the company’s businesses and corporate functions.
  • He has also led work and teams across various Voya HR functions, ranging from talent and leadership development to performance and rewards management.