Palatine Private Equity has appointed Charlotte Ashton as business development director. Ashton joins Palatine from Grant Thornton Corporate Finance where she worked for three years, initially in Manchester and then later in London focusing on specialist sectors. She worked on a wide range of transactions including Edward Billingtons acquisition
British bank Aldermore has made three key appointments to its asset finance team. Emma Irving joins Aldermore from BNP Paribas to become the new head of materials handling. She has over 15 years’ experience in the materials handling industry. Nova Everidge joins the operational team from Close Asset Finance.
Law firm K&L Gates has appointed Siew Kam Boon as a partner in its M&A and private equity practices. Boon, who will work out of both K&L Gates’ Singapore and Shanghai offices, joins the firm from O’Melveny & Myers.

 Boon focuses her practice on cross border mergers and acquisitions, both public
Bernard J (Barney) Guarnera has joined Centurion Resource Group (CRG) as a partner and member of their investment committee. CRG is a private equity fund management group focused on the global mining sector. Guarnera most recently served as non-executive chairman and senior associate at Behre Dolbear Group. While
Alternative asset management firm Napier Park Global Capital has appointed John P Havens as partner and non-executive chairman. “We are thrilled to welcome John to the Napier Park team,” says Jim O’Brien, co-managing partner of Napier Park. “John is a seasoned, well-recognised leader in the financial services industry who has
Northern Trust has expanded its alternatives group with two appointments focused on investment opportunities in venture capital and secondary markets for private equity. James R ‘Trey’ Hart III , who is responsible for sourcing and analysing venture capital investment opportunities in the US and Asia, joined Northern Trust from Greenspring
Lionel Leventhal has joined Houlihan Lokey’s illiquid financial asset (IFA) practice as a managing director and head of royalty and revenue interest financing. He will focus primarily on royalty monetizations and revenue interest financings in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics subsectors with a broader mandate to expand coverage
Berkshire Partners, the Boston-based investment firm, has appointed Jon Meyer and Anil Seetharam as managing directors effective 1 January 2014. They join the 17 current managing directors of Berkshire in managing the firm and its affiliated investment funds. Meyer and Seetharam will continue in their current roles within Stockbridge
The Edmond de Rothschild Group has appointed Dr Naveed Siddiqi as a partner in its BioDiscovery venture capital funds franchise. Gilles Nobécourt, Raphael Wisniewski and Olivier Litzka, the three existing partners, say: "We are delighted that Naveed has joined the Edmond de Rothschild Group. He brings 13 years of venture
Encore Consumer Capital has promoted Kevin Murphy to managing director and Bill Shen to director. Murphy is a board member of Encore investments Atlantic Aqua Farms, MyChelle, Tarte and ThunderWorks. He has been with Encore since soon after the firm's founding in 2005. Robert Brown, Encore co-founder and managing
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