Sovereign Capital-backed LM Funerals, one of the UK’s largest independent funeral services companies, has appointed Deborah Kemp as its new chief executive. Kemp was previously chief operating officer of De Vere Hotels & Resorts, where she held executive responsibility for all aspects of financial and operational delivery across the company’s
GlobeOp Financial Services has appointed Philip Tazza as global head of investor services. Tazza reports to Vernon Barback, GlobeOp president and chief operating officer, and is based at the company’s Harrison, New York office. He is also a member of GlobeOp’s operating committee. "Phil will continue to strengthen GlobeOp’s services
Investment firm Vision Capital has appointed Samer Cortas as principal. Cortas has over 12 years’ experience in leveraged finance. Cortas previously worked in the debt advisory and financial restructuring group of Houlihan Lokey in London. Prior to this, Cortas was an executive director and founding member of the debt advisory
Matrix Group, the privately owned UK financial services business, has appointed Simon Elvidge as group head of compliance and assurance. Elvidge, who has over 20 years’ experience in senior compliance and control function roles, joins from Numis Securities where he was head of compliance and managed the compliance teams in
General Atlantic, a growth equity firm, has named Hans Morris, former president of Visa and a special adviser for GA over the last year, as managing director and head of GA’s global financial services sector. William E. Ford, chief executive officer of General Atlantic, says: “We know Hans well and
Jan Amethier has been appointed head of corporate finance at Handelsbanken Capital Markets. Jan Amethier has been appointed head of corporate finance at Handelsbanken Capital Markets. Amethier has spent 12 years at JP Morgan in London where his positions have included head of Nordic investment banking. He was also co-head
Third Eye Capital, a Toronto-based investor in privately-negotiated secured loans, has named Algis Vaitonis as its new senior vice president and head of operations. Vaitonis brings with him more than 20 years of lending and risk management experience, serving most recently as chief credit officer at CIT Group in Canada
Hewitt EnnisKnupp, an Aon Hewitt company, has hired Karen Rode as the leader of its global private equity group. In this role, Rode will be responsible for leading a team of professionals that help Hewitt EnnisKnupp’s clients build global private equity programmes. Rode has nearly 20 years’ experience in the
The post of director of investment business at the Guernsey Financial Services Commission will be advertised locally and in the Financial Times this week. Peter Moffatt (pictured), the current director who joined the Commission in 2000, will retire from the role early next year. Nik van Leuven, the director general
Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in California, has promoted Tom Beerle, Jeff Giles and Tim Heston to vice president. The promotions follow the closing of Bertram Capital’s second fund, Bertram Growth Capital II, with USD500m in limited partner commitments. "Tom Beerle and Tim Heston have made significant contributions
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