Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Akhil Johri, former United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Chief Financial Officer, as an Operating Advisor to CD&R funds. Johri worked for more than 30 years at UTC, serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of UTC from 2015 to 2019 and as Special Advisor

finnCap Group has promoted John Farrugia to the position of Managing Partner at Cavendish Corporate Finance, following eight years as a Partner at the UK M&A advisory firm. Farrugia brings 20 years’ experience to the role, 13 of which have been spent at Cavendish, where he has built up an outstanding

Forster Chase a City-based corporate finance, business advisory and executive search firm, has appointed two new partners – Adam Harris and Francis Martin, CBE.Executive Chairman Benny Higgins says: “We are delighted that Francis and Adam have joined our business, bringing their leadership, foresight and experience to help our firm and

Metropolitan Partners Group (Metropolitan), a private credit fund manager based in New York that provides short-term, senior-secured, collateralised loans to small and mid-sized, non-sponsored businesses, has appointed Ed Giordano as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), replacing Eric Chasser who has taken on the new role of Chief Operating Officer at Metropolitan.Giordano

Global investor services group IQ-EQ has appointed of Wendy Piergolam as Head of Client Development for the United States. This newly created position reflects the significance of the region to the group’s growth strategy and directly supports plans to expand its Americas offering and client base throughout 2021 and beyond.  

Allen & Overy has appointed Nick Marchica as a partner in the firm’s US Private Equity (PE) group based in New York. Marchica’s deep experience advising PE and corporate clients on M&A transactions will complement Allen & Overy’s established practice advising leading PE funds and multinational corporations on US and cross-border

Spartan Advisors, an independent placement agent and merchant bank specialised in raising capital for alternative fund managers, has appointed Dominic Wood as a Director in the firm’s London office.Wood, who started his new role on 1 December, will be responsible for managing Spartan’s limited partner relationships across Europe and the

Alter Domus, a provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry, has appointed Tim Houghton as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and a member of the Group Executive Board (GEB).In his new role, Houghton will oversee Alter Domus’ operations across all products and services as the global fund administrator continues

CVC Credit Partners (CVC Credit) has appointed John Empson as Partner and Co-Head of Private Credit, and Miguel Toney as a Partner in the Private Credit team.Empson has nearly 40 years of experience and is joining from Blackrock where he was Head of Capital Markets, EMEA. Prior to Blackrock, Empson