Finstar Financial Group has made senior additions to its management team with the recruitment of Eugene Timko as investment director, Michele Tucci as head of mobile products and business development, and Alexander Ivanov who has been appointed to develop venture capital investments. These latest appointments reflect Finstar’s strategy to continue

Campbell Lutyens has made a number of senior promotions in its London and Hong Kong offices. Edward Hutton has been promoted to partner. He joined Campbell Lutyens in 2007 and has responsibility for the firm's general partner and limited partner relationships in the Nordic countries and also shares responsibility for

MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Marc Russell-Jones as head of business development for EMEA. Russell-Jones will be responsible for driving the growth of MUFG Investor Services’ asset servicing solutions across hedge funds, fund of funds and private equity/real estate funds

Private equity firm Altus Capital Partners has named Heidi Goldstein as Partner. Goldstein has been a member of the Altus Capital investment team since March 2006, most recently as a Principal, and has been actively involved in many of the firm’s investments during this period. She currently serves on the

Blackstone has appointed Marc Bolland head of European portfolio operations of its private equity businesses. Bolland was formerly chief executive of Marks and Spencer and previously chief executive of Morrisons and chief operating officer of Heineken. He will start on 19 September 2016.   Joseph Baratta, global head of private

Houlihan Lokey has expanded its illiquid financial assets (IFA) practice with the addition of Zaman Khan and Christian Scharf, who have joined the firm as managing directors based in London.  Khan and Scharf will jointly spearhead the continued growth of the business in Europe, focusing primarily on financial institutions, strategic

Equistone Partners Europe, an investor in mid-market buyouts, has appointed Steven Whitaker as chief operating officer (COO). He will be based in the firm’s London office and begins his role with immediate effect.   Whitaker joins Equistone after seven years at Vision Capital, where he was chief operating officer and

Trivest Partners has promoted Steve Reynolds to principal effective immediately. Reynolds joined Trivest as an associate in 2011 and was previously promoted to vice president in 2013.   At Trivest, Reynolds has been actively involved in identifying acquisition targets, analysing investment opportunities, monitoring portfolio companies and leading successful realisations. He

Elizabeth Burgess, senior partner and a founding partner of private equity investor Altus Capital Partners, is to leave the firm to pursue other opportunities.  Burgess says: “I have worked with Russ and Greg Greenberg for over 15 years. We established Altus Capital Partners back in 2003 and I am incredibly