Human Capital
30 May 2023
Column: A mindfully bigger brain
Natalia Ramsden of Sofos Associates discusses the benefits of meditation as the golden ticket to brain hacking
26 May 2023
Former Sanne execs set up new fund admin business
Ex-Sanne senior leaders have launched Palmer Street, with £8m backing from Marwyn Value Investors
25 May 2023
Partners Group CFO steps down
Hans Ploos van Amstel had held the role since 2020 and will remain as an advisory partner
25 May 2023
Top CFO priority: Talent retention
Survey finds talent attraction and retention to be the key objective, after asset growth
25 May 2023
Bridges promotes seven
Asa David and Nazli Kayalp have been promoted to fund director and fund manager, respectively, and Iveta Grazule is promoted to legal associate
24 May 2023
ACA Group appoints CEO
Blackrock’s former chief product officer Patrick Olson steps into the role
22 May 2023
Travers Smith appoints co-heads of ESG and impact
Doug Bryden and Heather Gagen will lead the ESG and impact group, chaired by Simon Witney
15 May 2023
Harbourvest appoints head of client operations
Javier Rodriguez will manage the integration of the firm’s client experience, investment accounting, treasury, portfolio analytics and performance measurement teams
15 May 2023
In-house rules: legal versus compliance
As more lawyers move into in-house roles within private equity, they can take up the mantle of either legal or compliance – but how do these functions cross and diverge?
11 May 2023
Alpha Group launches fund finance arm
The division will be led by Adam Heaysman, who joins Alpha from Raiffeisen Bank
11 May 2023
More than half of GPs anticipate increase in tech budget
New survey findings reveal that 51% of emerging GPs expect larger IT spends during the coming year
10 May 2023
Indos Financial appoints CEO
Abi Holland is promoted to CEO from head of client relationship management
10 May 2023
Travers Smith’s senior partner to step down
Due to exceptional family reasons, Kathleen Russ will step down as a senior partner but remain in a consulting capacity
9 May 2023
Linklaters appoints Vergauwen as counsel
Julia Vergauwen’s practice focuses on ESG funds, Luxembourg domiciled funds and highly leveraged AIFs
5 May 2023
Forbion appoints head of ESG and impact
Stafford Capital’s Silva Deželan is stepping into the newly created role
5 May 2023
A&M’s Taxand team makes senior hire
Rhys Owen joins Alvarez & Marsal’s fund taxation practice from EY
5 May 2023
Herius Capital CFO and COO departs
After two years at the firm, Andrea Novak has moved to Laub Capital as CFO
4 May 2023
Chronograph adds two to board
Ben Harrison of DealCloud and Intapp aims to help accelerate growth
28 April 2023
MJ Hudson’s Lutgen joins Ashurst
Whitney Lutgen will serve as partner to Ashurst’s investment funds group
28 April 2023
Ufenau appoints risk and operations manager
Youssef Oussine comes onboard after five years at IQ-EQ
27 April 2023
Golding appoints CFO
Michael Braun joins from BayernInvest as previous CFO Andreas Rizos decides to leave the firm
27 April 2023
Goji appoints operations director
Clémence Chorlay joins from fintech platform Moonfare
24 April 2023
Bitkraft promotes two
Antonio de la Esperanza and Adrian Galea have been appointed as VP of legal and finance respectively
24 April 2023
Katalysen Ventures appoints CFO
Swedish VC appoints entrepreneur Anders Dahlgren as head of finance
21 April 2023
Ogier expands offering in Ireland
After five years at Apex, Michael Carroll joins the law firm as head of debt capital markets
21 April 2023
IDR appoints head of channel partnerships
Karina Fochtman has a decade of experience in senior roles across consulting and relationship management
19 April 2023
Petra Funds appoints director of ESG
Hugh Simpson joins from KPMG and is based in the London office
17 April 2023
Atominvest expands ESG team
John Repetti joins after two and a half years in TPG’s Y Analytics team
17 April 2023
Squire Patton Boggs expands funds practice
After 10 years at MJ Hudson, Rob Eke joins the firm as a partner
12 April 2023
One Rock appoints chief people officer
Monica Yavin joins the firm after six years at First Eagle Investment Management
6 April 2023
Chronograph hires four
Appointments include Abbas Khan as product owner for data extraction and Daniel Gruppo as client development manager
5 April 2023
Canoe hires five
The appointments include VP of data strategy, VP of enterprise architecture & scalability, and VP of finance
5 April 2023
Altum goes to Cape Town
The local team will be led by Sandri Pieters who joins from Sanne
3 April 2023
Lloyds Bank appoints head of financial sponsors syndicate
William A. Lamain joins from Raiffeisen Bank
30 March 2023
EY appoints PE ESG leader
Appointment takes place against backdrop of strategic investment to expand the firm’s PE practice
28 March 2023
Waystone management members depart
COO Paul Cahill, CFO Glen Magee and CEO Derek Delaney have left the business
28 March 2023
IDR appoints three
Management team now includes Karen Bee as senior delivery manager for operations, Jason Green as CTO, and Dan Loughney as finance director
27 March 2023
Plural expands operations team
Venture platform appoints head of finance, general counsel and chief of staff
27 March 2023
Low carb diet
How can GPs shed the weight of their greenhouse gas emissions within their own organisations
24 March 2023
Permira appoints fund finance director
Gareth Davies steps into the role after a career break
23 March 2023
Partech welcomes chief sustainability officer
Josépha Montana joins from Turenne Capital in the newly created role
23 March 2023
Dechert expands fund formation practice
Formerly head of Travers Smith’s investment funds group, Sam Kay is leaving the firm after 25 years
23 March 2023
Profile: Brian Mason, BC Partners
The head of technology discusses the human side of tech and its role in decision making
22 March 2023
AssetMetrix welcomes middle office solutions specialist
Patrycja Dos Santos is making the move after a brief stint at Sienna Private Credit
22 March 2023
Kirkland adds ESG and impact partner
Rhys Davies joins the firm after 16 years at DLA Piper
21 March 2023
Belasko appoints Jersey client services director
Scott Nelson joins from Fairway Group
20 March 2023
Apex creates global head of valuation role
Anthony Alfonso joins from accountancy and advisory firm BDO
20 March 2023
Role call: head of talent
More importance is being placed on the role of chief talent officer and the value it can bring. What competitive edge does it provide?
17 March 2023
Montagu promotes nine
Firm makes key appointments across tax, finance and HR departments
17 March 2023
Precede appoints senior associate for legal
Sonali Mullick moved in-house after working at Reed Smith and Greenberg Traurig
17 March 2023
Samaipata appoints head of finance
Irene Calvo Sanz joins from mscope, an AI software company for LPs
15 March 2023
Afinum appoints CFO as managing director
Anton Bergman joined the firm in 2019 as co-CFO
10 March 2023
Golding hires COO
Firm expands senior management team to include Dorothea Sztopko in new COO role
10 March 2023
Oaktree’s VP for legal affairs departs
Eamonn McDonald has joined DBAG’s new Luxembourg office as managing director
9 March 2023
Room for improvement
Majority of PE and VC firms below industry standards when it comes to equality, diversity and inclusion but trajectory is upwards, Equality Group finds
8 March 2023
Embrace (private) equity
This International Women’s Day, the theme is ‘embrace equity’. We spoke to Jacqueline Taiwo, co-founder of Black Women in Asset Management, to understand her firm’s impact