Serra Ventures, a Champaign, Illinois-based venture capital firm, has appointed John Giuliani as a venture partner. Giuliani has over 30 years of experience helping and growing successful businesses. He took the helm of Dotomi and built the company until it was sold for USD295 million.   Subsequently, as CEO of Conversant, Giuliani led

Corporate credit specialist Muzinich & Co has added to its European private debt team with the appointment of Jan Henrik Reichenbach as head of DACH private debt (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). He will be based in the firm’s Frankfurt office.    Reichenbach has more than 17 years of financing and capital

Three new partners are joining Baker McKenzie's M&A and private equity practices in London. This is a continuation of the firm’s 2020 strategy to increase bench strength in London in M&A, private equity, banking and finance and double headcount in New York.   David Duncan joins from Allen & Overy

Timico, a managed cloud service provider (MCSP), has appointed managed IT specialist Neville Davis to a new position as non-executive chairman. An entrepreneurial business leader with over 20 years’ experience as a chief executive, including 12 years at a quoted company, Davis has a particularly strong track record in scaling

UK private equity buy and build investor Sovereign Capital has appointed Alex Hay as a partner. He joins from RJD Partners where he had been a partner since 2011 working with businesses across a breadth of sectors.    Hay’s investments include the GBP23 million secondary buy-out of training provider Babington

Alternative asset advisory firm Campbell Lutyens has appointed Gordon Bajnai in a part time executive role as chairman of the firm’s global advisory board. Bajnai will assist the firm in managing senior level relationships, providing advice to the firm’s clients and counterparties as well as supporting and advising on the

Waleed El-Amir has joined Evercore’s investment banking business as a senior adviser for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. Evercore expects to open a new office in Dubai early in the second quarter of 2017.    El-Amir has over 20 years of experience in international finance, having held senior leadership

Investment company Fortino Capital has appointed Filip Van Innis as investment manager. Van Innis will focus both on sourcing and realising deals and on following up on and supporting the portfolio.   Van Innis worked for five years at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), from associate up to project leader.

European growth private equity investor Keensight Capital has promoted Magdalena Svensson to partner. Svensson has 17 years of experience in the private equity industry. Having started her career in 1998 in Sweden at Swedbank, she joined the Paris office of ABN Amro Capital in 2000 where she was involved in