International law firm Dorsey & Whitney has appointed Carlos Méndez-Peñate as a Partner and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Latin America and the Caribbean Practice Group in the firm’s New York office. Méndez-Peñate will devote significant time to lawyer recruiting, playing a key role in Dorsey’s plans to grow its presence in

Dr Winson Ng, until recently the head of UBS Global Wealth Management’s private markets due diligence team, is joining the senior leadership team of Moonfare, a private equity investment platform, as Chief Investment Officer.

Sanne, a global provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed Jan Barre as Director of Business Development.Based in Luxembourg, Barre will be responsible for building new relationships for Sanne that align with the company’s key industries and services including private equity, real assets, private debt, capital markets

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, is to add Iain Leigh to the Riverside Board of Advisors (RBA) on his retirement as founder of the private equity business of APG Asset Management.  Leigh is also well known for his

TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has appointed Andrew Harris as Director of Investor Relations, effective 9 November.  Based in TA’s Boston office, Harris will lead and manage the firm’s global investor relations and fundraising functions. “We are very pleased to welcome Andrew to TA,” says Brian J

UK cyber security business, Adarma, has strengthened its management team with the appointment of ex-Cisco Global Vice President John Maynard as its new CEO. The business has made the appointment as it seeks to capitalise on its existing strong growth trajectory and track record in assisting large blue-chip organisations with threat

Atwater Capital (Atwater), a private equity firm that focuses exclusively on the media and entertainment sectors, has appointed Meri Khananashvili, formerly an executive at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the entertainment agency giant, as Principal. Khananashvili, who brings deep industry expertise and an extensive network to the firm’s leadership, will play a

Zouk, an infrastructure and private equity fund manager investing in the sustainable economy, has appointed Lord Paul Myners CBE to the its Board.Myners’ appointment will allow Zouk to draw upon his wider ranging insights into multiple areas of interest including, in particular, ESG considerations within private equity portfolios.  Myners’ is

Development Partners International (DPI), a pan-African private equity firm with USD1.7 billion in assets under management, has elected three new professionals to its Partnership.