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KKR announces CEO succession

KKR & Co (KKR) has appointed Joe Bae and Scott Nuttall as Co-Chief Executive Officers, while Co-Founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts will remain actively involved as Executive Co-Chairmen of KKR’s Board of Directors.  The leadership transition is effective immediately. “Whether reflecting on the business, our mission or the team

O2 Investment Partners appoints Head of Business Development

O2 Investment Partners has appointed Derek Wardlaw as the firm’s lead in its newly formed Business Development Group.  O2’s Luke Plumpton says: “Derek’s successful track record of building and developing a deal sourcing group will be instrumental to our growing origination efforts and to increase the visibility of O2 in

Värde Partners appoints Co-CIOs

Värde Partners has promoted Deputy Chief Investment Officers (CIOs) Brad Bauer and Giuseppe Naglieri to join Ilfryn Carstairs as Co-CIOs.  Bauer and Naglieri will share oversight of  Värde’s global investment activity with Ilfryn, who is also Co-CEO.   “This is important recognition of the strong leadership that Brad and Giuseppe

QED Investors names new COO

QED Investors, a global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, has named Tommy Blanchard as its Chief Operating Officer. Blanchard joins QED from Capital One where he spent a total of 20 years, most recently as managing vice president, business analysis in Capital One’s Commercial

Monroe Capital appoints Managing Director, Head Business Strategy

Monroe Capital LLC today announced Sweta Chanda has joined the firm as Managing Director, Head of Business Strategy based in the firm’s New York office. She will be responsible for firmwide strategy, product and corporate development, and new initiatives to expand Monroe’s global footprint. Prior to Monroe, Sweta was a

White & Case appoint new M&A partners in London

Global law firm White & Case has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of partners Ross Allardice, Mark Evans and Tony Brown, who all return to the Firm’s London office. “The addition of Ross, Mark and Tony further deepens our bench of private equity partners in

Alantra strengthens specialised advisory teams

Alantra, an independent global mid-market investment banking and asset management firm, has added five senior professionals, increasing its specialised global offering in high-growth sectors.  The Group has reinforced its investment banking capabilities by incorporating a Real Estate & Hospitality team in Paris, and two Managing Directors in Frankfurt focused on

Vision Ridge Partners appoints MD

Vision Ridge Partners (Vision Ridge), an investor in sustainable real assets, has appointed Paul Luce, former Senior Investment Leader on Partners Group’s Private Infrastructure Investment Team, as a Managing Director. A seasoned private equity investor across the sustainable real asset and infrastructure sectors, Luce will be responsible for sourcing and

KKR appoints Independent Director

KKR & Co has appointed Evan Spiegel as a new Independent Director, bringing the total of independent directors on the company’s Board to eleven out of fifteen seats. Spiegel is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Snap Inc, a publicly traded camera company that believes reinventing the camera represents

Healthcap strengthens senior team

HealthCap, a European life sciences venture capital firm,  has appointed Dr MÃ¥rten Steen, MD, PhD, as Co-Managing Partner alongside Founding Partner Björn Odlander. MÃ¥rten became a Partner at HealthCap in 2010 and has been instrumental in many of HealthCap´s most successful investments including Ultragenyx and Wilson Therapeutics. He currently serves

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