Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has named Nader H. Sultan senior adviser to Carlyle’s Middle East North Africa team.

Jersey Finance has appointed Shanghai born Zhaoan Li to help promote Jersey’s financial services industry in China and Hong Kong.

The Florida Venture Forum, an entrepreneurial networking group for identifying sources of venture capital, has named Charles ‘Chuck’ D.

Octopus Ventures, an investor in early-stage and expanding companies, has appointed Jo Oliver as investor director with immediate effect.  

Edwards Lifesciences, a provider of heart valve therapies and hemodynamic monitoring technologies, has elected William Link to its board of directors.

Brookfield Asset Management, a global asset management company, has announced the appointment of Leo van den Thillart to the position of managing partner, private institutional equity,

The Miller Group has expanded the executive team members of Miller Capital Corporation and Miller Capital Markets with the addition of Ronald L. Miller, Jr.

HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler) has announced that a team of capital markets associates led by senior managing directors Michael Leggett and Gerry Rohm will join the firm’s San Francisco

The International Centre for Financial Regulation has announced the appointment of Michel Prada as non-executive director to board of directors of the ICFR with immediate effect.

International legal practice Norton Rose has announced that Michael Newell has joined the investment funds team as a partner.