Downing Ventures has appointed Joe Raffa as a Venture Partner as it scales up for global expansion and sector specialisation.  Raffa is an investor and executive with extensive expertise in early stage and Fortune 100 technology companies bringing with him a wealth of knowledge to the Downing team and portfolio

General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has appointed Brett Zbar, MD, as a Managing Director and Global Head of Life Sciences. Zbar brings a more than 15-year track record of investing in multi-stage life sciences, biopharmaceutical and healthcare companies driving innovation and advancements in patient care. General Atlantic also announced

Shamrock Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment firm, has appointed Michael Wilkins as a Partner.“We are very excited to have Mike join the partnership. His breadth and depth of experience serving the technology, media and telecommunications sectors is a perfect fit with our firm’s sector focused approach to investing,” says Steve

TMF Group, a global professional services firm, has appointed a new senior executive to help drive its North America growth plans in the fund administration sector.Kwame Lewis joins TMF Group as head of fund services for the North America region. Previously, Lewis served as chief financial officer for ACON Investments,

Private equity firm YFM Equity Partners (YFM), which has offices in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and London, has promoted Mike Clarke to the partnership.Clarke has 12 years’ experience in corporate finance and joined the Leeds office as investment director in January 2019. Over the last 18 months, he has been involved

Global law firm Reed Smith has appointed Shervin Shameli as a partner in its Global Corporate Group and London office. This latest hire marks the tenth partner to join the firm’s Global Corporate Group across EME in 2020.Shameli has over thirteen years’ experience in the funds space and joins from

Mid-market private equity firm Palatine has appointed Greg Holmes as an investment manager in its Impact Fund team based in Manchester.
Palatine’s award-winning Impact Fund was launched in 2017 and invests in profitable businesses making a positive impact on the environment or society. 

The returns-focused GBP100 million fund, one of the

Shore Capital Partners (Shore), a private equity firm focused on microcap investments within the Healthcare and Food and Beverage industries, has made three new senior additions to its Chicago team.“It is my pleasure to welcome Alex, Ankeet and Riley to Shore” These roles support Shore’s continued growth and strategy to

King & Spalding has appointed Tim FitzSimons as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in its Chicago office.“Tim has led public- and private-company multibillion-dollar transaction teams across many industries, and has strong relationships at the senior-management level,” says Todd Holleman, head of King &