Tikehau Capital, an alternative asset management and investment group, has appointed Carmen Alonso as Head of the United Kingdom and Peter Cirenza is promoted to Chairman of the United Kingdom as well as Chairman of Tactical Strategies.In addition to her responsibilities in the Iberian market, Carmen Alonso will now oversee

EQT has appointed Marc Brown, former Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Corporate Development, as Partner and Head of its new EQT Growth strategy.Having overseen Microsoft’s M&A and strategic investment activities, Brown has led more than 185 acquisitions (including LinkedIn, GitHub and Minecraft) and 80 strategic equity investments (including Flipkart, Databricks

HIG Capital (HIG) has appointed Ahmad Atwan as a Managing Director in its infrastructure team. Atwan will be responsible for all aspects of the investment process including origination, transaction structuring, financing and execution of post-closing strategies. Atwan has over 20 years of experience as a private equity investor, operating executive, and

Tully Rinckey has Malachy Kearney as a Partner and head of its Investment Funds department in the firm’s Dublin office.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…

Praetura Group, a Manchester-based debt and equity capital provider to Northern SMEs, has announced a series of organisational and board changes.Following several successful years of continued and sustained growth in investing and lending, the group will simplify its corporate structure through the creation of two distinct divisions: Praetura Ventures, its

Global investment bank GCA Altium has announced Adrian Reed as the new head of its Manchester office to lead the growing team of 21.Having joined GCA Altium in 2000 as a graduate, Reed has been managing director at the firm since 2012. He specialises in technology focused transactions and has

Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco, has appointed Lyndon Faulkner as an Operating Partner.In this capacity, Faulkner will share his extensive management and operational expertise with the Behrman investment team and the executive teams of the firm’s portfolio companies. He will continue

Octopus Ventures, has launched a specialist consumer team and scaled up of its wider portfolio team by 45 per cent with nine new hires. The announcement signals Octopus Ventures’ intention to dial up its investment activity, despite the market uncertainty caused by Covid-19.   The new consumer team will invest in

The ID Register, a hub for investor onboarding, has appointed Stuart Layzell as Chairman.Layzell was most recently CEO at Ocorian, a global fund, corporate and private client services firm and brings international experience in regulated businesses across both fund administration and wealth management. He also has a strong track record