bfinance, an independent investment consultancy, has appointed former LGPS investor Trevor Castledine as Senior Director, Private Markets. Joining the private markets team at bfinance’s London office, Castledine brings over twenty-five years’ experience in financial services, pensions and investments. Castledine was formerly Deputy CIO and Private Credit Investment Director at LPP (Local

Specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), has appointed Stephan Eckstein to the newly created role of Sales Director.Based in Zurich, Eckstein reports to Roberto Valsecchi Oliva, Head of Switzerland and Southern Europe and will be responsible for developing BlueBay’s presence with wholesale investors in the region. Stephan’s appointment

Clearwater International has opened a new office in Yorkshire as the business continues to grow its national and international footprint.The new office in Leeds will be headed by recently appointed Partner Richard Goldsack who joins Clearwater International with 19 years’ experience in the corporate finance industry. Having previously worked at

Evercore has appointed Joe Todd as a managing director in the firm’s Investment Banking business. Todd will focus on advising large, multinational companies across a range of industries and will team with other Senior Managing Directors to develop new business and to execute complex client advisory assignments. He will be based

Boyden, a global talent advisory and leadership solutions firm has named Anita Pouplard, a Managing Partner of Boyden France, as the leader of its new Global Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice, effective immediately.Pouplard, a trusted advisor to the C-suite and boards, has completed numerous international search assignments over the

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Harsh Agarwal as a Principal on its investment team. Agarwal, who is based in the Firm’s New York office, is principally engaged in evaluating and executing investments in the software and technology-enabled services sectors.Prior to CD&R, Agarwal spent nine years at EQT Partners in

Private equity specialist Jonathan Blake has joined Herbert Smith Freehills in London as the head of international private funds strategy.In this role, Blake will advise clients on their private funds requirements, drawing together the firm’s existing capabilities and experience, as well as generating new client opportunities through his network of

Nexxus has appointed Christianne Ibañez as head of Investor Relations. Ibañez has extensive experience in the financial sector having served in senior IR positions. She was previously Vesta’s Investor Relations Director, where she participated in the financial reconfiguration of the company. Ibañez prevously was also on ICA’s Finance and Investor Relations

Global law firm Reed Smith has opened an office in Brussels with five partners, one counsel and two associates from five international law firms. All five partners are joining the firm’s Global Corporate Group.The firm now has five offices across the region and 30 throughout the world. The new partners