People

Impact Bridge appoints financial risk, compliance and ESG officer

Florencia López André joins from investment banking firm atl Capital

IDR appoints tax services director

Robin Silverthorne joins from NatWest Group

Mainspring’s Stephen Geddes to lead Apex UK

The fund management service provider was bought by Apex in September 2022

Dillon Eustace appoints head of asset management and investment funds

Etain de Valera takes over from Donnacha O’Connor

Mundi Ventures makes key hires

New additions include Laura Olabeaga as financial controller and Germán Puente as general counsel

Quadrille promotes CFO to partner

Edouard Brunet joined the firm in 2019 as vice president and became CFO in February 2023

MML promotes Darroch to partner

The finance director has been at the firm since 2021

CVC appoints chief people officer

Katharina Koenig is to succeed global head of HR Helene Thomas

Fin Capital appoints inaugural GC

Nicholas Cirella joins the firm after a year at Steadview Capital in a similar role

One Rock appoints CTO

Formerly with Lindsay Goldberg LLC, Leo Fitzpatrick to head up architecture and design of firm’s tech applications and infrastructure

Welsh joins Partners Group

Kieran Welsh joins the fund finance team, and was previously at National Australia Bank

Gatemore appoints GC

Larry Small joins from investment office firm Valence8

Ocorian names new CEO

Former Capita portfolio CEO Chantal Free succeeds Frederik van Tuyll

TPG appoints COO

Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri will succeed Ken Murphy

Addleshaw expands private funds team

Ben Cocoracchio joins the London team from Osborne Clarke

Crane appoints head of legal

James Spencer joins the firm from NJF Capital

Sidley Austin’s Chapman joins Macfarlanes

Peter Chapman has been appointed as a partner in the investment management team

Tikehau makes leadership appointments

Vincent Picot (left) steps into role of group CFO with Guillaume Belnat (right) as group deputy CFO

Addleshaw grows financial regulation practice

Lisa Lee Lewis joins after a decade as Norton Rose Fulbright’s head of risk consulting

Ogier promotes Tuohy to partner

Tommy Tuohy advises on fund finance in the Cayman Islands

Stafford appoints head of sustainability

Marta Jankovic joins from APG Asset Management where she advised on EU sustainability regulation

Hamilton Lane’s head of operations departs

After 12 years, Frederick Shaw steps into the role of country head US at Apex

Foresight promotes Banks to fund finance director

Lynsey Banks manages a fund finance team of six individuals in London

DWS appoints new CFO

Formerly with Allianz Global Investors, Markus Kobler to succeed Claire Peel, who has been the firm’s CFO since 2018

Fundpath appoints chief growth officer

Titanbay founder, Adam Harrison, steps into newly created role

Travers Smith grows funds practice

Previously at Proskauer Rose, Tosin Adeyeri focuses on fund formation and secondaries transactions

Westbrook joins Simpson Thacher

Nicholas Westbrook joins from eight years at Hogan Lovells

Abrdn appoints CFO

Formerly Aviva’s group CFO, Jason Windsor expected to start in October 2023

Vintage appoints data and analytics SVP

Eldad Gabay joins from Rapyd

Vorwerk Ventures appoints head of finance

Emanuel Wollersheim joins the firm after two years at EarlyBird, as Vorwerk looks to develop its operations

Dechert’s Philip Dowsett joins Addleshaw Goddard

Dowsett will head the firm’s inaugural UAE investment management and funds practice

Pinsent Masons grows Luxembourg funds team

Benoît Rose joins after four years at Ogier and becomes firm’s third addition to the team this year

COO to lead Terra Firma as veteran Guy Hands steps down

Paul Hatter to take over as founder Hands leaves after 20 years

Hamilton Lane appoints CFO

Jeffrey Armbrister will succeed Atul Varma in the role

Keyhaven hires head of fund accounting

Keith Bratton joins after seven years at Park Square Capital

Latham & Watkins hires two

Sidley’s Mateja Maher and Adrian Grocock join Latham’s London office as partners

Carlyle names Soares as new CIO

Soares steps up to the role having previously been CIO for the firm’s global portfolio solutions

Vector appoints COO

Kristina Dayback joins the fund administrator from Carta

MUFG IS expands banking solutions

Adil Rehman has been appointed managing director, global head of payments and liquidity, to lead the development of global payment and cash management services

Squircle appoints finance MD

Delfin Rueda joins from financial services provider NN Group

Gowling WLG grows investment funds practice

Katherine Rainwood was previously managing partner and head of funds legal at Pemberton Capital – her practice focuses on fund formation and fund finance

Silicon Roundabout Ventures appoints CTO

The firm’s first operational hire, Ralph King, joins to support its aim of building a ‘tech-driven’ VC company

Bridgepoint appoints fund finance VP

Hamish Massie joins from Bank of Ireland

A&L Goodbody appoints practice head

Partner Stephen Carson will lead the firm’s asset management and investment funds practice in Ireland

A&M Tax appoints senior director

Rasmus Steiness joins from Deloitte

BC Partners promotes Mason to group CTO

The head of technology has been at the firm since January 2022

Stafford Capital cements legal function

Following the appointment of general counsel Jim Marsh in February, The Drawdown can reveal that the firm has now brought in a chief compliance officer

Howard promoted to partner at Headway Capital

The COO/CFO has been at the firm since 2018

Taranis Capital appoints CFO

Dirk Burmann brings to the firm 25 years of experience in finance, including previous consulting roles at PwC and KPMG

Golding appoints HR partner

Barbara Phélippeau joins the firm to lead the transformation to a sustainable and holistic practice

Juniper Square appoints fund admin general manager

Christine Egbert is a former SS&C executive

Permira promotes global GC

Peter Gibbs, managing director and chief fund counsel, set to succeed Ulrich Gasse as the latter retires

ICG appoints global head of credit

Mathew Cestar joins the newly created role from private fintech company ION

SET Ventures promotes firm’s first CFO

Leonie Mekel joined the firm in 2016 as a manager for operations and compliance, and was most recently director of finance and operations

Carlyle’s CFO retires

After nearly two decades at the firm, Curt Buser is succeeded by John Redett

Proskauer appoints finance partner

Paul Tannenbaum is experienced in fund financing transactions for lenders, borrowers and financial institutions

DWS appoints Hardman as head of UK operations

Jessica Hardman becomes head of UK operations in addition to her existing roles at the DWS.

Quantium opens London office

The European base will be led by Anahita Beigui

HarbourVest appoints head of fund accounting

Peter Mahoney joins from asset manager Vanguard

IDR appoints operations director

Karen Bee has two decades of experience in financial crime operations roles