David M Hutchins, who served as the general counsel of North America Private Investments at Bain Capital, has joined Ropes & Gray. He will be a partner in the firm’s private equity practice. At Bain, Hutchins advised Bain’s North America Private Equity, Ventures, Life Sciences, Double Impact and Tech Opportunities

Runway Growth Capital (Runway), a provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, has hired Brad Pritchard as managing director, technology. Operating out of the Silicon Valley office and reporting directly to founder, chief executive officer, and chief investment officer, David

Vida Capital (Vida), a portfolio company of RedBird Capital Partners and Reverence Capital Partners, has appointed Matthew Roesler as managing director, structured credit. Roesler will be based in New York and report to Peter Polanskyj, head of structured credit. Roesler will work alongside Polanskyj in support of the firm’s structured

Triple Point Ventures has appointed Manuel Antunes and Jamie Tomalin to its investment team. The new hires bring extensive knowledge and experience within healthtech, climate tech and fintech, bolstering the seed stage VC fund’s team.

IQ-EQ has appointed Diana Senanayake to the dual role of managing director of its Luxembourg headquarters and regional CEO for continental Europe. Senanayake is an accomplished executive with 26 years in financial services. Her extensive senior leadership, management and corporate governance experience spans multiple jurisdictions worldwide. She has particular expertise

CenterSquare Investment Management has promoted Scott Crowe to the new role of president of the firm. Crowe has served as chief investment strategist since 2015 and will continue to report to CenterSquare CEO and CIO E Todd Briddell. Crowe currently leads CenterSquare’s Private Equity Real Estate and Capital Markets group

Paceline Equity Partners (Paceline), has appointed seasoned industry executive Sterling Donnelly as the firm’s head of investor relations. In this new role, Donnelly will lead the Dallas-based private equity manager’s fundraising and client service initiatives. Donnelly is uniquely positioned to provide value to Paceline’s investors given her background, which combines

Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive companies, has appointed Joe Farhat as Director of Technology. Farhat will join the firm’s Growth Team, which focuses on providing the strategic resources and guidance needed to enhance the growth trajectories of our portfolio companies. In his new

Petra Funds Group (Petra), an independent private funds administrator, has opened its London office, which will be led by former Riverstone European General Counsel and head of ESG, Charlie Chipchase. Chipchase, an experienced in-house private equity lawyer with over 20 years of experience, will focus on expanding Petra’s European footprint

The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has appointed six key industry leaders to its board of directors. The AVCA Board plays a key role in the oversight, governance and strategic direction of the association – the new directors will therefore continue to strengthen AVCA’s execution of its