Advantage Capital has appointed James O’Rourke as a managing director based in New York.  A seasoned investor and portfolio manager, O’Rourke will focus on developing the firm’s reach in the northeastern region of the US. O’Rourke brings 12 years of experience in debt and equity investing in a wide variety

Data Point Capital, a Boston-based venture capital firm focused on funding companies that can be leveraged and scaled on the internet, has appointed Mike Majors as its newest Managing Partner.  Majors' venture career started at Brand Equity Ventures, where he focused on software, digital media and consumer internet investments with

Activa Capital, a Paris-based independent private equity company investing in mid-market companies, has appointed three new partners – Pierre Chabaud, Alexandre Masson and Benjamin Moreau – and one operations partner Jean-François Briand. Created in 2002, Activa Capital is currently managed by four Partners: Charles Diehl, Michael Diehl, Philippe Latorre and

Private equity firm Lotus Innovations has added Ommid Bavarian to its executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Bavarian joins Lotus as the firm continues its drive into the private equity market with a highly successful Fund I, and a tripling of its soon-to-close Fund II.  The addition of Bavarian, who

NVM Private Equity (NVM) has appointed Charles Winward to its investment team. Winward will be responsible for sourcing, transacting and managing VCT investments. Winward was previously a director at IP Group plc, where he was the Managing Director of its fund management and advisory subsidiary. Over seven years at IP

Private debt specialist Old Hill Partners has appointed former GE Capital executive Shila Ray as Financial Officer. Ray will be responsible for overall finance and fund accounting functions at the company and has been named to the firm's investment committee. Ray has over 20 years of experience in finance leadership

Richards Kibbe & Orbe has appointed Vincent Basulto as a partner in the corporate department of the firm’s New York office.  Basulto was previously Managing Director of Macquarie Group’s credit markets division and General Counsel for one of the investment bank’s investment advisers. Prior to joining Macquarie, Basulto was a

Aurelius Group has appointed Ben Paice as Operations Manager to its UK operational team. Paice begins his role at Aurelius with immediate effect where he will be placed at Allied Healthcare, the UK market-leading domiciliary care business acquired from Saga plc in December 2015.  This appointment, which is the third

Cyrus Investment Management (CIM), the specialist engineering turnaround EIS investment adviser, has appointed Stuart Lawrence in the newly created role of Strategic Investment Manager, as well as Managing Director of Rhino Doors (Rhino), one of the UK’s leading high security door manufacturers and CIM investee company, effective 1 May 2016.