Carlson Private Capital Partners (CPC) has formed its first committed investment platform and appointed Andrew Cantwell as President, CEO and Managing Partner. CPC Partners builds on the successful legacy of its founders, the Carlson family, by leveraging the family’s experience, entrepreneurship and relationships. Through a committed investment platform, the firm

Dedicated African merchant banking house, Africa Merchant Capital, has appointed Milko Skoro as Managing Director for AMC Advisory and AMC Infrastructure. Skoro brings with him 20 years of African transaction experience and knowledge of the Sub-Saharan Africa private capital markets. In the Africa Merchant Capital Group, Skoro will head up

Cavendish Corporate Finance, a specialist sell-side M&A firm, has appointed Derek Zissman, a senior corporate finance professional, as a partner and Head of the Cavendish Exit Review practice. Zissman brings over 40 years’ experience of M&A advisory to Cavendish and his appointment further strengthens the firm’s sell-side advisory service. It

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has appointed Matt Alis as Regional Sales Director as the firm looks to build on its performance in the South East and London. The asset-based lender announced last month that it had lent GBP34 million to SMEs in the South of England in 2017, with

Turnspire Capital Partners has appointed Simon Jones as an Operating Partner. He will lead and expand the new Turnspire Executive Operator Network.  Jones is an experienced leader and operations professional with an engineering background and wide international experience as a Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director.  Simon

Law firm Akerman has added experienced corporate partner Ted Rosen to its M&A and Private Equity Practice in New York. Involved in complex transactions for more than three decades, Rosen joins the Corporate Practice Group from Fox Rothschild, where he served as administrative partner for the New York Corporate and

BakerHostetler has appointed Christopher Carolan as a partner to the firm’s debt finance, private equity and venture capital practices. Carolan, based in New York, comes to the firm from Seyfarth Shaw. An experienced practitioner who was previously an assistant general counsel at BNP Paribas in New York, Carolan regularly works

Golding Capital Partners, an independent asset manager for alternative investments, has strengthened its investment team with the appointment of Abhik Das as the company’s new Head of Private Debt. As Managing Director, he is responsible for GCP’s overall private debt investment activities. His role comprises the selection of primaries, secondaries

Renaissance Capital, an emerging and frontier markets investment bank, has appointed Ivan Kachkovski as an Equity Research Analyst covering the banking sector and finance institutions in Russia, as well as in frontier and emerging markets across the CIS and emerging Europe. Kachkovski will be based in London and report to Daniel