Kainos Capital (Kainos), a food and consumer-focused private equity firm, has promoted Catherine Anne Prideaux, Christina Wang and John Hudgens were promoted from Associate to Senior Associate, effective 1 August.
YFM Equity Partners (YFM) is continuing its focus on growth stage investment, particularly in the technology sector, with the appointment of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Victor Christou who takes up the new position of partner, head of growth, at the specialist small business investor that operates across the UK.
Foley & Lardner has appointed Stephen Meli as a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department and Fund Formation & Investment Management Practice Group in Boston.
Carey Olsen has promoted corporate lawyers Michelle Falcucci (Bermuda) and Nick Ghazi (Jersey) to senior associate.
Isarel-based private equity investor Catalyst Fund has appointed Lisya Bahar-Manoah (37) as partner. Catalyst invests in Israeli technology companies in growth stages.
HKW, an Indianapolis-based middle-market private equity firm, has appointed Lilly Green as Vice President of Deal Generation.
Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco, has appointed Vincent M Buffa as Chief Executive Officer of its portfolio company Micross Components (Micross), a global supplier of high-reliability microelectronic services and products for the defence, space, commercial aerospace, medical and severe-duty industrial applications.
transportation and logistics, has appointed Jerome Lorrain as an Executive Board Member.
Peru & Partners, an expert fund services provider dedicated to the French private equity market, is expanding and strengthening its leadership team with the appointment of two new departmental heads: Christophe Pasquier will lead the firm’s CFO Secondment offering, while Lucie Bouard will head up its Fund Administration practice.
B Riley has made key changes to its equity research division, aimed at strengthening the firm’s position as a small- and mid-cap broker-dealer.