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Rothstein Kass makes five key promotions

Rothstein Kass has announced the promotions of five high-profile team members, including new principals Miri Forster, Sabrina Ho, Peter Kehrli and Jay Shepulski, and senior director Kevin Sasz. The promotions demonstrate Rothstein Kass’ ongoing commitment to attracting and retaining top talent as the firm continues to expand its expertise and

Z Capital appoints William J Monagle as COO

Z Capital Partners, a private equity firm that makes controlling investments in companies in need of revitalisation or restructuring, has named William J Monagle, Jr as Chief Operating Officer. Monagle has served as Managing Director at Z Capital and been a member of the Investment/Operational Team since November 2012. "Bill

Land appointed chairman of Walker Guidelines Monitoring Group

Nick Land has been appointed Chairman of The Guidelines Monitoring Group, the body established to review the private equity industry’s conformity with the Walker Guidelines. In addition, Glyn Parry has been appointed as an independent member of the Group. Land is a non-executive director on the boards of the Financial

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Actis strengthens sector expertise with two senior hires

Actis, the pan-emerging markets private equity firm, has appointed Sachin Korantak as Head of Industrials and Andreas von Paleske has joined as Director of Consumer. Both Korantak and von Paleske take up their posts with immediate effect and will be based in Actis’s London office. These new appointments consolidate the

Subtraction Capital adds Paul Willard as partner

Subtraction Capital has appointed Paul Willard as Partner. Willard brings more than 20 years of technology experience in product, design and marketing to the venture capital firm. "I am thrilled to have Paul join me at Subtraction Capital," says Jason Portnoy, Founding Partner at Subtraction Capital. "When I started the

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Piper appoints investment director to specialist team

Piper, a specialist investor in consumer brands, has recruited Dan Stern to its in-house team. With more than 10 years of experience in the consumer sector, Stern joins Piper as Investment Director.  Stern previously spent four years in the consumer team at 3i, where he worked on the acquisition of

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Actis appoints new investor relations head

Actis, the pan emerging markets private equity firm, has appointed Neil A Brown as Partner and Head of Investor Relations. Brown spent a number of years at Citigroup in New York and London as a business head within Citi’s Alternative Investments business, which at its peak managed more than USD100

Wynnchurch Capital adds Joe Anderson and Jim Goodwin to exec advisory board

Wynnchurch Capital, a middle-market private equity investment firm, has appointed Jim Goodwin, former chairman and chief executive of UAL and United Airlines, and Joe Anderson, former chairman, CEO and majority owner of TAG, to the firm’s executive advisory board.   Established earlier this year, the executive advisory board connects influential

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Michelmores expands London corporate focus with senior hire

Law firm Michelmores has appointed corporate lawyer Roger Fink as a partner at its Chancery Lane, London office.   Fink, who qualified with Slaughter and May and has been a partner at Pinsent Masons for over 20 years, is recognised for his experience on leading multi-disciplinary teams on deal sizes

AVCAL appoints chief executive officer

The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) has appointed Yasser El-Ansary as its new chief executive officer, effective from 20 November 2013.   El-Ansary (pictured) is currently a senior executive at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia, where he is responsible for leadership of the organisation’s public policy and

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