Aaro Capital, a cryptoassets and DLT investment specialist, has appointed three senior alternative investments professionals – Dr Mattia Rattaggi, Tushar Patel and Eric Bissonnier – to its Advisory Board. Drawing on its members’ significant industry expertise, the Advisory Board will support Aaro Capital’s founders and senior management team in opening

Westwind Capital, a new European private equity real estate investment platform targeting Life Sciences & Innovation real estate and the Living sectors, has appointed Mark Terry as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. With Daniel Gorzawski as founding partner and CEO, Terry joins Tristan Capital Partners, bringing over 20

QED Investors, a global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, has appointed Courtney Christianson as head of investor relations. Christianson will be responsible for increasing the global scale of QRD’s investor relations function and the scope of its sources of investment capital. She will develop

Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has appointed Wolf-Henning Scheider as partner and head of its Private Equity Department. Scheider will join Partners Group at the conclusion of his current contract and will be based in the firm’s global headquarters in Baar-Zug, Switzerland.  Scheider will succeed David Layton, Partners

Venture Capital Investment Manager Deepbridge Capital has appointed Simon Thelwall-Jones to the newly created role of venture partner. Thelwall-Jones brings a wealth of experience as a qualified Chartered Accountant, an experienced company director and a corporate finance expert; with most recent roles being investment director at MSIF followed by director

Nearwater Capital has appointed Gary Barnett and John Willian as non-executive directors of Nearwater Capital Markets, the firm’s new security-based swap dealer (SBSD).

Concord Capital Partners has appointed Samuel Landman as chief investment officer (CIO). The commercial real estate veteran will work on the acquisition, financing, and disposition of real estate assets to help drive the firm’s growth. Landman has more than 17 years of experience sourcing, acquiring, developing and structuring multifamily, industrial

Sagewind Capital (Sagewind), a New York-based middle-market private equity firm, has promoted Michael Gebhardt to principal. Since joining Sagewind in January 2021, Genhardt has led the firm’s investment in Federal Advisory Partners LLC and assisted with multiple add-on acquisitions across the portfolio. Prior to joining Sagewind, he was a vice

Hiro, a developer tools company for builders of the bitcoin economy, has appointed Julia Austin to its Board of Directors. Austin, a former technology executive and current Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, brings three decades of experience implementing cutting edge technology to rapidly scale companies. As the founder of

Global investment firm Carlyle has appointed Richard Elder, former chief transformation officer and EVP, strategy & growth at Carlyle-backed Nouryon, to the newly-expanded role of head of global portfolio solutions (GPS). Global Portfolio Solutions, formerly Global Investment Resources (GIR), provides insight and support to Carlyle’s investment process and portfolio value