Forum Equity Partners has named industry veteran Nikolas Novograd as Principal, Energy and Renewables, to be based in San Francisco, California.  In his role, Novograd will focus on new investment opportunities, furthering Forum Equity Partners’ commitment to the renewable energy industry in North America. “We are delighted to have Nik

Woodsford Litigation Funding has appointed Charlie Morris as Senior Investment Officer, reporting to Steven Friel, the firm’s Chief Investment Officer.  Morris has significant experience of handling commercial disputes, often with an international dimension. He has represented a broad range of clients and has particular experience of shareholder actions, debt claims,

The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has appointed Vicki Fuller, Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF), to its Advisory Council. In addition, Sev Vettivetpillai, Partner at the Abraaj Group, has been appointed to AVCA’s Board of Directors.   Fuller is responsible

Scottish-based business angel syndicate, Archangels, has appointed Sarah Hardy as its Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Hardy joins Chief Operating Officer, David Ovens, and Investment Director, Niki McKenzie, to complete Archangels’ executive team line-up, and will be responsible for overseeing Scotland’s largest business angel syndicate’s investment strategy and will have specific

Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has appointed Mark Pacala as an operating partner with a focus on healthcare. Pacala has more than 20 years’ experience working in the healthcare industry. Most recently he was a Senior Advisor in the healthcare team at Oak Hill Capital Partners. In that role, he served

Pivotus Ventures has hired Janina Lieser and Raj Bhandari as Entrepreneur in Residence, Dr Andrew Eichenbaum as Chief Data Scientist and Joshua Sortino as Head of Design. All will work directly with Managing Directors Steve Gotz and Oren Goldschmidt to advance bank innovation and customer experience.   “Janina, Raj, Andrew

VSS, a private investment firm focused on the information, tech-enabled business services, healthcare IT, and education industries, has completed the sale of its interest in flight operations software specialist Navtech Inc. Navtech has been acquired by Airbus ProSky SAS, part of the Airbus group of companies.   Headquartered in Waterloo,