Human Capital
24 July 2024
Apex hires MD in Saudi Arabia
Walid Hayeck takes up a senior role at Apex FundRock which was recently licensed by Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority
23 July 2024
Keyhaven promotes Saleem in fund accounts team
This is Mehreen Saleem’s second promotion in two years
22 July 2024
Vistra appoints MD for North America
Caroline Baker takes on newly created role as fund admin gears up for expansion
22 July 2024
Profile: Karen Sands, COO, Federated Hermes Private Equity
From psychology to finance; from finance to COO; Karen Sands charts her professional journey, highlighting how her interpersonal skills have helped her reshape teams
19 July 2024
Apex bolsters US team
The firm has added a chief business development officer in New York
19 July 2024
Highvern appoints two in Ireland
Emma Keane (left) has been named country head while Adrian Bailie (right) steps into the role of head of corporate and capital markets
17 July 2024
A&M launches exec search through acquisition
Professional services firm launches A&M Search by integrating Wilkinson Partners
17 July 2024
A&O Shearman strengthens fund finance team
Clovis joins the firm’s sponsor-side debt finance practice from Kirkland & Ellis
17 July 2024
Renauld bids goodbye to Sienna
CFO departs after four years; Banel Kane set to follow in his footsteps
15 July 2024
Separation anxiety
Recent cases in the divorce courts could have significant bearing on how past and future earnings of PE partners are divided between separated couples
15 July 2024
The Drawdown Awards 2024: Legal and Compliance Professional of the Year
Victoria Brown of AnaCap is Legal and Compliance Professional of the Year
15 July 2024
The Drawdown Awards 2024: ESG Professional of the Year
Serge Younes of Investindustrial is ESG Professional of the Year
15 July 2024
The Drawdown Awards 2024: CFO of the Year
Rhonda Nicoll of Soho Square Capital is Chief Financial Officer of the Year
15 July 2024
The Drawdown Awards 2024: Rising Star of the Year
Matthew Maguire of Park Square Capital is Rising Star of the Year
15 July 2024
The Drawdown Awards 2024: Technology Professional of the Year
Dee Parekh of BGF is Technology Professional of the Year
15 July 2024
The Drawdown Awards 2024: COO of the Year
Andrew Haywood of Park Square Capital is COO of the Year
11 July 2024
The Drawdown Awards 2024: Viva Altvia!
The Drawdown speaks to Brie Aletto, CEO of Altvia about its success at The Drawdown Awards
10 July 2024
The Drawdown Awards 2024: The Citco way
The Drawdown talks to Jay Peller of the Citco group of companies (Citco) about its success at The Drawdown Awards
9 July 2024
Wafra takes GP stake in Citation Capital
The investment was made through Wafra’s Capital Constellation strategy
9 July 2024
Aztec promotes Choquet to Luxembourg lead
The fund administrator recently launched its AIFM service in Luxembourg
8 July 2024
Column: The performance prescription
Natalia Ramsden of Sofos Associates on the value of integrating health into development programmes
8 July 2024
Profile: Jörg Helten, CFO, Maguar Capital
Shares his vision for a centralised IT infrastructure which allows for seamless LP and SP plug-ins as well as the road he is taking to get there
4 July 2024
Carry on as before?
Will a new Labour government’s plans for taxing carried interest mean the party is over for PE?
