Private equity firm Genstar Capital has promoted Sid Ramakrishnan and Scott Niehaus to Director and Dominic Martellaro to Principal. Ramakrishnan originally joined Genstar in 2012 as an Associate and re-joined the firm in 2017 as Vice President. He was named Principal in 2019.  Niehaus joined Genstar in 2017 after receiving

Venture capital firm Piva Capital has appointed Elizabeth (Beth) Lowery as a Senior Advisor and Daryl Kennedy as its Investor Relations and ESG Manager. In their new roles, they will lend their expertise to drive strategic direction and implementation of ESG principles and activities across Piva’s business operations and investments.

Rathbone Greenbank Investments (Greenbank) has appointed Marian Woodward as impact manager.  She will be based in Rathbones’ London office and will report to Kate Elliot, Head of Ethical, Sustainable and Impact Research.   In the role of impact manager, Woodward will work closely with Greenbank’s investment teams based in London,

Insurance Advisory Partners, a specialist insurance M&A, strategic and capital-raising advisory firm, has appointed Bhaven Pathak as partner and head of UK & Europe, effective 1 May, subject to regulatory approval.  Pathak will be responsible for leading and developing Insurance Advisory Partners’ operations in London, following the company’s launch in

HCAP Partners, a California-based private equity firm and nationally recognised impact investor, has appointed Tom Woelfel as senior director of impact. Woelfel joined HCAP Partners to lead the Gainful Jobs Approach and overall impact management efforts, partnering with HCAP portfolio companies and collaborating with limited partners and industry thought leaders

AURELIUS Group, a pan-European, mid-market investor, has made a series of new hires in its London-based team. 

Corporate and M&A attorney Waajid Siddiqui has joined Holland & Knight’s New York office as a partner. He focuses on upstream and downstream oil and gas transactions, as well as acquisitions and divestitures of lending and leasing platforms and portfolios of financial assets. Siddiqui was previously a partner with Shearman

Circumference Group, an operationally-focused investment firm, has named Karsten Lampka as partner of private equity investments. In this newly created role, Lampka will lead Circumference Group’s private investing practice. Lampka brings to Circumference Group more than 25 years of investment banking and private equity experience. Over his distinguished career, he

Partech has promoted André François-Poncet to partner and appointed Elena Moneta as principal in the Venture team.   Based in Paris, François-Poncet has been a major contributor over his seven years with the firm. He has been instrumental in the investments of Partech Growth including Made.com (IPO in June 2021),

Roelof Botha, 48, has been appointed as the new head of venture capital giant Sequoia Capital, according to a report by Bloomberg.