Grafine Partners has appointed Julie Fisher as Managing Director. Fisher, a former Managing Director and longtime investor relations expert at Providence Equity Partners, will focus primarily on business development and relationships with Grafine’s capital partners globally. “I have had the pleasure of knowing Julie professionally for over 20 years, and

Macrobond Financial (Macrobond), a provider of economic and financial data, has appointed Howard Rees as Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately. Read the full story at Hedgeweek…  

US Bank has hired David Kubilus in the newly created role of chief commercial officer for Global Fund Services.  Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…  

Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) has added Jorrit Willigers as a Director in the firm’s Private Markets team, effective 1 March.  As an experienced specialist, Willigers will focus predominantly on the private equity component of the strategy.   In his previous role as head of Private Equity Portfolio Construction at Generali

Market research and online consumer intelligence veteran Richard Thornton has been appointed to the board of fast-growing Manchester-based consumer insights business Vypr following a GBP2.5m investment backed by private equity firm YFM Equity Partners (YFM) in January 2021. Vypr has built a cloud-based data validation platform that enables manufacturers and

LGT Capital Partners (LGT CP) is expanding its offering for sovereign strategies in emerging and frontier markets with the addition of a Nordic team of six experienced professionals with a long-standing track record to the fixed income competence centre. With this addition, LGT CP will enlarge its capabilities and offering

Infinedi Partners (Infinedi), a private equity firm focused on partnerships with founder-owned businesses, has appointed Henry Blynn as a Senior Associate.  Blynn, who will execute and manage new and existing private equity investments on behalf of Infinedi, was most recently an Associate at Harvest Partners.   Jay Hegenbart, Founder of

The Maples Group has appointed Yuri Schuurman as Senior Vice President and head of the Netherlands office. Licensed and regulated by the Dutch Central Bank as a trust office, the Group’s Netherlands office provides a range of fiduciary services including registered office, directorship and other corporate administration services to special

ECI Partners, a UK growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has opened an office in New York to support the international growth of its investment portfolio.  As part of its expansion, ECI has appointed Brett Pentz as Vice President in their Commercial Team, to lead a newly opened office on Madison

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice today has named John Stroup, Executive Chairman of Belden, as an Operating Advisor to CD&R funds.  Stroup joined Belden, a global leader in signal transmission and security systems solutions for mission-critical applications in enterprise and industrial markets, as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2005 and