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

Vector Capital, a private equity firm specialising in transformational investments in established technology businesses, has promoted five individuals across its investment and value creation teams.  Sandy Gill has been promoted to Managing Director, and Stephen Goodman, Amir Ravandoust, Gabriel Shields-Estrada, and Tom Smith have been promoted to Principal. Additionally, Vector

Ocorian, a global leader in corporate and fiduciary services, fund administration and capital markets, has appointed Marc van Rijckevorsel as Head of Business Development – Corporate and Fund Services for the US. He is based in New York. Van Rijckevorsel reports to Ocorian’s Chief Commercial Officer, Simon Behan, who remarked

Lewis & Clark Capital, a St Louis-based private equity firm investing the capital of its Managing Partner, Tom Hillman, has promoted Jeff Connell to Managing Director.  Connell will continue to play an operating role at Ovation Holdings, a diversified process and flow control solutions provider, and FTL Finance, a specialty

Vector Capital, a private equity firm specialising in transformational investments in established technology businesses, has promoted five individuals across its investment and value creation teams.  Sandy Gill has been promoted to Managing Director, and Stephen Goodman, Amir Ravandoust, Gabriel Shields-Estrada, and Tom Smith have been promoted to Principal.   Additionally,

Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the financial services, healthcare, industrials, and software industries, has promoted Matt McCabe to Principal. Ryan Clark, President and Managing Director at Genstar Capital, says: “Matt has made meaningful contributions to our firm and also as a board

Pemberton, a European private credit manager transforming traditional credit markets, has added a Managing Director to the firm’s Business Development team, Sanford ‘Sandy’ Ewing who joined on 5 July 2021 and brings more than two decades of experience in the field. Ewing will support Pemberton’s international expansion, which is set