Human Capital
17 May 2022
Punt joins JTC
Martin Punt will develop the firm’s PE and VC offering, focusing on its UK and Channel Islands proposition
17 May 2022
BEX appoints general counsel
Bernard Charpentier is the first general counsel for the secondaries house
13 May 2022
17Capital promotes Shahin to partner
General counsel Emad Shahin has been at the firm since 2019
12 May 2022
Profile: Susan Wilkins, Actis
The COO discusses her pathway from Actis portfolio company to the GP, taking over management of Abraaj funds and her role as a member of the inclusion & diversity committee
11 May 2022
BWAM names first 40 under 40
The list was created to recognise Black women who are shaping the future of asset management
10 May 2022
Gaillard and Bénard launch Armen
Industry heavyweights create new firm focused on European GP stakes
9 May 2022
City Hive launches D&I reporting framework
The new framework aims to assess company culture in a bid to prevent greenwashing diversity
9 May 2022
Holland Mountain promotes two
Kimberly Ellis and Jonathan Connelly have both been promoted to associate directors of their respective divisions
9 May 2022
And the nominees are…
SyndicateRoom’s Graham Schwikkard recounts his journey from COO to CEO by bringing the firm’s tech function from Portugal to the UK, leading to the creation of a bespoke nominee platform to run its EIS fund
3 May 2022
Domicile watch: April 2022
Key takeaways from the major PE domiciles: including Jersey’s NPPR use by AIFs and CIMA’s latest promotions
29 April 2022
Mayfair’s CFO Pabari becomes partner
CFO Tushar Pabari has been promoted to partner, while Jenny Collins has been hired as chief talent officer
28 April 2022
Hazeltree appoints Amin as president & CEO
He takes over from Doug Haynes who has served as interim CEO of the business since October 2021
28 April 2022
The oxygen effect
Natalia Ramsden of SOFOS Associates details the cognitive improvements that can be achieved with hyperbaric oxygen therapy
27 April 2022
Maxwell joins Reframe
Industry veteran Ray Maxwell joins as advisory partner to lead new investment advisory offering
27 April 2022
TMF’s Alayarian joins IQ-EQ
Sally Alayarian has joined IQ-EQ as group chief risk officer
27 April 2022
Kirkland appoints three from SEC
Appointment of three former US SEC legal professionals follows the regulator’s recent private equity focused rule tightening
25 April 2022
Bite hires three
Matthew Purcell has been hired as finance director, Alex Seymour as chief legal officer and Tom Hamilton as chief information officer of the business
21 April 2022
GCP promotes Marsh to partner
John Marsh has been finance director at the firm since 2017
21 April 2022
Inflexion’s Dolan joins Investindustrial
Cordelia Dolan is responsible for talent management at the firm’s investee companies
20 April 2022
JTC appoints first chief sustainability officer
Wendy Holley will continue in her existing role as COO, and will be responsible for developing JTC’s ESG framework
14 April 2022
KKR appoints head of corporate citizenship
Pamela Alexander has taken up the role, having joined KKR from Ford Motor Company, where she spent the last 23 years
13 April 2022
Hg appoints CFO & head of talent
CFO Philip Marshall joins from Avast, while Kerry Heaton takes up the newly-created head of talent role, having joined from HSBC
13 April 2022
CTOs: Dealing with (unfair?) pressure
Alex Tyler and Ingolv Urnes of psKINETIC look at the challenges and successful coping strategies
12 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Victor Davies, Bregal Investments
“We want to build in more automation and use data in a more intelligent way to make decisions, across our IT and investment teams.”
