Monk’s Hill Ventures (MHV), a venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech startups in Southeast Asia, has appointed Susli Lie as Partner, expanding the form’s senior leadership team. As a firm focused on building a strong partnership of entrepreneurs and operators, she will be responsible for building MHV’s Indonesia business,

BOOST&Co, an alternative lender which provides fast, flexible funding to UK SMEs, has appointed Rebecca Blaymires as a principal based in the company’s Birmingham office. Blaymires will be joining the firm’s growing South and Midlands team, with a focus on supporting the needs of SMEs across the Midlands.   The

Runway Growth Capital (Runway), a provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, has hired Rachel Goldstein as Senior Vice President of Growth to improve the quantity and quality of deal flow. Goldstein will report to Mark Donnelly, Managing Director and

Okolita’s role will see him lead the firm’s global outsourced business services arm as part of IQ-EQ’s growth strategy. IQ-EQ, a service provider to the global community of alternative asset managers, has named Matt Okolita as Global Head of Outsourced Business Services. In the US, the world’s largest and fastest

Star Mountain Capital (Star Mountain), an investment manager, with approximately USD2.5 billion in assets under management, focused exclusively on investing in lower middle-market firms, has appointed ennis Duerst has joined as a Senior Advisor. Star Mountain Senior Advisors/Operating Partners are aligned with Star Mountain’s full-time team and investors through sharing

The IMA Group (IMA), a leading technology-enabled provider of medical and psychological screening and evaluation services and clinical research site network and a portfolio company of Centre Parters, has made several important changes to its executive leadership team. David C Pulver, MD, IMA’s Founder, has transitioned from his role as

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has appointed Bryan Kelly as a partner in the firm’s Tax Department, based in Los Angeles. Kelly was previously a partner and Office Managing Director at Withers in Los Angeles. Today’s announcement brings the total number of partners in Willkie’s Los Angeles office to 17.   

London-based investment firm, Twenty20 Capital, has appointed a new manager to strengthen its growing team. Chris Wolfe-Elder joins Twenty20 Capital as Investment Manager to drive forward advisory services for the team. He joins from Kroll, where he was part of the expert services offering, specialising in disputes and advisory services.

IQ-EQ has appointed Rebecca Brown as its new Head of Legal, UK, Ireland & Crown Dependencies to provide legal advice as the regional sector continues to grow. Brown qualified as a UK solicitor in 2012 and has a wide range of in-house and private practice experience, including seven years’ experience

Alternative investment firm Summit Partners has promoted eight professionals across the firm’s global platform. Chief Investor Relations Officer David Schiller has been promoted to Managing Director, while On Summit’s growth equity and venture capital teams, Luke Parsons and Steven Twomey have been promoted to Principal; Luke Nowicki has been promoted