International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Laurence R. Bronska and Andrew W. McCune as partners in the corporate department based in the Chicago office.

ConJoin Group, an investment and management consulting firm, has appointed two sales executives to lead business development in North America.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed Ambassador Ford M.

Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco, has appointed Robert E. Flaherty as an operating partner.

Vulcan Capital, the private investment group of Vulcan Inc, has appointed Chris Temple as president.

Brookfield Asset Management has appointed Leo van den Thillart to the position of managing partner, private institutional equity, effective 1 June 2009.

Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has named Nader H. Sultan senior adviser to Carlyle’s Middle East North Africa team.

Jersey Finance has appointed Shanghai born Zhaoan Li to help promote Jersey’s financial services industry in China and Hong Kong.

The Florida Venture Forum, an entrepreneurial networking group for identifying sources of venture capital, has named Charles ‘Chuck’ D.

Octopus Ventures, an investor in early-stage and expanding companies, has appointed Jo Oliver as investor director with immediate effect.