LeapFrog Investments has appointed new Partner Yalin Karadogan to head its Global Investor Solutions team, as it scales its impact investing platform. Yalin is a 23-year veteran of the private equity industry, most recently serving as Partner, Fundraising and Investor Relations, for USD37 billion global private equity firm Cinven. Yalin

HIG Capital (HIG) has appointed Gwen Watanabe as a Managing Director in the firm’s dedicated life-science investment affiliate, HIG BioHealth Partners. Watanabe has more than 28 years as an investor, entrepreneur, executive and board member in the medical device industry. Most recently, she was the Vice President and General Manager

Elevation Securities has hired Paul Young as Senior Managing Director, Senior Special Situations Analyst in the Special Situations Group. Young will be based in New York City and report to Ian Harris, Senior Managing Director and Head of Research, who leads the Event Driven team. Young joins Elevation Securities with

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has made a raft of promotions including six new Managing Directors, eight new Principals, and five Senior Vice Presidents. These promotions recognise team members whose expertise contributes to the success of HarbourVest and its clients across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Charger Investment Partners, a middle market private equity firm, has appointed Aaron Figura as a Managing Director.   Figura will be responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and leading investments, as well as supporting the portfolio and contributing to the firm’s strategic direction. Figura has over 15 years of M&A experience and

Churchill Asset Management LLC, an investment-specialist affiliate of Nuveen providing customised financing solutions to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, has made 29 promotions across the business. Notably, Kelli Marti has been named Senior Managing Director, Head of CLO Management. Since joining Churchill in October 2020, Marti has been

Mark Thompson has joined Covington’s London office as a partner and co-chair of the firm’s global private equity practice. Thompson has an established private equity practice in London, where he has been advising on transactions in a variety of industries, including life sciences, energy, telecommunications, electronic payments, banking, finance and

BTIG has appointed Jared Sender, MD as a Managing Director within its Healthcare Investment Banking division. Sender will focus on investment banking opportunities across the healthcare industry. Sender is uniquely positioned to evaluate multiple facets of the healthcare universe as a result of his experiences working various positions in the

Pemberton, an alternative credit specialist, has appointed Rob Reynolds to head its new Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) platform.

Global law firm Ropes & Gray has appointed Bianca Levin-Soler as a partner in the firm’s private equity practice. Levin-Soler will be based in Ropes & Gray’s new Los Angeles office. With significant experience in all facets of private equity and corporate finance, Levin-Soler brings deep knowledge and a commercial