Alantra, an independent global mid-market investment banking and asset management firm, has recruited a Maritime and Offshore investment banking team within its Investment Banking division. The new Maritime and Offshore team comprises four members, including two managing partners: George Giannakis and Nicholas Petrakakos. The team plans to further grow by

HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has appointed Marco Montanari as Global Capability Head, ETF & Indexing, effective 11 January 2022, subject to regulatory approval. Based in Hong Kong, Montanari reports to Guillaume Rabault, Chief Investment Officer, Quant Equities. In this newly created role, Montanari will work closely with the sales

Cairngorm Capital Partners (Cairngorm Capital) has appointed Adam Watson, Sheena Pattni and George Buckle to the firm’s investment team. Following the successful close of its third fund, Cairngorm Capital III last year, Cairngorm Capital has over GBP400 million of committed equity capital to deploy. These appointments strengthen the firm’s capacity

Sophie Catala has joined the Buyout team at BlackFin Capital Partners as Debt Director. Catala will be based in BlackFin’s Paris office and will lead the debt and capital structure strategy for new investments and portfolio companies throughout Europe. Catala has substantial experience in capital markets, acquired in banking and

Private equity firm GTCR has named Andrew Johnson as Principal and Chief of Marketing and Communications, a newly created position. In this role, Johnson will lead the strategic development and execution of all marketing and communications activities for GTCR. He will also collaborate with others at the firm and at

PetHonesty, a specialist in pet health products and a portfolio company of Vestar Capital Partners, has named consumer products executive Richard P Greenberg as CEO effective 14 February. PetHonesty founder and CEO Ben Arneberg will continue to serve as a Director on the Company’s Board, and he and his family

Lovell Minnick Partners (Lovell Minnick), a private equity firm focused on investments in financial services, financial technology and business services companies, has promoted Roumi Zlateva and Jason Klein to Principal. Zlateva and Klein both work on the firm’s investment team and will continue to source and lead investments within the

Ernst & Young (EY) has appointed Mitch Berlin as Vice Chair-Americas Strategy and Transactions. Berlin succeeds William “Bill” Casey, who has led the business since 2016. Berlin had previously served as EY-Parthenon Global and Americas Leader. The Americas Strategy and Transactions practice helps CEOs and other business leaders drive corporate

HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with over USD47 billion of equity capital under management, has made several senior level promotions. The executive leadership team has been expanded with the promotions of Stuart Aronson and Jordan Peer Griffin to Executive Managing Director. Aronson has been promoted to Executive