Callan, an institutional investment consulting firm, has appointed Andrew Maday, CFA, CAIA, as a senior vice president in its Private Equity Consulting group. Maday will focus on private equity research, including manager and fund sourcing and due diligence, strategic planning and portfolio modelling, and servicing clients. He is based in the

Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has announced several senior changes to the Group’s Private Equity leadership team.Matt Horton has been appointed as Group Head of Private Equity, while Gavin Hayman has been appointed as Jurisdictional Head of Private Equity in Guernsey. Alan Ross, formerly Group Head

Lowenstein Sandler has announced that Mary E Storella has joined the firm’s life sciences group as the group’s vice chair and head of life sciences transactions. Storella will focus on mergers and acquisitions, early and late stage collaborations, licenses, options, co-development and co-commercialisation collaborations, clinical collaborations, and diagnostic collaborations in

Investec Investment Banking & Securities (“Investec”) has announced a key hire in its Oil & Gas equity research team, as part of the development of a broader sector strategy.Nathan Piper joins from Amerisur Resources, where he was previously Head of Business Development. Nathan will be leading Investec’s coverage of Exploration

Law firm Sidley Austin has hired Joshua Thompson as a partner in its global finance group in New York. Thompson was previously a partner at Shearman & Sterling, where he was head of the firm’s global leveraged finance group and head of private capital.  “Josh is a widely recognised finance lawyer

Legal firm Orrick has appointed French M&A and private equity advisor Olivier Jouffroy as a partner, based in Paris. Jouffroy joins Orrick from Clifford Chance.“Olivier is an up-and-coming M&A talent. His practice and experience are an excellent match for our focus in Paris and globally on serving the tech and

Aurelius Equity Opportunities, a pan-European mid-market investor, has hired three new team members to its growing investment team in London. James Sharp joins as principal, and Kayan Kanga and Prakash Rajani as investment associates, bringing the total investment team in London to 10. All three new hires will work with UK

YFM Equity Partners has hired David Wrench as an investment director, as it continues to expand its investment team.Wrench is joining the team to invest in growth capital and buyout opportunities, and his appointment follows the recent raising of a new GBP80 million YFM buyout fund, the investment to support

SANNE has announced three new senior appointments, including the promotion of Jason Bingham from Managing Director of Product Development to Chief Strategy Officer.Read the full story at Hedgeweek…

Cathay Capital has appointed Ricky Roman as a Vice President in the firm’s North American Private Equity team in New York.Reporting to Mark Woods, Partner and Head of North American Private Equity, Roman will be an integral part of the New York team, helping North American companies grow in their