ING Real Estate Finance has appointed Julián Bravo as head of real estate finance Spain and Portugal. Bravo has 15 years of real estate finance experience and joined ING in November 2013.   Prior to that he held positions at HSBC, RBS, PwC and pbb.    Bravo succeeds Wouter Mijnen

Baird has appointed Lydia Xu as managing director and head of China investment banking in Shanghai. In the role, Xu will be responsible for expanding both access to strategic and financial Chinese buyers for the firm’s sell side assignments, as well as advisory work from Chinese corporates and private equity

Private equity firm NorthEdge Capital has opened an office in Birmingham. Located at 20 Colmore Circus, Queensway, the new office will provide a base from which NorthEdge can target growing companies and quality management teams across the East and West Midlands.   With over 40 years of experience, Rob Freer

Advisory firm Global Counsel has strengthened its London-based team with the appointment of Lord Paul Myners as vice chairman. Myners has a strong track record in business and policymaking as an investor and corporate leader.   He spent a number of years working in the British Government as City Minister.

Ignition Partners, an early-stage business software venture capital firm, has appointed Scott Coleman as a business development partner in the firm’s new Los Altos office. Coleman will identify technical and go-to-market opportunities, as well as drive strategic partnerships for the firm’s portfolio companies by leveraging his technology, start-ups, financial and

The new global head of Ogier’s banking and finance practice has targeted growth in its global fund finance business, as the law firm announces a number of senior team changes. Cayman Islands-based Angus Davison takes over the global role, while partner Katrina Edge has taken on responsibility for the European

Modern Energy Management (MEM), which delivers project lifecycle certainty to renewable energy developers, financiers and investors, has appointed Jack Kneeland as head of finance and Supattana (Tina) Ngimhoung as financial controller. Kneeland and Ngimhoung will be based out of the firm’s Bangkok office, working on wind energy development projects.  

London and New York-based venture capital investor Octopus Ventures has appointed ecommerce entrepreneur and former management consultant Zihao Xu as an associate in the firm’s investment team. The team is best known for backing the likes of Secret Escapes, eve Sleep, SwiftKey and Zoopla Property Group.   Xu joins Octopus Ventures from Roland Berger Strategy Consultants