People moves
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
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
Renauld bids goodbye to Sienna
CFO departs after four years; Banel Kane set to follow in his footsteps
9 July 2024
Aztec promotes Choquet to Luxembourg lead
The fund administrator recently launched its AIFM service in Luxembourg
28 June 2024
Phoenix’s Steve Darrington retires
Darrington exclusively shares with The Drawdown some final thoughts before concluding his career
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
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
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
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
Quilvest appoints new COO
Eggleston is the second senior executive to join Quilvest from Pantheon in recent months
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
13 March 2024
Apax appoints inaugural chair for India
Leo Puri takes a seat as firm looks to grow further in the region
13 March 2024
Rede Partners appoints head of strategic capital advisory
Riccardo Villa will lead the advisory’s alternative liquidity solutions services
12 March 2024
Apex appoints head of financial crime
Mark Le Page joins the fund admin from EY where he was extended assurance director
7 March 2024
Partners Capital appoints global COO
Aztec’s Katie Thorpe takes on the role shortly after General Atlantic took a minority stake in Partners Capital
6 March 2024
Värde promotes Anthony Iannazzo to partner and COO
Iannazzo joined the firm in 2022 as head of European real estate
6 March 2024
Kirkland appoints ESG partner
Rebecca Perlman joins after a 12-year tenure at Herbert Smith Freehills
4 March 2024
Taylor Wessing appoints fund formation partner
Shervin Shameli was formerly co-head of Reed Smith’s private funds formation group
4 March 2024
EMH Partners promotes several
Maurice Faber appointed SVP of operations; firm welcomes Achim Kreuzer as ESG manager; Leandra Daum appointed finance associate
4 March 2024
Investec expands GP advisory practice
Asante Capital’s Oliver Altendorf, Harbourvest’s Christoph Schwarz and Credit Suisse’s Emilia Korobowicz join advisory lead Stefano Manna
1 March 2024
Bischoff succeeds Peel as head of finance at Travers Smith
Charles Bischoff (left) has been a partner since 2012; Peel (right) to remain at the firm and continue to ‘play a significant role’ in the practice
28 February 2024
All Seas appoints financial controller
Sam Moore will work alongside CFO/COO Tom Lack
28 February 2024
Seven2 promotes Raphaël Delmarre to partner
Delmarre has been general secretary to the firm for the past three years
22 February 2024
Vespa appoints sustainability manager
Linda Höglund joins the firm from Newton Investment Management Group
22 February 2024
Lantern appoints inaugural CTO
Charlie Markham joins the company as it aims to scale its tech capabilities and international expansion
20 February 2024
Vistra appoints global head of funds
State Street’s Abdel Hmitti assumes the role and is set to relocate to the US
16 February 2024
Ely Place Partners appoints head of research
Gareth Morgan co-founded the firm’s Prospect Private Markets business line
16 February 2024
ILPA appoints inaugural general counsel
Appointment comes amid association’s legal battle with PE trade bodies regarding preferential treatment under SEC’s Private Fund Rules
12 February 2024
Activa appoints CFO
Audrey Khan joins the firm from Paris-based financial consulting firm Prodensia
12 February 2024
Ogier expands Luxembourg fund finance team
Delphine Gomes is a banking and finance counsel with experience in fund, leveraged and real estate financing
7 February 2024
Molten’s Karen Swain moves to Kindred
Swain succeeds Alex Goodway who has moved to Dawn Capital
7 February 2024
Apollo appoints ESG counsel
Previously a legal secondee at the firm, Angus Brown joins from Simmons & Simmons
6 February 2024
Proskauer adds private funds partner in London
Fund formation specialist for credit strategies, James Oussedik, joins from Sidley Austin
2 February 2024
Apheon promotes seven
John Mansvelt is now COO as Loïc Cerfontaine succeeds him as CFO
2 February 2024
Lombard Odier IM appoints COO
Adam Molina succeeds Alexandre Meyer, now managing partner of the group
1 February 2024
Reach Capital appoints head of secondaries
In the newly created position, Xavier Hernando aims to support GPs with finding liquidity
1 February 2024
Earth Capital promotes head of finance and compliance
The Drawdown catches up with Kay Nelson, who joined the firm a year and a half ago
31 January 2024
Fundcraft appoints head of fund operations
The digital platform provider has hired Peter Klinkner from IQ-EQ
30 January 2024
Partners Group appoints CFO
Joris Gröflin joins from Swiss renewable energy producer Axpo Group
30 January 2024
Glendower Capital promotes legal managing director
Kate Simpson came to the firm almost two years ago as legal director for transactions
26 January 2024
Eurazeo makes group management appointments
Isabelle Mathieu (left) joins as group chief human resources officer; Coralie Savin (right) as group chief communications officer
26 January 2024
Conviction’s Rebecca Roberts moves to 7percent
Roberts is now financial director at the VC firm
26 January 2024
Apogem appoints CEO and president
Former head of private credit Josh Niedner and former head of private equity Chris Stringer assume the roles, respectively