Gian Kull has been appointed to the role of head of special situations and uncorrelated strategies at SYZ Capital, the SYZ Group’s centre of excellence for alternatives. Read the full story at Wealth Adviser…

The former UK Minister for Energy and Clean Growth, Claire O’Neill (formerly Claire Perry), has joined the board of Ikigai Capital Limited (Ikigai), a London-based strategic consultancy that makes Net Zero investable by helping clients reduce carbon emissions and improve profitability while future-proofing assets for a truly sustainable economy.Claire O’Neill

Ara Partners, a private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments, has hired Katy Terrell as a Vice President, promoted John Baik to Senior Associate and hired Mary Kathryn Nommensen as an Associate.“We are pleased to welcome Katy and Mary Kathryn to the investment team,” says Tuan Tran, a Managing

Cliffwater, an alternatives advisory and asset management firm, has appointed Frances Beyers as Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets in the firm’s Private Debt Group effective 1 November.Beyers will be responsible for market research to support Cliffwater’s rapidly growing multi-manager private debt asset management business.   Beyers joins Cliffwater

Ocorian has made a number of senior appointments to its Global Fund Services Asia Pacific division.Based in the Singapore office, Naveen Sivaambihaibalan joins the firm as Head of Fund Services, APAC; Cursley Legoff joins as a Client Director and Vikram Nursing takes on the role of Senior Manager. Simon Behan,

Intelliflo, a provider of back-office software for financial advisers, has announced a new sales team structure to support its continued growth in the UK.Natalie Beer takes on the new role of Head of Sales to lead Intelliflo’s efforts across new business sales in the UK and will lead both the

Jensen Partners, an executive search and corporate advisory firm for the alternative investment management industry, has appointed Peter Sipsas as Managing Director and Global Head of Private Equity and Credit, and Meredith Flynn as Head of Market Intelligence. Sipsas and Flynn expand the firm’s alternative investments recruiting platform to 17 and

Downing Ventures has appointed Joe Raffa as a Venture Partner as it scales up for global expansion and sector specialisation.  Raffa is an investor and executive with extensive expertise in early stage and Fortune 100 technology companies bringing with him a wealth of knowledge to the Downing team and portfolio