Finnish Industry Investment has appointed Jan Sasse as president and chief executive, with effect from 6 March 2017. Martin Backman, Finnish Industry Investment’s incumbent president and CEO, will take up a new position as CEO of Aktia Bank on the same day. Sasse has headed Finnish Industry Investment’s growth
Vinson & Elkins has promoted eight lawyers to its partnership, effective 1 January 2017. The eight are Mark Brasher, Jason McIntosh, Becky Petereit, Bailey Pham, Simon Rootsey, Lande Spottswood, Thomas Zentner and Craig Zieminski. “Our new partners are outstanding attorneys who have shown tremendous dedication to the firm and
Independent fund and corporate service provider Crestbridge has appointed Elliot Refson as a director in its Jersey office as it continues to focus on evolving its management company (ManCo) solutions. A specialist in alternative funds, Refson will join the existing team to develop and promote Crestbridge’s onshore and offshore ManCo
HedgePort Associates, an independent C-Suite service provider, has established an advisory board initially including industry veterans Ted Seides and Bill Salus. The board will assist Hedgeport with strategic initiatives as the company continues its running underlying hedge fund and private equity fund businesses. Seides co-founded and served previously as president
Pan-African law firm Bowmans is opening an office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with effect from January 2017. It will bring the number of Bowmans’ offices in East Africa to three and will be its seventh office on the African continent. The firm already has offices in Kenya and
Carey Olsen’s Guernsey office has appointed James Cooke as a senior associate in the firm's corporate and finance team. Cooke joins Carey Olsen from another offshore law firm, having worked in Guernsey and the BVI and initially trained at Eversheds in the UK. He has been regularly recognised by
Apollo Global Management has appointed Gary W Parr as a senior managing director and co-chairman of the firm’s management operating committee. Parr (pictured) reports to Joshua Harris, co-founder and co-chairman of the management operating committee. “We are thrilled to welcome Gary to Apollo, and we believe he will be
Marlin Equity Partners’ portfolio company QualiTest Group, a software testing and quality assurance specialist, has appointed Sanjay Jawa as group chief financial officer (CFO). Jawa brings over 25 years of financial management expertise to the executive team, with extensive experience in senior, financial and operational roles for international growth firms,
Two investment teams from Allianz Investment Management (AIM), part of Allianz Group, are to join AllianzGI’s expanding global private debt platform. Alongside Sound Harbor Partners, the US private credit manager AllianzGI announced it was acquiring last week, these new teams will form the core of a broad private debt platform
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has appointed Fazle Husain as a partner and head of US healthcare. Husain will be based in CVC’s New York office and will join the firm in January. Husain joins CVC from the private equity firm Metalmark Capital where he was head of
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