SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has appointed Michael Gilbert as Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Operations. Gilbert will be responsible for coordinating a team of operating executives and functional experts to accelerate value creation, drive process

Seraphim Space (Manager), the manager of the Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc (LSE: SSIT), a listed Space Tech Fund, has appointed Development Partners International partner Sarah Shackleton, as the Company’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO). The appointment is effective immediately. Shackleton joins Seraphim Space as Chief Operating Officer following a

Global alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital has appointed Ricardo Sommer as Head of Private Equity Germany, effective 7 March, 2022. Sommer will lead Tikehau Capital’s private equity activities in the DACH region. Based in Frankfurt, he will be responsible for building Tikehau Capital’s local private equity franchise, leveraging the firm’s

Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has promoted Scott Choi, Alberto Estefan, Mauricio Giusti, Shami Nissan, Lisa Pinsley and Sumit Sen to partner. Choi joined Actis Asia Real Estate team in 2018 following the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank’s Principal Finance Real Estate group (PFRE).  Estefan joined the Actis

Singapore Exchange-backed private market platform ADDX has appointed Oi-Yee Choo was its Chief Executive Officer, subject to the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) approval. The ADDX platform was founded in 2017 and began full commercial operations in 2020 after becoming one of the first digital securities exchanges to graduate from

Gresham House Ventures (GHV), a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally-driven businesses in the consumer, healthcare and service sectors, has made five senior promotions in its investment team as the business continues to grow its investable capital base and looks to expand its team further. Maya Ward and

InvestX Capital Ltd (InvestX), a private equity marketplace that allows broker-dealers to invest in pre-IPO companies through its GEM (Growth Equity Marketplace) platform, has expanded its executive leadership team with the appointments of Jonathan A Clark, as President, USA, and Dan Sanders, as Executive Vice President, Private Markets. Together, these

Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, has promoted two of its lawyers in Asia, Andrew Wood and Josie Ainley, to Partners in the firm’s Asia Funds & Investment management practice. Andrew’s practice focuses on investment funds for Asian clients and includes advising on all aspects relating to the

Pantheon, a global private markets investor, has made a key new hire within its private equity investment team, as Amyn Hassanally joins the firm as Partner and Global Head of Private Equity Secondaries. The appointment comes at a key juncture for Pantheon’s private equity secondaries platform, which invests across the

Goji Investments, a UK-based technology investment platform that provides investors with digital access to private asset investments, has appointed Aidan Connolly as an independent non-executive director of the Company. Over the past 20 years, Connolly has held board roles at a number of private and publicly listed companies in the