MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a premier New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has appointed Erik Oken, former Global Chairman of Investment Banking at JP Morgan, as chairman of MidOcean’s private equity business. An accomplished C-Suite executive with over 30 years of industry experience,

Activant Capital, a growth equity firm focused on the next generation of commerce companies, has promoted investment team members David Yang, Maximilian Mayer, Shawn Jung, and Andrew Steele to partner, and Sean Park to chief people officer. Since the firm’s inception in 2015, Activant has invested in more than 25

Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP), a private equity firm focused on investments in financial services, financial technology and business services companies, thas appointed Scott Bagwell to the firm’s Advisory Council. Bagwell will support LMP’s efforts in the healthcare finance sector, including identifying and evaluating new investments as well as supporting management

Bryan Garnier & Co, an independent investment bank for European healthcare and technology-related companies and their investors, has appointed John Klein head of equity research. Klein is a seasoned financial markets expert with experience across investment banking, equity research, private equity and corporates. He joins from Zalando, where he was

Vasileios Antonopoulos has joined AssetMetrix as Deputy Head of Technology. He will be based in the firm’s office in Luxembourg. As a member of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) as well as the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA), Antonopoulos will be actively contributing to

ICG, a global alternative asset manager, has appointed Bashak-Julianna Demir as its new global head of client relations, alongside two new Client Relations Managers, Raisah Yusuf and Rohit Kapoor. Demir joins ICG with over 14 years of investment advisory experience, having most recently worked as a Managing Director at Campbell

Chiltern Capital, a lower mid-market buy and build specialist, has promoted three members of its investment team on the back of a strong year at the firm. Joe Bennett has been promoted to Investment Director, and Laura Clayfield and Zerxis Billimoria have been promoted to Investment Manager.   Bennett has

Campbell Lutyens, a global private markets advisors, has expanded its GP capital advisory team, which offers specialist advice to general partners on key investment and strategic growth decisions regarding their management company and their GP financing options, including minority GP stakes. The firm’s GP capital advisory practice has seen a

Churchill Asset Management, an investment-specialist of Nuveen which provides customised financing solutions to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, has appointed Mickey Weatherston as principal, head of sustainability and ESG Integration. Weatherston, who is based out of Churchill’s New York City headquarters and reports directly to Christopher Cox, chief