Maples Fund Services has expanded its US operations with the hire of Megan Corcoran as director of business development, Americas. Based in New York, Corcoran will focus on expanding opportunities for continued growth of the fund services business in North America and South America. Corcoran will work closely with Scott
Law firm Baker & McKenzie has appointed London-based partner Simon Hughes as chair of the global private equity group. Hughes (pictured) will be responsible for co-ordinating strategy for a group that acts for a wide range of sponsors, portfolio companies and management teams around the world and across all sectors.
Ian Gobin and Deborah Poole have been appointed partners of Appleby within the funds and investment services team. Both Gobbin (pictured) and Poole join Appleby from Walkers. Gobin joined Appleby on 1 October 2012 and Poole, who was instrumental in starting Appleby’s London office back in 2012, will start in
UK private equity investor NBGI Private Equity has appointed David Turner as an investment manager in the firm’s UK team. Turner (pictured) joins from Experian where he was as a member of its corporate development team. He was responsible for originating and executing acquisitions and commercial JVs across Experian’s target markets
The Isle of Man’s Department of Economic Development has appointed John Spellman as director of financial services with immediate effect. Colin Kniveton, chief executive officer of the Isle of Man’s Department of Economic Development, says: “John has worked with the department for a number of years in a special advisor
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has appointed Joseph A Schenk, former Jefferies Group chief financial officer and most recently chief executive officer of First New York Securities, as an operating executive in the global financial services group. Schenk will provide strategic guidance to Carlyle professionals throughout the investment process,
Maples and Calder recently welcomed six new funds partners to its Cayman Islands office. Heidi de Vries, Julian Ashworth, Sheryl Dean, David Marshall, Philip Millward and Gwyneth Rees join associates Greg Barwick, Philip Dickinson, Patrick Head and Lucy Nicklas, who commenced employment in August. Tim Clipstone, a partner in the
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles based private equity firm, has appointed Lee Stern as a managing director and dedicated member of the credit strategies investment team. Stern joins LLCP from Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts (KKR), where he was a founding member of KKR’s private mezzanine fund. He
Franklin Square Capital Partners, a sponsor of alternative investment products, has hired John Towle as chief marketing officer. Towle will assume his role effective immediately. Towle comes to Franklin Square with 25 years of financial services industry experience. Most recently, he served as chief marketing officer for Resource Real Estate,
BlackRock has appointed James Wilkinson as European chief investment officer for the firm’s recently launched global real estate securities platform. With over 15 years of experience in investing in real estate, Wilkinson (pictured) will be responsible for building and leading an investment team for BlackRock’s real estate securities group in
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