Former Macquarie Group Senior Investment Specialist Teiki Benveniste has been appointed as the Head of newly formed Ares Australia Management, which was formed as a strategic joint venture between Ares Management Corporation (ARES) and Fidante Partners in October 2019 and is aiming to become one of Australia’s leading credit and

LDC-backed global digital marketing agency Croud has appointed the former Chief Executive of Dentsu Aegis Network, Jerry Buhlmann, as its Non-Executive Chairman, with immediate effect.The new appointment follows LDC’s recent GBP30 million investment in the business to support the existing management team’s growth strategy. In his role as Non-Executive Chairman

Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has appointed Bob Linscott as an Operating Partner. Prior to joining Wynnchurch, Linscott served as the Vice President of Operations for Fluke Corporation (Fluke), a subsidiary of Fortive company and a manufacturer of industrial test, measurement and diagnostic equipment including electronic test equipment. Chris

One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock) has appointed Rohan Narayan as a Partner. Narayan joins One Rock from Lindsay Goldberg. Previously, Narayan served as a Vice President in Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division and as a Vice President at Ripplewood Holdings. While at Ripplewood Holdings, Mr. Narayan worked alongside numerous One

Peak Rock Capital has appointed Jim Lott as Managing Director of Peak Growth Consulting LLC (PGC), a Peak Rock subsidiary that provides operational expertise to the firm’s portfolio companies.Lott joins from GTCR, where he spent the last seven years as Chief Information Officer. As CIO, he worked with GTCR and

Leading global investor services group IQ-EQ is expanding its Luxembourg senior team with the appointment of senior director Bram Eijsbouts as its new Head of Business Development. Eijsbouts will report directly to Fèmy Mouftaou, IQ-EQ Luxembourg’s chief commercial director. This newly created position reflects the increasing market opportunity identified in the

Blackstone has appointed John Stecher, formerly Group Chief Technology Officer and Group Chief Innovation Officer at Barclays, as Chief Technology Officer. Stecher will lead Blackstone’s global technology organisation and help advise the firm’s investing teams and portfolio companies on technology-related matters. He will report to Michael Chae, Blackstone’s Chief Financial Officer,

Pappas Capital, an investor in early-stage life sciences companies, has appointed Karen LeVert as Venture Partner to help lead the expansion of the firm’s Specialised Fund Management business, with a focus on identifying attractive investment opportunities in agricultural and other related technologies. LeVert has a track record of progressing early stage

Graycliff Partners has appointed Ryan Supple as a Principal of the firm.  Supple, former Vice President at HKW, will primarily support the deal sourcing function of Graycliff’s private equity business.At HKW, Supple helped manage business development and deal sourcing efforts, including evaluation of acquisition opportunities and coordination of the deal