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Astia adds to Executive team

Astia, the global organisation investing in businesses with women leaders, has hired UK-based Leanne Case as Director of Astia Connect – its programmes for engaging the Astia Advisor expert community to ensure the success of high-growth startups.  In this role, Case will manage the Expert Sift – an innovative, proven

Summit Partners appoints Executive-in-Residence

Summit Partners, a global growth equity investor, has added JD Mullin to the firm’s Executive-in-Residence (EIR) programme.  In this role, Mullin will work closely with Summit’s technology team to identify new investment and leadership opportunities in growth-stage software companies. Mullin brings substantial experience in leading and scaling fast-growing SaaS businesses,

Essling Capital appoints Partner and Head of Co-Investment

Essling Capital, an independent company specialising in private equity, is strengthening its team to support the development of its co-investment activity and increase its international presence.  Arnaud Lipkowicz joins as Partner of Essling Capital and Head of the Co-Investment activity, which has existed since the company’s inception. Lipkowicz has more

YFM appoints new CFO

Experienced private equity and venture capital finance director, Marcus Karia has joined fast growing YFM Equity Partners (YFM) as chief financial officer. Joining YFM as a partner, Karia will work across YFM’s offices in London, Leeds, Manchester, Reading and Birmingham. Over the last 13 years, he has held roles across

North Sky adds to Impact Secondaries team

North Sky Capital (North Sky), a specialist in impact investing, has appointed Nate Condon as a Senior Associate in the firm’s Impact Secondaries practice. “Nate’s private equity skills, insights and can-do attitude will be a prodigious addition to the secondaries team,” says Scott Barrington, CEO. “Over the last two years,

KKR appoints Senior Advisor

Global investment firm KKR has appointed KV Kamath as a Senior Advisor to KKR India. His appointment is effective immediately. Kamath has more than five decades of experience building and leading large Indian businesses. Most recently, Kamath served as the first President of the New Development Bank, a multilateral development

Clearwater Analytics appoints Global Head of Private Assets

Clearwater Analytics, a provider of SaaS-based investment accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, has appointed Jonathan Flitt as Global Head of Private Assets. In this capacity, he is leading product management, strategy, and execution to deliver platform capabilities and innovative solutions that provide total portfolio transparency for the rapidly-growing private markets

BGF bolsters adds two to Clean Growth advisory board

BGF has added two new high-profile names to its clean growth advisory board, which was set up earlier this year to accelerate investments in companies engaged in carbon reduction and the energy transition.  The advisory board is chaired by Julia King (Baroness Brown of Cambridge).   The new additions are:

Blackstone Credit appoints Global Head of Technology Investing

Blackstone has appointed Viral Patel as Global Head of Technology Investing for Blackstone Credit.  Patel, who was previously an investment professional in the firm’s Tactical Opportunities Group, will be responsible for identifying investment opportunities across the technology sector and providing entrepreneurs, companies and financial sponsors with the diverse range of

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