Cavendish Corporate Finance, a UK-based sell-side mid-market M&A firm and part of the finnCap Group, as appointed technology M&A specialist Anthony Platt as a Partner in its Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) team.

TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has appointed new investment staff in its Boston and London offices. 

CIL Management Consultants has appointed Axel Leichum as lead partner for North America. 

The Manchester team at LDC, a mid-market private equity investor, has provided GBP6 million of follow on funding to enable portfolio company MSQ Partners’ acquisition of the Be Heard Partnership.

GCM Grosvenor, a global alternative asset management firm, has appointed Pamela Bentley as Managing Director of Finance effective October. She will then assume the role of Chief Financial Officer effective 1 January, 2021. 

Evli's alternative investments team will gain more expertise during the autumn when Ville Toivakainen (MSc (Econ), CFA) joins the portfolio managers. 

Verdane, a Northern European specialist growth investor, has appointed Giles Whiting as US Operating Adviser. 

Playfair Capital, a London-based early-stage fund that commits to companies early and with conviction, is bolstering its team in with three new hires. 

Kirk Waldrop has joined Grant Thornton as a managing director in the firm’s Operations Transformation practice within Advisory Services.

The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has appointed Olusola Lawson to its Board of Directors.