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PE fund manager Calculus Capital adds to investment team

Private equity firm Calculus Capital, a specialist in Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) funds, has appointed Alexander Crawford as Investment Director. Alexander has over 20 years' corporate finance experience, including ten years with Robert Fleming & Co, Evercore Partners and JP Morgan in London, New York and Johannesburg. He was previously

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Seventure adds two to investment committee

Seventure has appointed Danilo Casadei Massari and Dr Thomas Werner to its Health for Life Capital fund Investment Committee.  They are two very experienced figures in the international life science sector with outstanding track records which will strengthen Seventure’s team. Casadei Massari has over 30 years of senior management experience

Bessemer Venture promotes Kristina Shen to Vice President

Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), a USD4 billion global venture capital firm, has promoted Kristina Shen to Vice President. In this role, Kristina will continue to work closely with BVP's investing partners to identify entrepreneurial opportunities in startups aligned with cloud computing, mobile and Internet sectors. Based in San Francisco, Kristina

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Actis elects Torbjorn Caesar as Senior Partner

Emerging-market investment firm Actis has elected Torbjorn Caesar as the Firm’s new Senior Partner.  Caesar has assumed his new role with immediate effect, succeeding Paul Fletcher, who becomes Non-Executive Chairman of the Firm.  Fletcher says: “I am delighted that Torbjorn will take over as the Senior Partner of Actis. During

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Padraig Hoare joins Elian Fund Services as associate director

Padraig Hoare (pictured) has joined Elian Fund Services as an associate director.  Hoare, 47, has more than 25 years’ industry experience, including 20 years in management positions in the financial services industry in Cayman. His focus at Elian will be on providing governance and oversight services to alternative investment funds.

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Howard Jiang joins Seyfarth’s corporate practice in New York

Seyfarth Shaw has appointed Howard H Jiang as a partner in the firm’s Corporate department in New York. Jiang joins Seyfarth from Locke Lord where he was a partner in the corporate and transactional department and spearheaded the firm’s China practice. Jiang’s practice is focused on domestic and cross-border mergers

BNY Mellon appoints Flanagan as head of PE&RE fund services

BNY Mellon has named Alan Flanagan as global head of private equity and real estate fund services. Previously, Flanagan was global head of product management at BNY Mellon’s Alternative Investment Services. Flanagan will continue to be based in Dublin and report to Frank La Salla, CEO of BNY Mellon’s Alternative

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Solomon Wifa joins Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Solomon Wifa has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher firm as a partner in then firm’s London office. Wifa, a well-established investment funds lawyer with experience across a diverse range of asset classes, has represented sponsors in the formation of, and institutional investors with respect to their investments in, global private

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Maranon Capital adds three to team

Maranon Capital has appointed Daniel Kirmse and Santo Barretta as Portfolio Analysts while Fiona O’Connor has joined the firm as an Executive Assistant. Kirmse was previously a Commercial Banking Representative with MB Financial Bank where he was responsible for investment underwriting and portfolio management. He earned both a BS and

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