Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm with more than USD32 billion of assets under management, has appointed Matthew H Scanlan to the firm’s Board of Directors, effective 1 April 2018. Scanlan will succeed long-standing board member Wilbur (Bill) H Gantz, who announced his intention to retire from

WestBridge Capital has appointed a new Investment Executive, chartered accountant Edward Minton. Minton joins from WK Corporate Finance, where he specialised in supporting management teams to undertake buyouts, having previously worked at Terra Firma Capital Partners. At WestBridge he will join the investment team to originate and make new investments.

Private equity and real estate fund administrator Augentius has appointed Jimmy Leong as Managing Director, Augentius Asia, to drive business growth in line with increasing opportunities in the far east. Working out of Augentius’ Singapore office, Leong will be responsible for developing both new and existing client relationships to support business expansion and further solidify the company’s reputation for expert fund administration throughout this region.   Leong

Highview Capital (Highview), a Los Angeles-based opportunistic private equity investment vehicle, has added Tyler Kavanaugh and Zepher Loesch, to its Business Development team, which is led by Brice Baradel. Baradel, Kavanaugh and Loesch will drive Highview’s transaction sourcing efforts and cultivate relationships with key intermediaries, corporate sellers, and business owners.

Campbell Lutyens, a global alternative asset advisor, has appointed Heidi Crebo-Rediker to its Global Advisory Board.  Crebo-Rediker, an American citizen, brings a wealth of experience in both government and the private sector. She is the Chief Executive Officer of International Capital Strategies, as well as an Adjunct Senior Fellow at

Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP), which specialises in the smaller buy-out market, is continuing to grow with the second appointment in a month at its Leeds office. Amish Arya joins KCP as an investment executive having previously worked as a corporate finance executive at Garbutt and Elliott.  Prior

European mid-market private equity firm Idinvest Partners has appointed Guillaume Cavalin as Legal Director. He will report to Sylviane Guyonnet, Partner and COO at Idinvest Partners. Cavalin will be involved in the structuring and the fundraising of investment vehicles in France and abroad, and will also supervise Idinvest Partners’ legal

DOB Equity, a leading Dutch family-backed impact investor, has opened a new office in Westlands, Nairobi.  DOB Equity, which has exclusively invested in East Africa since 2010 and has tripled its investment portfolio over the last three years, marked the opening with a seminar focused on the next generation of