DC Advisory Partners has appointed Ciara O’Neill as a Managing Director. O’Neill will work with Jonathan Trower in the European Debt Advisory Group and will be the third Managing Director appointment in London this year, following the recruitment of Philipp Gutzwiller and Jeff Blue. O’Neill has 16 years’ experience in
Alternative Investment Management has hired Donna Toth as chief operating officer. Toth will be based in New York and will report directly to Jonathan Harris, president of AIM. Prior to joining the firm, Toth was a founder and managing principal of Park Hill Group, the third-party global placement agent arm
Ares Management has appointed Suzanne Murphy as Global Head of Marketing and Investor Relations. In this new position, Murphy will work with the marketing teams for Ares’ Capital Markets, Private Debt, and Private Equity Groups in order to continue to meet Ares’ clients’ growing investment mandates. “We are delighted that
Hawksford Group has appointed Grant Osborn-Smith (pictured) as Swiss office manager. In his new role, Osborn-Smith, will be dividing his time between Jersey and Zurich and will be responsible for setting up the processes and procedures for a growing Swiss client base. Osborn-Smith, 47, who was educated at St Michael’s
Northern Trust has appointed Robert P Morgan to lead a new unit, Northern Trust Alternatives Group, formed to develop and manage all alternative investment products, including hedge and private equity funds of funds, for institutional and personal clients. Northern Trust Alternatives Group brings together portfolio management, product, sales and service
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Andrew J Bowden has been appointed an Associate Director to lead the National Investment Adviser/Investment Company Examination Program in the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE). He starts on 1 November. Bowden comes to the SEC from Legg Mason, where
Sarona Asset Management, the manager of a number of private equity, impact investing funds, has officially established a presence in Europe and appointed Vivina Berla as a Senior Partner and European Managing Director. Sarona Asset Management is based in Waterloo-ON, Canada, and is a co-founder and/or manager of a number of
Ogier has appointed new managing partners in each of its Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands offices and a new chief executive officer in its fiduciary business in the Cayman Islands. In the Cayman Islands, Nick Rogers, currently a partner leading Ogier Cayman’s corporate and commercial practice, has been named
MMC Ventures (MMC), the growth company investor, has appointed Simon Menashy to its investment team. MMC’s investment professionals manage funds of GBP80 million and a portfolio of thirteen companies. The current portfolio includes AlexandAlexa, E-Trader, Interactive Investor and iiPay.

 Menashy joins from Deloitte, where he was a senior consultant in
Michael Christopher Münnix has joined Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners as an Associate, effective 1 October. Münnix, who holds a PhD in physics, will mainly be responsible for handling deal flow at Target Partners. He will also support the team in managing the firm’s portfolio companies. “From the very
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