Advent Software has appointed Hazem Elmalla as the new head of professional services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In this role, Elmalla will support Advent’s ongoing operation and be responsible for the professional services teams dedicated to clients in the region. Advent Software has been engaged in
DC Advisory Partners has appointed Joel Hope-Bell as Managing Director in its Business Services team. Based in London, Hope-Bell will join a team of twelve dedicated European Business Services bankers who have so far completed sixteen transactions in the sector in 2011. Previously a Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill
David Blechman has joined private equity firm HIG Capital’s leveraged buyout (LBO) practice as a Managing Director. Blechman joins HIG after leading a number of successful middle market private equity investments across a variety of industries, including take-privates, corporate carveouts and restructurings. Blechman brings over 16 years of private equity
Business Growth Fund (BGF), established to help Britain’s fast growing smaller and medium sized businesses, has appointed James Austin as Investment Director to expand its presence in the South West and South Wales and to help drive investment in the region. Austin joins Regional Director Paul Oldham in Bristol and
Paul McLaughlin has been appointed as head of operations for State Street’s Alternative Investment Solutions team in Guernsey. McLaughlin, who has more than 15 years of experience in the alternative investment industry, joins State Street to help further build its alternative investment servicing business in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Chilton Trust Management, in affiliation with Chilton Private Clients, has hired Timothy Horan from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer – Fixed Income. Horan, currently Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at MSSB Fixed Income Investment Advisors, will join CPC on 3 January,
Global private equity firm HIG Capital has named Marc Kramer as Managing Director in the firm’s New York office. Kramer, who joined HIG Capital in September, 2011 to invest out of the USD1.5 billion pool of equity capital allocated to HIG’s Middle Market investments, will be responsible for all aspects
Janet Gurwitch has joined tprivate equity firm Castanea Partners as Operating Partner. Gurwitch has over fifteen years of executive experience in the personal care, luxury, and branded consumer products sectors. Prior to joining Castanea, he was the founder and CEO of Laura Mercier Cosmetics, a leading, global beauty brand. Under
Dave Sauvarin has assumed responsibility as managing director of Northern Trusts’s Jersey office. Sauvarin, who was most recently head of Northern Trust’s UK listed real estate administration team in Guernsey, replaces Paul Guilbert, who has been appointed as head of private equity in Guernsey. In his role, Sauvarin is responsible
Glasgow-based private equity firm Maven Capital Partners has acquired HM Corporate Solutions (HMCS) and recruited Ramsay Duff to help increase the firm’s range of structured alternative investment products, with a particular focus on projects involving Business Premises Renovation Allowance (BPRA). Duff is a Chartered Accountant with a long track record in
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