Peakside Capital Advisors (Peakside) has appointed three top performers from the transaction team to new positions, Maximilian Baumann, Markus Maier and Leon Bomhard, as part of its internal staff development programme.

Leading venture capital firm Menlo Ventures has appointed Silicon Valley veteran Aunkur Arya as a Venture partner in the firm’s investment team. As an investor at Menlo, Aunkur will draw on deep domain expertise to identify and grow the next breakout fintech companies.   Through leadership roles at Braintree, Paypal,

Mayfair Capital Partners, a division of Oxford Financial Group, has expanded its team with the addition of Chase Bunnell as an Associate in the firm’s Minneapolis, Minnesota office. Prior to joining the firm, Chase was an Investment Banking Associate in the Consumer Group at Harris Williams where he was responsible

Mayar Capital, a responsible value investing specialist, has made three new hires, including one key hire in the investment team and two investor relations roles. Mayar has increased resource within its research department, as Felix Kruse has been appointed to the role of Analyst. Prior to joining Mayar, Felix worked

Evercore has appointed Herb Yeh as a senior managing director in the Technology practice in the firm’s Investment Banking business.

BTIG has added Winston Kitchingham to its legal team as a managing director. Kitchingham will serve as Associate General Counsel and focus on BTIG’s Investment Banking division. Kitchingham brings more than 20 years of experience to the firm. Most recently, he was a Director at MUFG Securities Americas Inc. Prior

Crestbridge has appointed Alex Le Quesne as group head of governance services with responsibility for managing the operational and financial performance of the firm’s Institutional Governance Services globally, including Management Company, Director, Client Compliance, Depository, Trustee, Appointed Representative, and Operator services. Le Quesne will oversee the selective growth of the

Andrew Eshelman has joined the Board of Directors of Paxton/Patterson. Eshelman is a managing director at Maranon Capital where he is responsible for structuring, negotiating, and closing transactions. Eshelman joined Maranon in 2012 and has 13 years in leverage lending, asset management, and investment banking. He serves as a Board

Cubera Private Equity has appointed Urs Bitterling to the newly established position of chief sustainability officer. Bitterling, who reports directly to the CEO and is a member of Cubera’s leadership team, joins Cubera from Allianz SE where he has developed and led sustainability efforts since 2012. Bitterling will be responsible

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a leading middle-market private equity firm, has appointed Lindsay Grider as global head of fundraising and investor relations. Grider will lead the firm’s global efforts to provide solutions for LLCP’s existing investors, develop new limited partner relationships and execute on a wide range of communications