Hazeltree, a specialist in treasury and liquidity management technology for the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Sonia Spicehandler as the firm’s first chief people officer.

JTC, a global professional services provider, has hired John Collins as senior director – Fund Services following the launch of its fund administration service in Ireland. Collins has over 20 years’ experience within financial services having previously worked at a number of fund administrators, global custodians and high profile institutions

Align Capital Partners (ACP) gas sold its interest in WilliamsMarston, a specialist in providing complex accounting, tax and valuation advisory services, to Kelso & Company (Kelso). Since ACP’s initial investment in July 2020, the Firm has achieved transformational growth under the leadership of WM’s Co-Founders, Landen Williams and Jon Marston.

Cole-Frieman & Mallon (CFM), an investment management law firm, has appointed Garret Filler as a partner. Filler comes to CFM after most recently serving as President of Allometrics, a startup at the intersection of gaming and finance.

Tonka Bay Equity Partners (Tonka Bay) has appointed Shawn Cappello as a director. In this role, Cappello will assist in the execution of the firm’s overall investment activities. Prior to joining Tonka Bay, Cappello was a senior director of corporate development at Albertsons Companies Inc, a national grocery retailer. Previously,

HCI Equity Partners (HCI), a leading lower middle market private equity firm that partners with founder-owned distribution, manufacturing and B2B service companies, has promoted Lisa Costello to tiger newly-created position of chief administrative officer (CAO), and Amy Stremmel to chief financial officer (CFO). Costello joined HCI in 2004 and will

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has expanded the footprint of its Corporate Private Equity business through a new team based in San Francisco – building on the firm’s existing strong presence in its San Francisco office across its other business units. Sachin Bavishi, a senior managing director, will relocate to San Francisco

Bee Partners, a deep tech pre-seed venture capital firm, has appointed Austin Grisham as Head of Platform. Grisham is based in Colorado and will join Kira Noodleman, Partner, in the Denver based office. Grisham is a two-time founder, initially establishing a boutique agency in 2016 focused on storytelling, content creation

Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock), a middle-market private equity firm, has made a number of promotions and new hires this summer, as the firm continues to expand the depth and experience of its private equity, credit and real estate teams. Meredith Jonker, Carrie Pisarczyk, and Reed Westerman have been promoted

Ares Private Markets Fund (APMF) has appointed Barry Miller as its chief executive officer, effective 11 August, 2022.  Miller is currently a partner in the Ares Secondary Solutions Group, where he focuses on private equity secondaries. Miller has 24 years of experience across private equity and secondary investing. APMF is