Evli’s alternative investments team will gain more expertise during the autumn when Ville Toivakainen (MSc (Econ), CFA) joins the portfolio managers.  Toivakainen has almost 20 years of experience in alternative investments from, among others, OP Financial Group and RAM Partners. Prior to joining Evli, Toivakainen worked at Aktia Asset Management

Verdane, a Northern European specialist growth investor, has appointed Giles Whiting as US Operating Adviser.  Whiting’s new part-time role will run in parallel to his full-time position as COO at Confirmit, a Verdane-owned customer experience platform. At Verdane, he will assist and advise portfolio companies on US market entry, recruitment,

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. In this role, Waldrop will help deliver supply chain transformation services to the firm’s private equity clients. These offerings include strategy and transformation; integrated demand and supply planning; supply chain operations;

The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has appointed Olusola Lawson to its Board of Directors.  Lawson is currently co-Managing Director at Africa Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) and brings more than 16 years of corporate finance and infrastructure equity investment experience to AVCA. Lawson’s appointment to the Board

The Healthcare Private Equity Association (HCPEA), a non-profit trade association focused on supporting the healthcare private equity community, has appointed Diane Daych, Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Granite Growth Health Partners, as Chair, effective 1 July, 2020. Daych assumes the role from Dr Terry Woodward, Managing Director at Ontario Teachers’ Pension

Following the news of our four new hires earlier this year, Talis Capital has made three key promotions within its investment team. Tom Williams has been promoted to Partner, with Beatrice Aliprandi and Kirill Tasilov both taking the role of Principal. Over the past 12 months, Talis Capital completed 17 investments

Accendo Capital has appointed Michael Rosenlew as Senior Adviser to the Fund. Rosenlew has extensive international investment experience from his long and successful career at IK Investment Partners as well as previous Board experience at Caverion (Chairman), Pöyry and Stockmann. Rosenlew is currently the Chairman of the Board of Hartwall Capital.

Leading global investor services group IQ-EQ has added to its senior corporate services team in the UK with the appointment of Amy LeJune, who joins the group’s Corporate segment as a client services director.Since getting her start at a ‘Big 4’ firm in Texas, LeJune has gained over 20 years’

Onex Corporation has promoted Bobby Le Blanc to President. Le Blanc will oversee all of Onex’ business units and become the sole Head of Onex Partners, the firm’s flagship private equity strategy.  Gerry Schwartz will remain Chairman and CEO, with Le Blanc reporting to him.   Schwartz says: “Having joined the