Following its recent acquisition of Bento Sushi (Bento), YO! Sushi (YO!) has appointed Richard Hodgson as Chief Executive Officer, commencing in December. Hodgson was formerly Chief Executive Officer of Pizza Express, where he was instrumental in driving the internationalisation of the business.   As agreed with the Board when Mayfair

Investec Specialist Bank (Investec) has appointed Megan Chavkin to its Corporate & Acquisition Finance team, led by Callum Bell, Head of Corporate & Acquisition Finance at Investec. Based in the team’s London office, Chavkin will be responsible for the origination and execution of leveraged finance and private debt solutions for

Hermes GPE, a specialist investor in global private equity, has appointed two new senior investment professionals, Sanjeev Phakey and Fidel Manolopoulos (pictured), who will both be based in the firm’s London office.  These appointments bring Hermes GPE’s investment team to 20 professionals across three offices in London, New York and

Interswitch, an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company, has appointed Kenneth Olisa OBE, FRSA, FBCS, as its new Chairman, succeeding Adedotun Sulaiman, MFR. The appointment follows the recent minority investment by TA Associates in Interswitch in March of this year. Helios Investment Partners, which invested in the company in

GCA Altium has hired James Craven to join its Global Technology team as Managing Director, based in London. Craven has 17 years’ M&A experience in the technology sector, having previously been with Canaccord Genuity, DC Advisory, and PwC. He has expertise across a wide range of technology sub-sectors including software,

Annie-Laure Servel, senior manager and associate of Artemid, a subsidiary of Capzanine and Amiral Gestion, has been named as the firm’s new Chief Investment Officer (CIO). “With this new role of CIO, we’re continuing with our restructuring in order to better respond to the financial challenges of the economy and

Clearwater International has added to its debt advisory team with the appointment of two new experienced recruits in its Manchester and Birmingham offices. Having already made four appointments earlier on in the year, the debt advisory team now stands at nine members in the UK, with a total of twenty

Framework, a private equity investment data firm, has appointed Jesper Steiness, as Director of Global Business Development. Launched in 2000, Framework provides enterprise investment data management solutions for the global private equity sector. Framework is experiencing a period of growth and change, as is private equity. The industry is seeing:

Johannes Landgraf has joined Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners as an analyst. He will focus on in-depth research covering various industries and new technologies. In addition, he will be involved in the due diligence process for evaluating startups. Landgraf holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business/Finance from Maastricht