Australia’s state-backed QIC’s private equity division has appointed May Sulaiman as Vice President.

Evercore has appointed Goldman Sachs dealmaker David Kamo as Senior Managing Director as it looks to boost its private equity and alternative asset management coverage, according to a report by Reuters citing sources familiar with the matter.

Apollo Global Management is bolstering its European presence by relocating Managing Director Adriaan van der Knaap from New York to London. This move is part of the firm’s strategy to boost its capital solutions team across Europe.

Russell Investments has hired Ayesha Parra from Goldman Sachs Asset Management as Global Head of Alternatives in its New York office. She will lead the overall business strategy for the firm’s alternatives platform globally.

Akin has appointed Payson Lyman as Partner in the firm’s Boston office. Lyman, whose practice focuses on hybrid capital, preferred equity and other equity capital solutions, joins from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was also Partner.

New Catalyst Strategic Partners, an alternative investment firm focused on acquiring economic interests and minority ownership stakes in private investment firms, has added Ali Gray, Alice Wang and Curtis Yasutake to its team.

Lazard has recruited Courtney Haydon from Guggenheim Securities as a Managing Director to enhance its private equity and alternative asset management dealmaking capabilities, according to a report by Reuters.

First Reserve, a global private equity firm investing across energy, utility, and general industrial end-markets, has promoted Rohit Agarwal from Associate to Vice President.

International law firm Perkins Coie has added private funds partner Kerry Potter McCormick, who advises private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate funds, credit funds and funds-of-funds, to the firm’s corporate and financial regulation practices in New York.

Federated Hermes Private Equity has promoted Brooks Harrington, previously Deputy CIO and Head of US Investment, to CIO, Private Equity.