EMPEA, a global industry association for private capital in emerging markets, has appointed of Bill Ford, Chief Executive Officer of General Atlantic, and Suyi Kim, Head of Asia Pacific at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), to its Board of Directors.EMPEA Chair Nicolas Rohatyn, Chief Executive Officer of The

BMS Group (BMS), an independent specialist (re)insurance broker, has appointed Sandra Lee as the head of the company’s operations in Asia, subject to regulatory approvals. Lee, who is currently based in Hong Kong, will join BMS on completion of current contractual obligations.   Lee has been heading Aon’s transactions liability team

WilliamsMarston, an accounting advisory and management consulting firm focused on serving public, private equity-backed and pre-IPO companies, has added Mark LaMonte to the firm’s New York leadership team as a Managing Director.    “We are thrilled to welcome Mark to our leadership team in New York. We are absolutely confident that

CenterOak Partners (CenterOak), a Dallas-based private equity firm, has made six promotions, including two additional Managing Partners, effective 1 July, 2020.Lucas Cutler and Jason Sutherland have joined CenterOak’s CEO and Founder, Randall Fojtasek, as Managing Partners. Eric Holter, Blake Richardson and Carrie Hamilton have all been promoted to Principal, and

Alternative asset and corporate business services provider SANE, has appointed Catherine Law as Head of Business Development for the Asia Region. Read the full story at Private Equity Wire…

Downing Ventures has appointed Warren Rogers as a Partner. Prior to joining Downing Ventures, Rogers was a Ventures Partner at Airbus, where he led investments in various sectors related to aerospace, defence, and space technology. Rogers brings much of this experience to the Downing Ventures team, with his new role focusing on

SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed Catherine Law as Head of Business Development for the Asia Region.  Based in SANNE’s Hong Kong office, Law will continue to drive SANNE’s alternatives and corporate offering, in addition to exploring new strategic business development opportunities across the Asia

bd-capital has appointed Bram Grimmelt as Partner and Head of its Benelux investment activities.Established in 2019 by Richard Baker, former FTSE CEO and Chairman, and Andy Dawson, former Advent International Investment Partner, bd-capital is an operationally led private equity firm investing in pan-European mid-market businesses where changing patterns of consumer

John Harper has joined global private equity investment firm HIG Capital as a Managing Director and Head of the London LBO team, leading  HIG’s small cap investments in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and Holland.Harper has 25 years of mid-market private equity investing experience. He has originated, transacted and exited numerous investments

Grant Thornton has named Carlos Ferreira as its national managing partner for Private Equity, effective 1 August, 2020. He succeeds Doug Gawrych, who will retire at the end of this fiscal year in accordance with Grant Thornton’s mandatory retirement policy. In his new role, Ferreira will lead the strategic direction for