12 April 2022
Apposite expands finance and ops
Dominique Alves has joined as finance and operations associate
7 April 2022
Aldebaran creates administrative and financial manager role
Marjorie Coëdel has taken on the position, having joined from bpifrance
7 April 2022
RBS International appoints head of institutional banking offshore
Susan Fouquier has taken up the newly created role in Guernsey
7 April 2022
Pemberton launches NAV offering
The lender has hired 17Capital’s Thomas Doyle to lead its new NAV financing strategy
7 April 2022
Aztec hires head of ESG and sustainability
Caroline Mantoura joins from Accenture, having served as director of operations
5 April 2022
SEI promotes Hicke to CEO
He takes over from SEI’s founder, Alfred West, who has led the firm for more than 50 years and has transitioned to the role of executive chair
5 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Marc Boullier, PAI Partners
“I want to digitalise deal sourcing, taking into consideration finance, ESG and procurement”
4 April 2022
NorthEdge promotes Page to CFO
Charlie Page has been with the firm since 2017, when he joined as financial controller
4 April 2022
The Techwork 2022
Our annual Techwork report charts the industry’s digital progress by focusing on a select group of individuals responsible for this crucial work
1 April 2022
“Every PE firm should have a CTO” - Jolt Capital
The need for PE firms to have a CTO is becoming increasingly important, and could become key to a firm's survival
31 March 2022
Profile: Kristy Trieste, Motive Partners
The CFO & chief compliance officer discusses being a founding partner, plans for the compliance function going forward, as well as how she interacts with IR
30 March 2022
Nominations open for the Most Influential Fund Finance Experts
The Drawdown is launching a new report, celebrating the most influential players in the fund finance market - nominations are now open
30 March 2022
Vista appoints new CFO
Lauren Dillard takes over from John Warnken-Brill, who is retiring from the role after 15 years
29 March 2022
IQ-EQ creates group head of compliance role
Tasnoova Zaki, who has taken up the newly-created leadership position, joins from Citi, where she was VP, strategic control initiatives, regulation & compliance
28 March 2022
“C-Suite and non-competes in the age of the tweet” – restrictive covenants and social media
Proskauer Rose’s Dorothy Murray and Nicola Bartholomew discuss the increasingly blurred lines when it comes to non-competes and personal social media accounts
25 March 2022
Drawbridge launches industry advisory board
The IAB aims to foster an open exchange of ideas and best practices to help advance cyber defences for the alternative investment community
24 March 2022
Hawksford creates M&A director role
Deloitte’s Sowmitra Singh will identify M&A opportunities and work on transactions
22 March 2022
Addleshaw Goddard opens Luxembourg office
Fieldfisher’s Richard Ledain Santiago has been appointed as partner to lead the new office
21 March 2022
EQT promotes Brouté
She joined EQT in 2019 as fund operations associate and now leads the firm’s fund finance event processing team
21 March 2022
The DEI is cast
Riverside Europe's Dörte Höppner gets under the skin of private equity's diversity, equity and inclusion problem
17 March 2022
Canoe hires four
Canoe’s latest senior hires join the firm’s technology, product and commercial teams
17 March 2022
Team recharge
Following two years of continued disruption to routines and ways of working, private equity professionals are facing an ongoing feeling of fatigue. As we move into hybrid models, what are firms across the globe doing to re-energise their employees?
14 March 2022
Ares, BlackRock among new BWAM partners
Helios, JP Morgan AM, M&G, Maniyar Capital, Morningstar and State Street Global Advisors also join BWAM as industry partners
11 March 2022
Helios’ COO joins EQT
Christina Drews will lead the strategic development of EQT’s operating platform
10 March 2022
Profile: Devin Glenn, Blackstone
The managing director, global head of diversity, equity & inclusion discusses how Blackstone collects and measures DEI metrics, where DEI sits within the firm and what she's achieved so far
9 March 2022
Novata forms ESG advisory council
The council advises the firm on ways to help private markets navigate, operationalise and extract value from ESG data
8 March 2022
PE & VC firms failing to meet industry EDI standards
Equality Group’s latest D&I index ranked Advent International in first place for the second year in a row, with a top score of 65%
8 March 2022
Sanne’s McFadden joins Centaur
Kevin McFadden will lead a team responsible for maintaining relationships with investors and analysts
7 March 2022
5 minutes with… Monel Amin, DiligenceVault
“One of the biggest friction points we see is the lack of standardisation. Diligence standards have emerged, but adoption remains sub-scale.”
7 March 2022
Actis promotes Nissan to partner
Shami Nissan has led the firm’s approach to responsible investment, sustainability and impact since 2014
3 March 2022
Former Alter Domus CEO joins Goji
Aidan Connolly has been appointed as an independent non-exec director of the company