Mid-market advisory firm Clearwater Corporate Finance has promoted four corporate finance specialists across its UK offices. John Clarke (Manchester) and Sebastian Saywood (Nottingham/Birmingham) have been promoted to director, while James Dykes (London) becomes assistant director and Paddy Bamford (London) takes up a new role as director of real estate.
Private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners has appointed Theodore Laufik as chief financial officer and chief compliance officer and Robert Northrop as senior vice president – operations group. It has also promoted Michael Cavanaugh to partner and Megan McPherson to vice president. Laufik (pictured) joins Resilience with more than
The board of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX) has appointed Jon Moulton as director and chairman. He takes over from interim chairman Graham Hall, who remains on the board and will temporarily assist to ensure an effective handover. Moulton (pictured) is a non-executive chairman of FinnCap, the
Accel Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm focusing on early stage and growth equity investments, has appointed Rob Solomon as venture partner. Most recently, Solomon (pictured) served as president and chief operating officer for Groupon responsible for sales, marketing, business development, operations and international as the company experienced
DN Capital portfolio company Shazam, a media engagement company, has appointed Rich Riley as chief executive officer. Andrew Fisher, who has led Shazam as CEO since 2005, has been appointed to the newly created full-time position of executive chairman. John Pearson, who has been chairman of the board
KPS Capital Partners has promoted Bruce Curley to partner – operations group. Curley leads the KPS operations group, a growing team of ten professionals with significant manufacturing and operations experience. The KPS operations group works with the KPS portfolio companies to create a culture of continuous improvement and
Jeremy Hester has been named as head of sales for Northern Trust’s global fund services business in the UK, responsible for offering investment operations outsourcing, fund administration and the full range of asset servicing solutions, to investment managers domiciled in the UK. Hester joined Northern Trust in 1994 and
Peterson Partners has added Matthew Day, former managing partner at Black Opal Equity, as a principal on its investment team. In this position, Day will play an instrumental role in identifying sound investments that enhance the company’s portfolio. Day will also work with portfolio company management teams to accelerate
Lazard has appointed Ken Oliver Fritz as a managing director and co-head of investment banking in Germany. He will serve as co-head with Eric Fellhauer, who has been a member of Lazard Investment Banking’s senior leadership team in Germany since 2006. Fritz joins Lazard from Credit Suisse, where
Funds lawyer Stephen Ross is to join Sidley Austin as a partner and will co-head the firm’s London investment funds group, part of the firm’s global investment funds practice. Ross (pictured) will join Sidley from his position as group general counsel of London-based Man Group, the world’s second largest
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