Blackstone has appointed Paul Morrissey, a seasoned investment professional with extensive private equity and venture capital experience, as a Managing Director to lead investing across Europe for Blackstone Growth (BXG). This newly created role will see Morrissey manage the European deployment for BXG, which recently completed the final close of

OakNorth Bank is continuing to strengthen its regional footprint with three new hires to its lending teams in the North West, Yorkshire and East Anglia. OakNorth Bank’s 2020 Annual Report revealed that, despite the ongoing challenges of Covid-19, it lent GBP1.1 billion to the Missing Middle last year, supporting hundreds

EMPE, the industry association for private capital investment in Africa, Asia, CEE, Latin America and the Middle East, has launched its new Singapore-based Asia headquarters.   “Private capital flows across borders will continue to expand in the coming years as investors seek opportunities that are scalable, diversified and global,” says

Akin Gump has hired Clare Cottle as Finance Partner in the firm’s London office. 

Fast-growth international web hosting business, Miss Group, has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of a chief marketing officer. David Nordberg joins the Perwyn-backed business where he will oversee the development and implementation of a comprehensive marketing strategy that will support the company’s ambitious growth plans and service

Linklaters has appointed private equity expert Florent Mazeron as Partner.  Mazeron will also be one of the leaders of Linklaters’ global Financial Sponsors group. He will be joining the firm in Paris from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where he has been a Partner since 2016. Prior to that, he spent almost

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed Tiffany Young as investment manager, based at its London office. Young will join YFM’s investment team to support the origination and execution of new investments across both growth capital and buyout opportunities. Young is an experienced investor having spent the last three years at

Alantra, a global investment banking and asset management specialist, has appointed Tommaso Ferrari as Managing Partner to lead its Investment Banking division in Italy. Ferrari brings to the role more than 20 years of experience in investment banking, strategy consulting and private equity in the Italian market. This includes market-leading

Access Holdings, a Baltimore-based mid-market investment firm specialising in a purposeful buy-and-build investment approach, has added three new team members who will play key roles in further developing Access’s digital origination and portfolio monitoring capabilities.   Matt Johl, George Shipley, and Ellen Kirk Jarosinski will join Steve Chang and Merritt

Alteri Investors, a specialist investor in the European retail sector, has appointed Charlie Edwards as UK Investment Director.   Edwards joins from Caledonia Investments where he led multiple investments over the last 10 years with a focus on UK MBOs. Prior to Caledonia, he spent eight years at KPMG, principally