Palatine, a mid-market private equity firm, has promoted Stephanie Wall to the position of ESG Director. In her new role Wall joins Palatine’s senior management team. She will continue to lead projects across Palatine’s Buy-Out and Impact funds to embed ESG (environmental, social and governance) practices and continuous improvement across

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has added to its East & South East Midlands team with the appointment of experienced banker Richard Brighty.  Brighty joins as Investment Manager, based in Maven’s Nottingham office, he will be responsible for identifying and backing new local businesses via the MEIF Debt Funds. Brighty will

CAPZA, an independent management company and leading player in private investment in European SMEs, has appointed Stefano Zavattaro as head of its Italian branch.  Zavattaro, Partner and Country Manager, will be responsible for CAPZA’s investments in Italian SMEs and will support the transalpine development projects of CAPZA’s French, Spanish and

Holland Mountain has appointed Kyri Yiannakis as Head of Client Development. In this role, Yiannakis will oversee all of Holland Mountain’s commercial activity, continuing to drive the exceptional service delivered to Holland Mountain’s Private Capital clients.  Leveraging 13 years of Private Capital technology experience, Yiannakis will also expand the reach

Gresham House, a specialist alternative asset manager, has appointed Peter Bolton as an Investment Director within its New Energy team. Bolton will be responsible for the development of the unsubsidised renewables strategy. Bolton has 12 years’ experience in energy investments and joins Gresham House from Foresight Group, where he worked for

Global law firm Goodwin has expanded its Private Investment Funds practice in the Frankfurt office with the addition of fund formation and regulatory partner Dr Joachim Kayser.“During a period of continued expansion in Frankfurt, we are thrilled to launch Goodwin’s German funds platform and amplify the firm’s dominance at the

Exponent has appointed Jeroen Regeur as Head of Benelux, with a view to Exponent opening an office in Amsterdam.Regeur will be responsible for building out Exponent’s Benelux business while also generating and executing transactions in the UK, Ireland, the Nordics, and other European markets within Exponent’s key sectors of Business

Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has appointed Abhinav Agarwal as a Senior Director based in London. Agarwal joins A&M’s Global Transaction Advisory Group to lead their Global Transaction Analytics (GTA) service offering in Europe and brings more than 15 years of transactions experience.

Specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), has made two new hires as it bolsters its developed market special situations capabilities – namely Neill Morgan, as a Senior Analyst and Juan Herrero, as an Analyst.Based in London, both will report to Adam Phillips, who joined the firm in October

  HKW, an Indianapolis-based middle-market private equity firm, has promoted Tom Shaw, a Vice President at the firm, to Principal, effective 1 January, 2021.