Rashmi Rao has been appointed as Group CIO at IQ-EQ. Rao brings 20-plus years of experience to her new role and has a proven track record in leading successful technology transformations in regulated industries. She has previously held a number of senior technology leadership roles with insurance firms including Bupa,

InTandem Capital Partners, a healthcare services focused private equity firm, has appointed Chris Reef as an Operating Partner. As a previous business founder and CEO, Reef is perfectly positioned to leverage his leadership experience to help accelerate growth for InTandem’s portfolio companies. Prior to joining InTandem, he worked for Grey

Grant Thornton, aa audit, tax and advisory firm, has named Melanie Krygier as Growth leader of the firm’s Private Equity Tax practice.  Krygier, a San Francisco-based partner and leader of Grant Thornton’s M&A Tax Services West Coast practice, will join the Private Equity leadership team and focus on supporting private

Circumference Group, an operationally-focused investment firm led by former Endurance International CEO, Jeff Fox, has appointed Kurt Silverman, Luca Sechi and Virgil Prewitt to newly created leadership positions focused on growing the firm’s private investing strategy.  In their roles, Silverman, Sechi and Prewitt will leverage their significant operational and strategic

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has appointed Josh McLane and Niya Tang as partners in the firm’s Tax, Employee Benefits, Trusts & Estates practice group.  McLane is based in the firm’s Orange County office and was most recently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. Tang joins the firm’s New York

Apex Group has appointed Paul Monahan as Head of Corporate Services, Jersey and Chantal Slabber as Head of Client Services & Operations, Jersey.

Endeavor Energy Holdings (Endeavor), an Africa-focused independent power generation company backed by Denham Capital, has appointed Brian Herlihy as Chief Executive Officer, with immediate effect. Herlihy brings 20 years’ experience in the broader energy and infrastructure sectors during which time he has accumulated significant industry and managerial expertise, as well

Global investment bank GCA Altium has strengthened its London team with the appointment of consumer M&A expert, Tom Barnard as Director.   Barnard joins GCA Altium as part of its leisure M&A team having spent more than a decade working in the sector, the majority of which was spent at

Ampla Finance, the legal finance provider, has appointed Natalie Player and Deborah Ward, both qualified lawyers, as Commercial Director and Partnership Director respectively. Player takes up the role of Commercial Director, heading up the business’ partnerships team, along with taking responsibility for developing new and existing products for the market.

SERB and BTG Specialty Pharmaceuticals have appointed Ben Watt as the group’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Watt is an experienced CFO with a track record of building global finance teams and integrating business acquisitions. Watt most recently served as CFO of Crouzet, an independent manufacturer of electronic components used