Independent investment consultancy bfinance has appointed Sweta Chattopadhyay as Director – Private Markets. Heading the private equity advisory practice at bfinance, she brings with her over a decade’s experience investing in private equity funds and in direct/co-investments globally. With a mandate to help grow and evolve bfinance’s Private Markets team,

Private equity firm Earth Capital Partners (EC) has appointed Edward Collins as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect. Collins (pictured), is a former Managing Director of Hanson Asset Management, an independent investment management and advisory firm, and CIO of Hanson Family Holdings. Most recently, he was the CIO of

Vistra, a global fund administration, trusts and corporate services provider, has appointed Scott Kraemer as Managing Director, Alternative Investments in North America, effective immediately. In this role, Kraemer is responsible for the development and execution of the AI strategy for North America, including operations, key account management, strategic partnerships and

Offshore law firm Appleby has appointed James Fox as Partner in the corporate team in the Group’s Jersey office. Fox, who is a Jersey advocate, has over 18 years’ experience as a transactional corporate and commercial lawyer. He started his career at Shepherd and Wedderburn, then Dundas & Wilson in

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has appointed James (Jamie) Athanasoulas as a Managing Director. Based in Boston, Athanasoulas (pictured), will join Managing Director, Peter Lipson, to help lead the continued growth of the firm’s private credit investment program and team. The credit business leverages HarbourVest’s decades of

Madison Street Capital, an investment banking firm serving the middle market, has appointed Lawrence Alioto as a Managing Director on its Capital Markets team.  In this role, Alioto will advise clients in the technology sector on M&A and corporate finance transactions. “As technology continues to become more pervasive and we

Accounting and advisory firm BPM has appointed James Su as Managing Director in the firm’s Real Estate Industry Group.  Su, who comes to BPM with more than 20 years of consulting experience in the real estate and construction industries and more than 15 years’ experience at the Big Four, will

Sapinda Holding (Sapinda) has appointed Pascal Perrier as the group chief executive (CEO) of La Perla, the global luxury fashion brand. Perrier joins from Burberry Group plc and brings a wealth of sector experience after a 30-plus year career in the luxury fashion sector. He joined Burberry in 2005 as