Anna Lekston has joined the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) as senior public affairs manager. She will take the lead for the association on a number of policy issues including Solvency II, the Structure of Banking as well as the review of the European System of Financial Supervision
JTC Group has made three senior appointments in its offices in Jersey, London and Guernsey. Stuart Pinnington, previously managing director of TMF Group in Jersey, has been appointed group head of corporate services and sits on the JTC Group Holdings board. Pinnington is a qualified solicitor who has practised
Former UK science minister Ian Taylor has been appointed as the chair of the advisory board of venture capital firm Midven’s Rainbow Seed Fund (RSF). Taylor (pictured) was a member of the UK Parliament for 23 years until he stood down in 2010, including serving as science minister from 1994 to
Akre Capital Management has appointed Daniel Leger as head of strategic planning and client services. With extensive alternative investment industry experience, Leger will focus on building and expanding the firm’s relationships with institutional investors and consultants. “We are delighted to have Daniel be a part of our team,” says
The Paris office of law firm K&L Gates has added Jean-Patrice Labautière as a partner in the corporate/M&A practice. Labautière joins K&L Gates from Allen & Overy, where he practiced for 15 years and contributed to the launch and development of its Paris corporate practice.

 An experienced corporate and transactional
Octopus Investments-backed UltraSoC Technologies has appointed Graham Pink to the board. This comes a week after the appointment of Chris Gilbert as non-executive chairman. Pink is an experienced technology entrepreneur with extensive knowledge of semiconductor IC engineering, from digital implementation, packaging and fabrication through test. Pink began his career
Venture capital firm General Catalyst Partners has expanded its investment team by naming internet technology and media business executive Paul Sagan as an XIR and partner. Sagan brings a broad range of experience as an entrepreneur, having served in senior positions during the creation of several internet ventures. XIRs
Custom House Global Fund Services, a provider of financial services to the alternative investment sector, has opened a San Francisco office as part of its continuing expansion in the US. Financial services veteran Gary Smith has joined Custom House as a commercial director and is responsible for continuing Custom House
David Schamis, formerly a managing director at JC Flowers, a private equity firm that invests in financial services firms, has joined Atlas as a founding partner. At Atlas, which was founded in 2013 by Bob Diamond, Schamis will oversee the firm’s private equity investing. “David is a financial services
Sovereign Capital, the UK private equity buy and build specialist, has appointed Robert Morgan as non-executive chairman of portfolio company Alcumus, a compliance software and certification services company. Morgan chairs a number of private equity backed businesses in the B2B services and healthcare sectors in the UK and US, which
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