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 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

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

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, 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 (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 & 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

Following the continued growth of the firm, Crestbridge, a provider of alternative private equity and real estate administration solutions, has appointed Siân Dalrymple as Group Chief Risk Officer.   Dalrymple will be responsible for the oversight and enhancement of Crestbridge’s risk function and the development of its risk management services