LeapFrog Investments, a Profit with Purpose investment group, has appointed David Gonski AC to its Global Leadership Council. The appointment to the international advisory body, comprising distinguished non-executive directors from around the world, begins after Gonski’s departure as Chairman of ANZ Banking Group next week.    One of Australia and Asia’s

bfinance, aa independent investment consultancy, has appointed Anna Morrison as Senior Director, Private Markets. Joining the research team at bfinance’s London office, Morrison brings twenty years’ experience in financial services and investments in the US, Europe and Asia.    Morrison will lead the Private Equity advisory practice and becomes the third

Sherpa Capital, an Iberian private equity fund manager specialising in medium-sized companies, has appointed Isaac Lahuerta as an Investment Director in the firm’s special situations team.Lahuerta joins Sherpa Capital after working for more than two-and-a-half years as a Principal at private equity firm BTC, where he made debt and equity

Gen II Fund Services (Gen II), an independent private equity fund administrator, has appointed Robert Caporale as Head of Strategic Business Development. Caporale, a fund administration and alternative investments executive, will focus on developing strategic client partnerships and acquisition opportunities.Most recently, Caporale was CEO of Exchangelodge, a software company that

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