28 June 2024
Phoenix’s Steve Darrington retires
Darrington exclusively shares with The Drawdown some final thoughts before concluding his career
27 June 2024
Profile: Audrey Kahn, Activa Capital
Five months into her CFO role at the firm, Kahn compares her past experiences in an outsourced and internal senior finance function, as well as balancing personal achievements with professional ones
25 June 2024
IQ-EQ appoints MD for Belgium
Formerly with Deloitte, Philippe Hijazin steps into the role
24 June 2024
Stanley adds ESG associate to transformation team
Katharina Franke joins the firm from Boston Consulting Group
21 June 2024
Apex Group appoints private clients and family office head
Katie Baxter joins from Jersey office of Ogier
20 June 2024
Nordea promotes Johard to head of fund finance
She previously worked in the bank’s leveraged finance team
14 June 2024
Synthesis loses second CFO in two years
The Drawdown exclusively reveals that director of finance and operations Matt Gill has resigned and will leave the firm in August
14 June 2024
The Drawdown Awards 2024: Winners announced
The winners of The Drawdown Awards 2024 were announced at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London, hosted by comedian Rhys James
13 June 2024
17Capital opens Dubai office
Investment director Pierre Garnier heads up the GCC base aimed at supporting local GPs and LPs with NAV financing
13 June 2024
Invest Europe names chair
Partner and chair of EMEA at KKR, Johannes Huth, takes up the mantle
13 June 2024
S64 welcomes CTO
Marcus Glover was previously managing director at Bank of Singapore, Deutsche Bank and UBS Investment Bank
12 June 2024
Jolt drops anchor in Montreal
With North American HQ, the firm aims to prospect new investors and build out platform for portfolio company growth
11 June 2024
Travers Smith adds to retailisation expertise
Joel Grossmark, formerly European legal counsel at Blackstone, joins the firm as a partner
10 June 2024
Corvus appoints Sands as non-exec
The chief operating officer of Federated Hermes GPE joins the Corvus board
10 June 2024
Weinberg appoints general secretary
Émilie Lhopitallier to oversee financial and legal activities and manage cross-functional operations
7 June 2024
Aztec executive board reshuffle
Stuart Fulton has joined as CFO, Jane Hanson as chief people officer and Richard Larnder as chief strategy and transformation officer
7 June 2024
Petra Funds creates outsourced CFO service
Former CFO at US energy fund White Deer, Erin Rathke, has been appointed as managing director to support the offering
6 June 2024
Fundcraft adds Keith Hale to its board of directors
Hale will assume the role of senior adviser
5 June 2024
Gibson Dunn welcomes tax partner
Formerly with Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Benjamin Rapp joins the firm’s tax practice group across Munich and Frankfurt
5 June 2024
Atempo Growth appoints COO
Tina Page, formerly of MV Credit, steps into the role after a career break
4 June 2024
Abrdn launches sustainability committee
Chair Sarah Moody (right) has been promoted to chief corporate affairs and sustainability officer while Kristina Church (left) joins as global head of corporate sustainability
3 June 2024
In Conversation: Connecting high tech with high touch
As processes become increasingly automated and data determined, what role will personal connections and interaction play in the future of private markets?
3 June 2024
Ecosystemic change
Matthias Plötz investigates the forces driving diversity and inclusion in private equity
31 May 2024
Canoe and InfoGrate partner up
The consulting partnership is aimed at providing outsourced CTO services to family offices
31 May 2024
Passthrough welcomes head of financial crime
Mark Mangion formally joins full-time after spending the last two years in the role of financial crime adviser
30 May 2024
Holtara appoints inaugural global chief commercial officer
Formerly with TimesSquare Capital Management, Yovanka Bylander Arroyo takes up the mantle of global CCO and head of Americas
29 May 2024
Ocorian appoints new CFO
Craig Buick succeeds Gavin James who is now retired from full-time employment
28 May 2024
Ogier adds to fund expertise in Dubai
Dominic Athwal relocates to Dubai and receives promotion to counsel
28 May 2024
Skadden welcomes financial regulation partner
Formerly with Linklaters, Sebastian Barling advises on regulatory aspects of M&A, investment funds, PE funds, insurers and banks
28 May 2024
Cost cutters: Four tips for operational resilience
Ace & Company’s managing partner Sally Beh says careful cash management is a crucial step in trying times
