NextGen Growth Partners (NGP), a private equity firm that partners with Entrepreneurs-in-Residence and management teams to invest in sustainable, growing companies, has appointed Jim Bland as a partner, with a specific focused on the firm’s new investment and portfolio company efforts. “Jim brings an immediate positive impact to our team

KKR, a leading global investment firm, has appointed Michaela Wood as a Director, with immediate effect. Based in London, Wood will join the EMEA private equity team to work on UK coverage as well as supporting investments in the Business Services sector across Europe. Wood joins KKR after six years

Lakemore Partners, a private credit investment firm primarily investing in control CLO equity, has named as Dan Norman Managing Director and Head of its US business operations.  Norman will focus on growing Lakemore’s investment platform globally from its recently established US office in Scottsdale, Arizona.   Norman joins Lakemore following

Hanover Investors, the special situations specialist, is announcing today that it has appointed Serena Menaguale as its Director of Fundraising. Alongside fundraising, Menaquale will also be responsible for relationships with the firm’s existing clients, as well as expanding its investor base. Menaquale has more than 15 years’ experience in business

Manchester-based corporate finance firm Rickitt Mitchell is growing its team in response to its strong pipeline of work and planned growth as it welcomes two new hires, Joe Powell and James Kidner.  ACA chartered accountant Powell joins the firm as Associate Director from BDO where he spent almost a decade,

BCS Global Markets (BCS GM) has appointed Inna Kryachko as its new HR Director, based at BCS GM’s Moscow headquarters. As the Director of HR, Kryachko will be responsible for the development of the motivation system and HR automation projects in all the regions where BCS GM is active.  

Blackstone has appointed Stevi Petrelli as Head of Blackstone Innovations Investments (BXI Investments) where she will be responsible for overseeing the firm’s internal investments in early-stage PropTech, Enterprise Tech, Cybersecurity and FinTech companies.  Petrelli has joined as a Managing Director and, in this newly created role, will work across Blackstone’s

As part of its continued expansion in Northern California, O’Melveny has added Silicon Valley dealmaker Bradley L Finkelstein to its team. Finkelstein, formerly a partner in Wilson Sonsini’s Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, is a boardroom-level advisor with more than 20 years of experience representing multinational technology and financial

Matt Klinger has joined Columbia Partners Private Capital (Columbia Partners) as a Managing Director in the firm’s Bethesda, Maryland office.   Most recently, Klinger was a Senior Director in the Technology and Innovation Banking group at Bridge Bank, a division of Western Alliance Bank. In this role, he managed the