Australian-founded, London-based investment and corporate advisory group Mayfair 101 has made two significant appointments to its advisory board – Mark Cliffe, Chief Economist at ING Bank, and Kirsty Rutter (pictured), former Head of Innovation at Barclays bank. Mayfair 101 founder and Managing Director, James Mawhinney, says: “The appointment of two

Alpine Investors, a software and services-focused private equity firm, has hired new CEOs-in-Training (CITs) and additional analysts.  These hires represent Alpine’s non-traditional approach to hiring, which prioritises attributes over experiences as a way to identify exceptional talent, increase diversity in finance, and enhance portfolio returns. The newest recruits of the

Highview Capital (Highview), a Los Angeles-based middle-market private equity firm, has promoted PJ Gilbert to Principal and Kapish Haldia to Senior Associate and appointed Kelly Cash as an Associate. Ryan McCarthy, Co-Founder of Highview, says: “We are pleased to recognise both PJ and Kapish with these promotions, and we are

Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) specialist Hirtle Callaghan has appointed Stephen Vaccaro as Director of Private Equity.  Vaccaro is an accomplished investment professional with more than 15 years of experience in endowment management and consulting, including the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and BCG.   Vaccaro is working closely with

Blackstone has appointed Limin Wang as a Managing Director on the Quantitative Research team in Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM). Limin joins from Laurion Capital Management, where he spent four years as a Portfolio Manager. Prior to that, he spent over ten years with Credit Suisse as a director on