Gridiron Capital has appointed Kallie Hapgood as Managing Director, Investor Relations. Hapgood has an extensive background in the private equity industry and numerous relationships with institutional investors.  Tom Burger, a Managing Partner at Gridiron Capital, says: “We have known Kallie for many years and have been impressed with her abilities

Jaguar Growth Partners (Jaguar), a privately-held investment management firm focused on real estate private equity in global growth markets, has appointed Elizabeth (Liz) Bell as Principal on the firm’s investment team. Bell is based in Jaguar’s New York office and will lead the investment team in the firm’s expanding activity

Kelley Morrell is to join Blackstone as a Managing Director and Head of Asset Management for its Tactical Opportunities business. In her new role, Morell will be responsible for ongoing management and oversight of the group’s investment portfolio, and creating and driving added-value initiatives alongside the investment team.   Morrell

European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has promoted Mark Piasecki, Klaus Maurer and Jean Châtillon to partners in the firm. Piasecki is based in London and joined Silverfleet more than ten years ago. During this time, he has been responsible for making investments across most of Silverfleet’s target sectors including

Thierry de Vergnes has joined Amundi as Head of Debt Fund Management within its dedicated platform for real and alternative assets. De Vergnes (pictured), previously worked at Lyxor where he created the debt fund management business, having spent nine years at Société Générale.   From 1985 until 2003, he worked

Aliter Capital, an investment firm focused on small to mid-size UK support services businesses, has added  to its investment team with the appointment of James Davies as an Investment Associate.  Davies joins the founding partners of Aliter – seasoned support services entrepreneurs and investors Billy Allan, Greig Brown, Andy Galloway

General Atlantic has appointed Aaron Goldman to Head of Financial Services and Software for the EMEA region. Goldman, who joined General Atlantic’s New York Office in 2007, has relocated and will now be based in the firm’s London office. “We see strong potential for attractive growth equity investments in the

John Dawson and Federico Fruhbeck have joined Vinson & Elkins in its London office, adding depth to the firm’s global finance, high-yield and M&A practices. Dawson, a partner who focuses his practice on acquisition and leveraged finance, was previously at Clifford Chance. Fruhbeck, who joins the firm as counsel, comes to

Hilco Valuation Services has appointed Nat Baldwin as Director of Intellectual Property Services Europe. Baldwin will assume business development responsibility for the United Kingdom and European Intellectual Property (IP) appraisal and disposal practice assisting clients in identifying, preserving, and extracting value from these key assets within corporate transactions. Baldwin brings