CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed Seema Dhanani and Benson Adenuga as Heads of Office for Kenya and Nigeria, respectively. The appointees’ deep investment experience and strong local networks will be instrumental in advancing and accelerating CDC’s commitment to invest USD4.5 billion from 2018 – 2021 across Africa,

Ashfords has added to its Corporate team with the hire of Jocelyn Ormond, who will be joining as a partner at the firm’s Bristol office on 11 November. Ormond was a partner at Simmons & Simmons and previously worked at another international firm and two magic circle firms. His appointment

Cohen & Steers has appointed Dasha Smith to its board of directors, expanding the board to nine total with six independent directors. Smith has also been appointed as member of the board’s audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee. Smith is the executive vice president, global chief

Mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge has appointed Rebecca Osman and Nick Manning as investment director and investment manager respectively. Osman joins Livingbridge from Travelopia, which owns the world’s largest collection of specialist travel brands, where she was an executive board member. Prior to this she worked at TUI Group in various

Stephens, an international corporate finance advisory business, has appointed Robin Brown as Managing Director, Technology. Brown joins Stephen’s integrated tech sector team, based across the US and Europe. He joins from BDO Corporate Finance where he was Managing Director and Head of the Tech and Media A&M team. Brown’s appointment

Drooms, a provider of secure cloud solutions, is continuing its international expansion by strengthening its business development teams covering southern Europe and the UK and by opening new offices in Barcelona and Madrid. Javier Meseguer has been appointed as General Manager Southern Europe. Based in Madrid, he will report to

DWS Group has named Kevin White and Simon Wallace as Global Co-heads of Alternatives Research & Strategy, reporting to Pierre Cherki, Head of Alternatives and Co-Head of the Investment Group. “Kevin and Simon have been working closely with the team on key global initiatives on behalf of our clients in

LeapFrog Investments today has Julia Gillard, Simon Israel and Jaime A Zobel de Ayala to its Global Leadership Council. Members of the Council provide strategic insight and global networks to support LeapFrog’s goal to reach 1 billion people with essential services by 2030. LeapFrog’s companies currently reach 188 million people