Vulcan Capital, the Seattle-based investment management firm that oversees philanthropist Paul G Allen’s multi-billion dollar portfolio, has named Abhishek Agrawal as managing director and head of its new Palo Alto office.   Agrawal (pictured) will direct Vulcan’s presence in Silicon Valley and focus on expanding the firm’s investments in the

HIG Capital managing director Fraser Preston (pictured) and principal Brian McMullen have relocated from the firm’s Miami office to San Francisco in order to create a West Coast presence for the HIG Middle Market fund, targeting transactions with enterprise values from USD200m to USD1bn.   They will focus on making

The Sterling Group, a middle market private equity firm based in Houston, Texas, has hired Jim Apple as a senior vice president, business development effective immediately.   Apple (pictured) has worked with Sterling closely for many years in his role in sponsor coverage at both Morgan Keegan and Raymond James.

The Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF) has formed an advisory board comprised of venture capitalists on the West Coast and select limited partners.   Enrique Godreau III is co-founder and managing director of GSharp Ventures and venture partner with 9Mile Labs. He was formerly co-founder and managing director of Voyager

Aligned Asset Managers, a portfolio company of private equity firm GTCR, has named R Barney Walker as director of institutional investments.   Walker will drive Aligned’s distribution and client service activities for its member firms.   Walker will focus on implementing Aligned’s strategic marketing plan across all institutional and retail

Stephen Older has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in its corporate and securities group in New York.   As part of his practice, Older (pictured) routinely represents both issuers and underwriters in a broad variety of securities transactions and has experience in a number of different industries, including healthcare, consumer