Quantum Energy Partners (Quantum), a provider of capital to the global energy and energy transition industry, has appointed Heriberto (Heri) Diarte as a partner of Quantum Innovation Fund. Formed in 2017, Quantum Innovation Fund invests in transformative companies focused on climate technology, decarbonisation and sustainability. Diarte, who will be based

HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has appointed Victoria Sharpe as Head of Real Assets, and Scott McClurg as Head of Private Credit for its alternatives division, HSBC Alternatives. Sharpe will be responsible for the strategic development and management of the real assets proposition which today consists of Direct Real Estate

Macquarie Asset Management has appointed Peter Glaser as Global Head of its Private Credit and Asset Finance team. The firm’s private credit offering spans solutions for clients across infrastructure, real estate, and structured credit, with $11.4 billion of assets under management. Macquarie Asset Management also invests in movable transportation assets via

IFM Investors, a global investment manager owned by Australian pension funds, has appointed Luba Nikulina as its inaugural chief strategy officer to lead the development of IFM’s global strategy with a focus on private markets solutions. Based in London and joining the global executive team, Nikulina, who has over 25

Baker Botts, an international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, has appointed Omar Iqbal as a partner in the firm’s corporate department in Riyadh. Iqbal’s core practice is transactional, focusing on private equity, M&A and joint ventures, combining both significant cross-border experience with extensive local Saudi Arabia expertise, having

Fund administrator Saltgate SA has appointed Jean-François Flamant to its board in Luxembourg. Flamont joined Saltgate as its head of depositary last year. He has over two decades’ experience in financial services and oversees Saltgate’s depositary servicing for fund managers to help drive the firm’s client service.   Flamont joined

AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity firm specialising in aerospace, defence & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial markets, a has promoted Tyler Rowe to principal, and Austen Dixon, Graham Kantor and Eugene Kim to vice presidents, effective immediately. Rowe is a member of AEI

L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp (LCAAC) has appointed Sanford Litvack to its Board of Directors, effective 10 August, 2022. John Sculley has stepped down as an independent director of the Company. With over six decades of commercial litigation and corporate operations experience in both the private and public sectors, Litvack

King & Spalding has added a five-lawyer corporate and private equity team, led by partner Peter Memminger, to its Corporate, Finance & Investments (CFI) practice in Frankfurt. Memminger’s practice focuses on M&A, corporate and litigation work on behalf of private equity funds, family offices as well as large corporates. He