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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

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

16 March 2023
Khepri launched via MBO of MJ Hudson UK unit
Will Roxburgh and Mike Booth have led the buyout of MJ Hudson’s UK regulatory and fund management business

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



8 March 2023
HV Capital welcomes VP of ESG
Marie Bos joins after three years at M&H Advisory and Investments where she was a partner

7 March 2023
Belasko appoints client services director
Tom Lambrechts will lead the Guernsey funds team


2 March 2023
GoldenSource appoints head of product
Swati Tyagi joins from financial intelligence platform Sentieo

28 February 2023
Altum appoints group chair
Baroness Helena Morrissey has campaigned for diversity and inclusion throughout her career

28 February 2023
Montagu welcomes GC
Alexandra Openshaw steps into the newly created role after seven years as deputy general counsel at Winton Capital

24 February 2023
Apollo appoints GC
Whitney Chatterjee joins from Sullivan & Cromwell and is to assume the role of chief legal officer in 2024

23 February 2023
Profile: Kenny Miller, FPE Capital
CFO at FPE Capital, Kenny Miller shares his views on rebranding and catering to different types of investor needs

22 February 2023
Petra Funds appoints head of credit
Adam Weiss, previously at Riverstone, to oversee expansion of firm’s private credit fund administration business

21 February 2023
Vijay Bharadia to step down as ICG CFOO
Former Goldman partner David Bicarregui will be appointed as successor

20 February 2023
Draycott appoints head of legal and compliance
Joana Vilhena joins the firm after six years at Explorer Investments

17 February 2023
Katten launches ESG risk and investigations practice
India D Williams joins firm as practice co-chair with partner Johnjerica Hodge


15 February 2023
Apex promotes Read to country head for Jersey
Alice Read joined the company in 2021 as commercial director

13 February 2023
Crestbridge appoints head of compliance for fund services
Luxembourg-based Teodora Croitoru joins after a year at Apex Group


8 February 2023
Drawbridge appoints CPTO
Nick Pastoressa joins the cybersecurity solutions provider from Credit Benchmark

8 February 2023
IQ-EQ appoints head of risk and compliance
Philip Hanssens joins the company after five years at Fidelity

6 February 2023
17Capital promotes five
The firm welcomes three finance directors, a technology director and fund operations manager

2 February 2023
Ultimus appoints president of Ultimus LeverPoint
James Cass will lead the private fund administration division

2 February 2023
Ogier promotes fund specialist to partner
Richard Bennett provides legal advice on Cayman and British Virgin Islands laws

31 January 2023
Astorg promotes ESG director to partner
Viviana Occhionorelli is responsible for Astorg’s ESG programme

31 January 2023
Inverleith appoints CFO
Louise Page joins from legal services firm Aberdein Considine as Stella Morse steps into the role of chief compliance officer

30 January 2023
Summa Equity promotes two to partnership
Hannah Gunvor Jacobsen, COO and head of IR, and general counsel Martin Sjölund, have both been promoted to partnership


25 January 2023
Travers Smith names Cawood as PE head
The appointment follows several departures from the law firm as US-led groups build their European practices

25 January 2023
Crestbridge appoints senior risk and compliance officer
Marie Morris joins from Butterfield Bank to assume the roles of director and money laundering compliance officer

24 January 2023
Simpson Thacher appoints financial regulatory lawyer
Stephanie Biggs joins from Travers Smith to co-lead the firm’s European financial services and funds regulatory team

23 January 2023
Aztec Group appoints CEO
Kathryn Purves to assume CEO role as Edward Moore, founder of Aztec Group, becomes chair of the group board

23 January 2023
Pantheon appoints chief financial officer
Dean Maines joins the firm as CFO and partner, as two senior operations team members are promoted to partner


20 January 2023
Ares Capital appoints first COO
Jana Markowicz is appointed to the newly created role after 18 years’ service at the firm

20 January 2023
Goodwin grows secondaries practice
Partner Jacqueline Eaves joins after four years at Kirkland & Ellis

19 January 2023
Profile: Rebecca Roberts, Conviction VC
Co-founder and COO of Conviction VC, Rebecca Roberts, comments on the importance of understanding the needs of her team when building a successful enterprise

18 January 2023
Macfarlanes expands private investment funds practice
Stephen Ross joins the firm after nine years as a partner at Sidley Austin

17 January 2023
Palatine promotes Fazakerley to partner and CFO
Sam Fazakerley joined the firm in 2007 as finance director

12 January 2023
Apex launches advisory and capital-raising services
KPMG’s former head of asset management advisory, Dan Page, to lead the offering

9 January 2023
Reed Smith expands private credit practice
Linn Mayhew joins from McGuireWoods as partner

5 January 2023
Pinsent’s Bowen joins K&L to launch Dublin office
Gayle Bowen is joined by Shane Geraghty and Michelle Lloyd as founding partners

4 January 2023
MUFG IS appoints head of fund finance for APAC
Citi’s Fi Dinh joins the firm to lead its expanding offering in the region

4 January 2023
Centerbridge appoints operations director for Europe
Russell Proffitt-Perchard was previously executive vice-president for real assets at Citco

3 January 2023
5 minutes with… David Genn, CEO of Goji
We spoke to the CEO of Goji to find out how they are using digitisation to open up investor access to private equity funds

21 December 2022
MJ Hudson appoints director in ESG and sustainability team
Mark Thompson joins MJ Hudson’s London office