24 May 2024
Fair HQ and Ciphr team up
Collaboration to help firms accelerate their DEI progress and embed behavioural change in the workplace
23 May 2024
Profile: Charles Rousset, Revaia
The CFO/COO shares milestones from the emerging manager’s journey and dives into operational due diligence and collaborating with one’s LPs
22 May 2024
BGF selects Christopher Olds to succeed Matthew Reed as COO
Reed is taking time off over the summer before he begins his next chapter
21 May 2024
Guy moves to Holland Mountain
Matt Guy to spearhead the company’s AI professional services for private equity firms
21 May 2024
White & Case expands Luxembourg tax practice
Ex-Allen & Overy counsel Guilhèm Becvort specialises in cross-border tax law for private equity, debt and real estate strategies
16 May 2024
Apex appoints global head of operational transformation
Ken Fullerton steps into the role after nearly two decades at SS&C GlobeOp
16 May 2024
White & Case add funds partner in Luxembourg
Emmanuel Gutton joins from the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry
15 May 2024
Goodwin welcomes Lux-based partner
Virginie Leroy joins the firm’s private investment funds practice
13 May 2024
Profile: Patrick Ghoche, Inovia Capital
The CFO shares what he has learnt from his versatile experiences in investment banking and working for a public manufacturing firm
13 May 2024
Quilvest appoints new COO
Eggleston is the second senior executive to join Quilvest from Pantheon in recent months
13 May 2024
NetScientific’s EMV acquires Martlet
London-based deep tech VC EMV Capital will manage Cambridge seed stage investor Martlet Capital’s c.£23.3m portfolio of investments
10 May 2024
Petra Funds appoints chief of staff
Steven Antonson previously worked in-house at US VC firm Zero Infinity Partners as CFO and COO
9 May 2024
TDR appoints head of compliance
Jon Wedgbury was previously head of compliance at USS Investment Management
3 May 2024
Investec Bank launches private credit management division
Michael Miller joins as head of private credit management after 21 years at HSBC
2 May 2024
The FTC’s non-compete ban and its consequences
If you or your loved ones have been incentivised to remain at your current employer, you may be entitled to compensation
2 May 2024
Clifford Chance promotes Dunne to partner
Stephanie Dunne has been at the firm for a decade, since completing her training contract
2 May 2024
Ogier welcomes McManus into partnership
Matt McManus joined the firm in 2021 as a managing associate
2 May 2024
Top of the ops: Be young, be foolish, be PE?
This episode of TOTO examines talent retention in PE with Kerry Heaton, chief people officer at Hg
2 May 2024
Recipe for success(ion)
Chef’s tip: Make sure to carefully fold succession planning into the mixture before cooking up a fundraise
1 May 2024
Blackstone’s head of GP stakes departs
Mustafa Siddiqui spent 14 years at the firm and had held his current role for four years
29 April 2024
EQT appoints legal director
Formerly with Invesco, StepStone and BlackRock, Archanna Ramu will be responsible for client relations and capital raising
25 April 2024
Hg makes leadership appointments
Firm welcomes Vijay Bharadia as CFO and Samantha McGonigle as general counsel and partner
24 April 2024
Maguar appoints senior fund controller
Formerly with Deutsche Private Equity, Joachim Deselaers moves into the role
22 April 2024
Ennea Capital’s von Herman joins ACE
Former director of operations of VC firm moves to fund admin as VP and head of customer excellence
19 April 2024
RSM appoints new head of private equity
Stuart Clowser succeeds Charlie Jolly who was previously in the role for nine years
18 April 2024
Bridgepoint appoints CFO
Ruth Prior succeeds Adam Jones who will step down after six years
17 April 2024
Carlyle appoints tax leadership
The firm’s own Clare Copeland (left) takes up the mantle of chief tax officer as Shannon Stafford (right) is appointed chair of tax
17 April 2024
Debevoise appoints funds partner
Goodwin’s Shawn D’Aguiar makes the switch after seven years
16 April 2024
Bain & Company’s Alexander Schmitz succeeds Christophe De Vusser
Schmitz will assume the role of private equity EMEA practice lead
16 April 2024
NLC appoints non-exec director and CTO
Investec co-founder Bernard Kantor and ex-Meta Kresimir Slugan join the independent non-bank lender, respectively
16 April 2024
DunPort appoints GC
Niamh O’Reilly joins the private debt asset manager after nine years at corporate law firm McCann FitzGerald
15 April 2024
3…2…1… lift-outs!
