Manager Moves and Appointments

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co has appointed Ali J Satvat as a Director based in Menlo Park. Satvat joins KKR from Apax Partners where he served as a Principal on the health care investment team and managed new investments and portfolio companies across various health care sub-sectors. »

Hogan Lovells has recruited Xavier Doumen as a partner in the firm’s private equity practice in Paris. Doumen joined Hogan Lovells on 1 February 2012 from Willkie Farr & Gallagher where he worked on private equity and strategic M&A transactions.  »

Private equity firm HIG Capital has opened an office in Rio de Janeiro and appointed Fernando Marques Oliveira as a Managing Director to lead its Brazil and Latin America team. »

Commercial law firm EMW has appointed Jodi Tierney as its new Head of Asset Based Lending (ABL), as part of substantial plans to expand its London office. »

General Atlantic LLC (GA) has appointed David Topper, a former Vice Chairman of JP Morgan and leader in its capital markets group, as a Special Advisor to the firm. »

International law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is to add two partners to its London funds practice. Tim Pearce and Ian Meade will join the firm from Simmons & Simmons. »

The middle-market, private equity buyout fund, GenNx360 Capital Partners, has added Jerod A Pierce to its Management Company's operating team. »

Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a statewide initiative involving the Maine Technology Institute, the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and the University of Maine, has hired John Voltz as its Executive Director. »

Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus, has named nine professionals as new managing directors, including the promotion of seven principals and the hiring of two new professionals.  »

The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has appointed Emma Thorpe as Head of Communications. Thorpe is responsible for the EVCA's public relations and membership communications and will be based in Brussels and London. »