Zeus Capital has made six promotions following a string of high profile transactions in the last three months.Since lockdown, the firm has completed 14 transactions, including several public company takeovers, fundraisings and M&A deals.   Within its Corporate Finance team, Zeus Capital has promoted Nick Cowles to deputy head of

Growth capital investor VGC Partners has promoted Andrew Lister to partner. The promotion comes a year after Lister joined the firm from Marlin Equity Partners as investment director. In this time, he has driven operational excellence and value creation within the portfolio, helping implement and drive 180-day plans to identify scale

Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has appointed Michael Salgat as a Managing Director focused on operations and portfolio management, and Jerry Gao as a Senior Associate.Prior to joining Wynnchurch, Salgat was an Operating Partner with New State Capital Partners focused on financial leadership at portfolio companies. Salgat began

Carey Olsen has promoted corporate lawyer David Taylor to the partnership, with effect from 1 July 2020.Taylor’s practice in the Jersey corporate group covers a broad area of Jersey corporate and finance law, with a particular focus on M&A and restructuring transactions in the private equity, corporate real estate and

EMPEA, a global industry association for private capital in emerging markets, has appointed of Bill Ford, Chief Executive Officer of General Atlantic, and Suyi Kim, Head of Asia Pacific at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), to its Board of Directors.EMPEA Chair Nicolas Rohatyn, Chief Executive Officer of The

BMS Group (BMS), an independent specialist (re)insurance broker, has appointed Sandra Lee as the head of the company’s operations in Asia, subject to regulatory approvals. Lee, who is currently based in Hong Kong, will join BMS on completion of current contractual obligations.   Lee has been heading Aon’s transactions liability team

WilliamsMarston, an accounting advisory and management consulting firm focused on serving public, private equity-backed and pre-IPO companies, has added Mark LaMonte to the firm’s New York leadership team as a Managing Director.    “We are thrilled to welcome Mark to our leadership team in New York. We are absolutely confident that

CenterOak Partners (CenterOak), a Dallas-based private equity firm, has made six promotions, including two additional Managing Partners, effective 1 July, 2020.Lucas Cutler and Jason Sutherland have joined CenterOak’s CEO and Founder, Randall Fojtasek, as Managing Partners. Eric Holter, Blake Richardson and Carrie Hamilton have all been promoted to Principal, and

Alternative asset and corporate business services provider SANE, has appointed Catherine Law as Head of Business Development for the Asia Region. Read the full story at Private Equity Wire…

Downing Ventures has appointed Warren Rogers as a Partner. Prior to joining Downing Ventures, Rogers was a Ventures Partner at Airbus, where he led investments in various sectors related to aerospace, defence, and space technology. Rogers brings much of this experience to the Downing Ventures team, with his new role focusing on