Growth private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners (Palamon) has appointed Philippe Arbour as a Partner, and Aqib Kadar as Director of Tax and Structured Finance. In addition, Antony Barker has been promoted to Managing Director of Investor Relations. Arbour joined Palamon in 2013 from Lloyds Banking Group where he spent

BGF has expanded its investment team covering the West Midlands with the appointment of Tom Horton, who will be based in the Birmingham office. Horton joins BGF from Lloyds Banking Group, where he held roles including Head of Midlands Business Services and Relationship Director for Lloyds’ Midlands Mid-Cap Team, specialising

Värde Partners has appointed Elena Lieskovska and Haseeb Malik to Partner, and promoted Brad Bauer to Deputy Chief Investment Officer. “It gives me great pleasure to announce the promotions of three individuals who have been instrumental in the success of our firm through their investing expertise, leadership and integrity,” says

Oak Hill Capital Partners has made three promotions across its investor relations and private equity investment teams. Andy Burdick has been promoted to Partner, Jake Shulman has been promoted to Vice President, and Adam Hahn and Jeff Mettam have been promoted to Principal.   Tyler Wolfram, Chief Executive Officer, says:

Renaissance Capital, an emerging and frontier markets investment bank, has appointed Risana Zitha as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renaissance Capital (South Africa) and Head of Investment Banking, Africa. In the capacity of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renaissance Capital (South Africa), Zitha will coordinate the

Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) has promoted Andi Tomkinson to the position of Partner in its Manchester office, and appointed Philipp Gauß as Associate in Munich, and six further promotions across its offices in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK. These developments will bolster Equistone’s investment team and serve to reflect

Investec Corporate and Investment Banking (Investec) has appointed Jonathan Arrowsmith to its Investment Banking team as Head of Advisory. Arrowsmith joins from DC Advisory, where he was a Managing Director and led the business services practice in the UK. He has advised on transactions including the sale of Citation to

Privately-owned and independent fiduciary and administration solutions provider VG as made several personnel hires and promotions in its funds team. Dominic Coyne has been promoted to Senior Manager, responsible for a team with established expertise in alternative investment funds and experience in the administration of a broad range of fund