Isarel-based private equity investor Catalyst Fund has appointed Lisya Bahar-Manoah (37) as partner. Catalyst invests in Israeli technology companies in growth stages. Catalyst Private Equity firm was established in 1999 by Edouard Cukierman, Yair Shamir and Boaz Harel. With over USD300 million under management, the fund supports the long-term growth of

HKW, an Indianapolis-based middle-market private equity firm, has appointed Lilly Green as Vice President of Deal Generation. Green will serve as part of HKW’s shared sourcing effort covering business services, health & wellness, and technology. Prior to joining HKW, she most recently served as business development manager for the technology group

Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco, has appointed Vincent M Buffa as Chief Executive Officer of its portfolio company Micross Components (Micross), a global supplier of high-reliability microelectronic services and products for the defence, space, commercial aerospace, medical and severe-duty industrial applications. Buffa

transportation and logistics, has appointed Jerome Lorrain as an Executive Board Member. Lorrain has over 20 years of supply chain, logistics and transportation industry experience in the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.   “We are excited to have Jerome on board,” says Kirby Fine, a Principal at ATL Partners.

Peru & Partners, an expert fund services provider dedicated to the French private equity market, is expanding and strengthening its leadership team with the appointment of two new departmental heads: Christophe Pasquier will lead the firm’s CFO Secondment offering, while Lucie Bouard will head up its Fund Administration practice.Pasquier has

B Riley has made key changes to its equity research division, aimed at strengthening the firm’s position as a small- and mid-cap broker-dealer.Mayank Mamtani was promoted to Senior Analyst and Group Head of Healthcare Research, Justin Zelin joins as Biotech Research Analyst, and Chris Souther joins as a Research Analyst

AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), a specialist European financial services private equity firm, has promoted Edward Green, Nassim Cherchali and Tassilo Arnhold to Partner, further strengthening its senior team. As part of this promotion, the individuals will also be appointed to AnaCap’s investment committees as voting members for private equity and credit respectively. 

Vic Kotecha has joined BerchWood Partners, a global placement agency specialising in raising capital for private equity funds, as a London-based Vice President bringing over 17 years of experience in business development and sales across various areas in the financial sector. Cory Osetkowski is also joining the firm’s New York office

Global technology investor, Amadeus Capital Partners, has promoted Amelia Armour and Pierre Socha to Partner in the firm’s Early Stage Fund team. Armour says: “I’m delighted to be recognised, having been supported by the great team at Amadeus over the past ten years. The most fulfilling part of the role

The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has appointed Dara Owoyemi as Interim CEO, following the departure of Michelle Kathryn Essomé last month.Owoyemi previously served as Board Member and Chief Operating Officer of AVCA, from 2011 to 2017. She was instrumental in re-building and re-vitalising the Association to