LeapFrog Investments, a profit with purpose investment firm, has appointed Roger Ferguson as a member of its Global Leadership Council and Julie Wallace as its head of impact. This appointments follow Dominic Barton, former global managing partner of McKinsey, joining as chairman of the Management Board. Ferguson is the former

Evercore has appointed Jason Fournier as a senior managing director in the firm’s Equity Capital Markets (ECM) practice. Fournier is based in Menlo Park, California and will lead and expand Evercore’s Consumer & Retail ECM business. Fournier joins from JPMorgan, where he previously led the Consumer & Retail ECM practice,

Bryan, Garnier & Co, an independent investment bank for European healthcare and technology-related companies has appointed a new head of healthcare equity research, Alex Cogut. Cogut was previously Co-Head of Life Sciences Research at Kempen& Co, with extensive experience in European biotech and medtech.   Cogut will lead Bryan Garnier’s

Crestbridge, a provide of private equity and real estate administration solutions, has appointed Anne Catherine Grave as country head of Luxembourg. Based in Luxembourg, Grave will be responsible for leading the business in the region and building on its reputation as a leading service provider for fund managers. Her appointment

Alter Domus, a provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry, has appointed Gus Harris, head of AD data & analytics, to its Group Executive Board (GEB) where he will continue to report to Doug Hart, chief executive officer.

IQ-EQ has appointed Stefan Rolf as global head of securitisation and private debt, a new leadership position signalling the extension of IQ-EQ’s service range in the securitisation and private debt space. Rolf is a seasoned senior leader with over 25 years’ experience in financial services and banking. He has worked

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 Jeff Goldrich as managing director, Technology. Operating out of the Chicago office and reporting directly to Founder, chief executive officer, and chief investment officer, David Spreng,

Hogan Lovells has expanded its M&A year based in Boston with the appointments of Joe Basile and Zohar Nevo. Both join from Foley Hoag, where Basile, who joins as a senior advisor, was a partner and co-chair of that firm’s M&A practice group. At Hogan Lovells, they reunite with their

Excellere Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm specialising in partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams through recapitalisations and management buyouts, has promoted Matt Halverson to principal and Ryan Revolinski to senior associate. Halverson joined Excellere in 2014 and has been a key deal team member on AIS Healthcare, SCA Pharma,

Vida Capital (Vida), a portfolio company of RedBird Capital Partners and Reverence Capital Partners, has appointed David Shapiro as a managing director. He will be based in New York and report to David Gussmann, senior managing director. In this role, Shapiro will be responsible for continuing to grow Vida’s alternative