Configure Partners, an investment banking platform specialising in debt placement and credit resolution services, has added to its Chicago-based team with the appointment of Mark Birkett as a Managing Director

Perwyn, a European private equity investor focused on building and transforming mid-market businesses, has promoted Ed Lunken to Partner. Lunken has been responsible for building out Perwyn’s financial services and healthcare sector verticals, which most recently includes leading the acquisition of Atec Group in 2024 and its follow-on in Moorhouse

Lazard has appointed Klaus H Hessberger as Managing Director, Global Co-Head, and Head of Europe for Lazard’s Financial Sponsors Group, based in London.

Fund accounting platform LemonEdge has appointed David Thomas O’Malley as President, alongside his addition to the board of directors. O’Malley joins at a pivotal moment in the company’s growth, bringing extensive experience in scaling high-growth SaaS and enterprise fintech businesses globally.

Octagon Credit Investors is set to bolster its push into private credit with the hire of Sean Sullivan, the former Head of Direct Lending Origination at Morgan Stanley, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Global private capital advisor Campbell Lutyens has appointed five new partners and eight Managing Directors across its global platform.

Apex Group Ltd a global financial services provider, has appointed Jeff Weiner as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Based in the United States, Weiner will lead the brother the Group’s global operations and its technology strategy.

Aquiline, a private investment firm specialising in investments in the financial services and technology sectors, has named four new Partners – Daniel Flueckiger, Stewart Koenigsberg, Dante La Ruffa, and Matthew Woeste.