Global growth equity private investment firm General Atlantic, has appointed senior advisor Samir Assaf as chairman of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), a newly created role, as the firm looks to sharpen its strategic focus on the Middle East.
KKR has promoted Pete Stavros and Nate Taylor to global co-heads of the firm’s private equity business. The pair, who have served as KKR’s co-heads of private equity in the Americas since 2019, will now also take on responsibility for the firm’s PE businesses in Asia and Europe.
Apollo Global Management Inc has appointed Whitney Chatterjee, a partner at New York Law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, as general counsel, effective 3 April. She will then transition to the role of chief legal officer in January 2024, succeeding John Suydam who has served as Apollo’s legal chief since 2006.
Nick Hatch has rejoined Probitas Partners, an independent, global placement advisory firm, as managing director and global head of secondaries. The firm’s secondaries platform advises across the full range of LP and GP-led secondaries transactions globally.
Sidley has appointed Germaine Nicole Gurr as an M&A and private equity partner in the firm’s New York office. Gurr, who comes to Sidley from White & Case’s M&A practice in New York, has past experience as both a global corporate lawyer and a former executive at Schneider Electric, a
Petra Funds Group has appointed Adam Weiss as managing director and head of credit in the firm’s private credit fund administration business, which has doubled in size over the last 12 months. Weiss previously worked for Riverstone Holdings as the firm’s COO of credit.
IQ-EQ has appointed Matthew Abbott to the newly created role of global head of sales operations as the investor services group expands its commercial leadership team. Abbot has over 20 years’ industry experience spanning investor and asset servicing and wealth management. Prior to joining IQ-EQ, Abbott was Director and Global
Harris Williams, a global investment bank specialising in mergers and acquisitions advisory services, has appointed Martin Keck as a managing director in the Technology Group. Keck will be based in the firm’s Boston office. Keck was most recently a managing director at Needham & Company and brings nearly 20 years
ORIX Corporation USA has made two senior investor solutions hires within its asset management business as the firm continues to strengthen distribution capabilities for its integrated private markets product offering for broad middle-market focused private credit, real estate and private equity offerings.
Paradigm Governance Partners, a governance and financial services firm with a presence in the Cayman Islands and New York, has added two experienced independent directors to its growing governance team.
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 February, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 February, 2026 – 5:00 pm
