Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has made three senior appointments to its Luxembourg Private Equity team.
Philippe Detournay has been appointed as Director, while Waqas Khan and Gianmaria Lombardo have been appointed as Associate Directors.
Detournay joins the Group from Luxembourg-based Axior, where he was an advisor and Non-executive Director. Prior to this, he spent 13 years as a Managing Director of Lone Star Funds, overseeing the operation of several European real estate and private equity fund structures across Europe.
Khan joins the Group following tenures with KPMG and PwC Luxembourg, where he led teams responsible for the provision of audit services to a portfolio of private equity managers. Lombardo joins the Group from GWM Group, where he was Chief Financial Officer for over four years.
As part of the Group’s Private Equity leadership team in Luxembourg, Detournay, Khan and Lombardo will oversee a number of client relationship teams. In addition, they will drive the continued development of the Group’s private equity service offering and operating platform in Europe.
Ganash Lokanathen, Head of Private Equity for Luxembourg, says: “It is with great pleasure that we welcome Philippe, Waqas and Gianmaria to the Group. These highly-experienced individuals will add enormous value to the business and our local leadership team, given their excellent knowledge of the alternatives market and the operating environment here in Luxembourg.”
