Accountancy firm Saffery Champness has appointed Donald Forsyth as a partner based in the firm’s Inverness office, with effect from 1 April. Forsyth was most recently managing partner at EY’s Inverness office. He previously spent 17 years with Scott-Moncrieff, where he served as a commercial partner leading the firm’s business

Greg Carter, founder of SME finance platform Growth Street, has replaced James Sherwin-Smith as chief executive officer. The appointment of Carter – who has been Growth Street’s chief risk officer since its launch – represents a return to the company’s original founder.   Carter founded Growth Street while working at

Silverfleet Capital has appointed Karl Eidem as co-head of the Nordic region. Eidem will work closely with Gareth Whiley, partner, who currently heads the region to further develop the firm’s capabilities and help to build on Silverfleet’s track record in Scandinavia, where the firm has made three investments and achieved one

Executive recruitment firm The McLean Partnership has hired Edward King as a partner to develop its private equity franchise. King joins from executives in Africa’s London office where he has forged strong links with private equity organisations looking to grow their business interests in the region.   He has worked

HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) has appointed Francesca Barnes as a non-executive director of the company with effect from 3 April 2017. Barnes brings a wealth of private equity, banking and finance experience to the HVPE Board.   Most recently she was non-executive director of Electra Private Equity, a FTSE

Maranon Capital has appointed Kyle Smith and Brian Pearl as portfolio analysts. In this role, they will primarily be working with Maranon’s investment and loan operations teams on portfolio management activities.   Prior to joining Maranon, Smith was a commercial credit analyst at MB Financial Bank.   Pearl was previously

German law firm Noerr is opening an office in Hamburg and admitting three partners from White & Case to the partnership, effective 1 April 2017. At the same time, four Noerr partners will be joining the team in Hamburg.   By the summer, more than 20 advisers will be working

Next Coast Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive ideas and marketplaces, has hired venture partner Zeynep Young. With experience as the founder and CEO of ed-tech company Double Line Partners, portfolio director at the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and an associate principal at McKinsey &

Clessidra SGR’s board of directors has appointed Federico Ghizzoni as executive deputy chairman and member of its investment committee. Ghizzoni joined Clessidra in September 2016 as an independent board member, following the change of ownership of Clessidra by Italmobiliare.   Clessidra’s shareholders also appointed Matteo Canonaco as independent board member