Generation Investment Management, a sustainable investment manager founded in 2004, has appointed Chris Ragona, an industry veteran with 25 years of private equity and business building experience, as a partner focused on the firm’s long-term equity strategy. Ragona will join Long-term Equity’s global leadership team and remain based in North

Investment opportunities in the Middle East have prompted French private equity firm Ardian SAS to launch an initiative to almost double its headcount at its regional base in Abu Dhabi which opened earlier this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Connection Capital, a specialist private client alternative investment business with £480 million under management across a diverse portfolio, has appointed Michael Mowlem as chief investment officer (CIO) to head up its direct private equity and wider alternative investments offering. Mowlem has worked in the private equity industry for more than

COMPLY, a provider of compliance software, consulting and education resources for the financial services sector and whose portfolio of firms includes ComplySci, RIA in a Box, National Regulatory Services (NRS) and illumis, has named Gayle Nixon as chief marketing officer. 

The New Jersey Department of the Treasury’s Division of Investment has appointed Dana Johns as its new head of private equity with immediate effect. Johns was previously a member of the PE team at the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System. Johns has more than 20 years of experience investing

Paul Hastings has bolstered its global finance platform with the addition of a three-partner finance group comprising Marc Lashbrook, Josh Zelig, and David Barash in New York from the Band 1 practice at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP. The trio is known for their transactional work for clients including JP

Global private equity firm Permira has appointed David Floyd as a senior adviser to its global Healthcare team. Floyd brings over 35 years of experience in healthcare with a particular focus on the medical device industry. Floyd’s professional experience spans international leadership roles including group president of orthopaedics, Stryker Corporation

I Squared Capital, a global infrastructure investment manager, has appointed Gautam Bhandari, co-founder and managing partner, as global chief investment officer, responsible for leading the firm’s investment strategy in close collaboration with founder, chairman and managing partner Sadek Wahba.