Atlantic-Pacific Capital, an independently owned global placement and advisory firm focused on alternative investments, has appointed Raed Elkhatib as Partner and CEO, and Hank Gurley as Principal. Elkhatib will focus on origination for Atlantic-Pacific and will be a full voting member of the partnership group, which has overseen day-to-day operations

European growth private equity investor Keensight Capital has appointed Anne de Bonnefon as head of investor relations. De Bonnefon has 15 years of private equity and strategy consulting experience, having begun her career in 2000 as a strategy consultant for AT Kearney.   In 2006, she joined the primary investment

Pritzker Group Private Capital has appointed Ryan Roberts as investment partner and co-head of the group’s services team, which focuses on investing in and operating companies in various industries within the services sector. Roberts joins the investing and operating teams at Pritzker Group with more than 15 years of significant

Baird Capital, the direct private investment arm of Robert W. Baird & Co, has appointed Andy Tse as a partner to help lead the firm’s investment efforts in Asia. Tse is a member of Baird Capital’s global team working to identify and pursue investments in the technology & services sector.

Private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has appointed Joseph M Salley, former chief executive officer of Milliken & Company, as an operating partner working within the firm's specialty industrials group. Salley served with Milliken & Company for 20 years, holding a variety of positions at this leading, privately-held, multi-billion-dollar, diversified

Ipes, a provider of outsourced services to private equity in Europe, has appointed Adrian Gardner as chief financial officer (CFO). Until recently, Gardner was CFO of International Personal Finance, the FTSE 250 financial services firm.    He began his career at Price Waterhouse (now PwC), then spent 13 years at

HIG Capital, a global private equity investment firm with EUR20 billion of equity capital under management, has appointed Kenneth Borton as managing director of WhiteHorse Capital, the direct lending affiliate of HIG Capital. He will be based in London.   Borton has over 17 years of experience in direct lending,

BlackFin Capital Partners has opened an additional office in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Since its inception, BlackFin has focused on investment opportunities within the financial services sector across continental Europe. Initially fully based in Paris, the team is expanding geographically to support its pan-European investment strategy.   In 2013, BlackFin