Apex Group has appointed Alice Read as country head, Jersey. She will report to James Burke, regional head of Northern Europe and Channel Islands and be responsible for leading the group’s Jersey-based team.

Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has appointed Peter Saldarriaga as a Managing Director. Saldarriaga will be based in the firm’s Boston office. Saldarriaga has over fifteen years of experience in private equity and consulting. He spent over twelve years at Bain Capital,

Circularity Capital, a specialist private equity firm supporting growth stage European SMEs in the circular economy, has appointed Anders Brejner as investment director. Brejener joins the business from GRO Capital, a European tech-focused private equity firm. 

Crestbridge has expanded its team in Luxembourg with two senior appointments – Teodora Croitoru who joins as head of compliance, fund services, and Emmanuelle Poret who has taken on the role of head of client onboarding, fund services & ManCo.

Audit, tax, advisory and risk firm Crowe, has promoted Alex Conway, a director within its Professional Practice and Private Client teams, to partner. Conway specialises in professional practices and individual partners’ taxation, with a particular focus on the private equity sector . Conway has 14 years of experience working in

Perwyn, a European private equity investor, has appointed Stéphane Gaudard as an investment manager in its Paris office, as it continues to grow its presence in Europe following the appointment of Mathieu Antonini as Head of France in September 2022.

Drawbridge, a cybersecurity software and services firm specialising in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers, has appointed Nick Pastoressa as its new chief product & technology officer to oversee the company’s technology strategy and platform evolution, and lead both the product and technology teams.

Zachary Jacobs has joined Kramer Levin’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s Private Equity practice. The firm has added six prominent lateral partners in key practice areas since the beginning of 2023. Jacobs represents clients in public and private acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures, focusing on representing