Could back office lift-outs take off in Europe as an alternative to traditional outsourcing?
11 April 2024
Sheenagh Dougall replaces Lesley Cairney as Artemis COO
Cairney’s retirement at the end of May follows that of compliance head Graeme Mitchell in March
11 April 2024
Abacus appoints CEO
Anthony J D’Ambrosi takes over from founder Chris Grandi, who is taking up the mantle of chair
9 April 2024
Titanbay appoints CEO
The firm’s COO Ossama Soliman steps into the role, as outgoing CEO Thomas Eskebaek joins the board of directors
8 April 2024
Profile: Dorothea Sztopko, Golding Capital Partners
Heralds COOs as the agents of change, discusses their role in digital transformation and highlights the importance of communication
8 April 2024
Ogier appoints Luxembourg funds partner
Hervé Leclercq will advise PE, real estate and infrastructure fund managers on fund structuring, operating and marketing
4 April 2024
Exec search firms BraddockMatthews and David Barrett combine
Now known as BraddockMatthewsBarrett, the firm aims to reach a wider client base of alternative asset management firms between London, New York and Boston
4 April 2024
Hamilton Lane appoints new COO of client solutions operations
Reilly was previously COO at investment bank PJT Park Hill for more than eight years
2 April 2024
Yielco promotes GC to managing director
Britta Lorenz took up the mantle of the firm’s general counsel and director two years ago
2 April 2024
Column: Optimise to incentivise
Natalia Ramsden of Sofos Advisors considers whether incentive schemes in private equity do enough to develop talent
2 April 2024
Normal service: disrupted
GPs are increasingly focusing on culture to convince the next generation of talent to make the industry their destination of choice
28 March 2024
Carlyle appoints COO
Lindsay LoBue succeeds Chris Finn who will remain at the firm in a senior advisory role
26 March 2024
AMG appoints COO and CFO
Dava Ritchea succeeds Thomas Wojcik as CFO while the latter takes the helm as inaugural COO of the GP stakes investor
25 March 2024
Macfarlanes promotes six
The round of partner promotions includes that of corporate tax lawyer Joe Robinson
22 March 2024
JTC Law appoints head of investment funds and corporate
Leanne Wallser has two decades of experience practising Jersey Law
21 March 2024
Katten appoints three to investment management office
Thomas Laurer, Ryan Hansen and Daniel Lewin join from Curtis
20 March 2024
Stake a chance on… Blackstone
Josh Blaine and Ward Young discuss the alignment of GP stakes and secondaries
20 March 2024
Corvus launches administration business
The company has added fund administration services to its existing legal and compliance business
20 March 2024
Quilvest taps global HR lead
The Drawdown speaks to ex-Pantheon Richard Berke about the transition
20 March 2024
Herbert Smith Freehills appoints ESG leadership across US, UK and EMEA
Partner Heike Schmitz to co-head the firm’s ESG EMEA practice together with partner Iria Calviño, among other appointments
18 March 2024
5 minutes with… Will Roxburgh, Khepri
The managing partner talks MJ Hudson management buyout origins, the market consolidation in fund administration and its consequences for the rise of boutique firms
15 March 2024
Jeito appoints secretary general
Sarah Leroy most recently served as legal, tax, compliance and insurance director at sugar producer and cooperative group Tereos
14 March 2024
White & Case appoints funds partner
Formerly at Ropes & Gray, Lavanya Raghavan to join the firm and reunite with former colleague Emily Brown
14 March 2024
Cinven welcomes operational leaders into partnership
The firm has promoted general counsel Babett Carrier, chief HR officer Caroline Rawes and CFO Mike Colato to partner