Stephens, an international corporate finance advisory business, has appointed Robin Brown as Managing Director, Technology. Brown joins Stephen’s integrated tech sector team, based across the US and Europe. He joins from BDO Corporate Finance where he was Managing Director and Head of the Tech and Media A&M team. Brown’s appointment

Drooms, a provider of secure cloud solutions, is continuing its international expansion by strengthening its business development teams covering southern Europe and the UK and by opening new offices in Barcelona and Madrid. Javier Meseguer has been appointed as General Manager Southern Europe. Based in Madrid, he will report to

DWS Group has named Kevin White and Simon Wallace as Global Co-heads of Alternatives Research & Strategy, reporting to Pierre Cherki, Head of Alternatives and Co-Head of the Investment Group. “Kevin and Simon have been working closely with the team on key global initiatives on behalf of our clients in

LeapFrog Investments today has Julia Gillard, Simon Israel and Jaime A Zobel de Ayala to its Global Leadership Council. Members of the Council provide strategic insight and global networks to support LeapFrog’s goal to reach 1 billion people with essential services by 2030. LeapFrog’s companies currently reach 188 million people

CVC-backed Omada, a provider of Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) software and cloud delivered IGA services, has appointed Michael Garrett as CEO. IGA services improve the compliance and IT security, manage secure access across all corporate systems, ensure employee access is compliant with access policies and help automate IT processes

Jeffrey Norton has rejoined O’Melveny as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Finance group, having seen the first 20 years of his career at there. A leveraged finance advisor, Norton most recently practiced at two other international law firms, serving as US managing partner and finance practice head at one.

Law firm Hogan Lovells has appointed Michael Kuh as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice in New York, effective 1 November. Kuh has represented some of the country’s largest sports organisations in high-stakes transactions and also represents clients in M&A and corporate matters in the entertainment, technology, ecommerce, fintech

Private equity house WestBridge has further expanded its team with the appointment of Rebecca Sinclair as Investment Executive. A graduate of the University of Durham, Sinclair joined the HSBC Corporate Banking Graduate Scheme, securing a Diploma in Banking Practice and Finance.  Over a period of three years, she contributed to

Callan, an institutional investment consulting firm, has hired Catherin Beard, CFA, as senior vice president in the expanding Alternatives Consulting group. Beard is to join the Chicago office and will provide consulting and research across alternatives, with a particular focus on private credit and diversifying strategies. She will report to

Helen Draijer is to join Avedon Capital Partners, a lower mid-market private equity firm, as CFO. Drijer will join the management team and be responsible as a CFO for all financial and fiscal aspects of Avedon and its investment funds under management.   Prior to joining Avedon, Draijer worked for