Harris Williams & Co has appointed Michael Wilkins as a managing director leading the firm’s Technology, Telecom & Digital Media (TTDM) Group’s efforts on the West Coast in the US.   Wilkins joins the firm with a wide range of experience and industry knowledge as well as strong relationships with

Sean E Murphy has joined Evercore Partners’ Investment Banking business as a Senior Advisor. Murphy, who will be based in Chicago, will focus on advising clients in the health care industry. Murphy was most recently a Corporate Vice President and Head of Business Development and Mergers and Acquisitions at Abbott

UK-based private equity firm Electra Partners has added Chris Hanna as an investment partner. Hanna, who joined 1 September, joins from Phoenix Equity Partners where his investments included Nationwide Autocentres, NFT, ASCO and Ashtead Technology Rentals. Hanna will work alongside Alex Fortescue and the other Investment Partners in investing Electra

F&C Investments, the London-listed GBP108 billion asset management group, has hired Stuart Hastie as an Associate Director with responsibility for business development in its Edinburgh-headquartered private equity funds team. Hastie’s role includes investor relations, fund raising and new product development. Hastie joins F&C with 15-years experience in the investment and

Ray LaSoya has joined US law firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan as a Partner, with immediate effect. LaSoya will be resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office and will serve as the National Chair of Stroock’s Private Equity Practice Group. LaSoya has worked on a variety of complex corporate

Andy Miller (pictured) has joined the Highland Capital Partners as a General Partner. Based in Highland’s Menlo Park office, Miller will work to partner with the most promising mobile and technology companies in the Valley. Miller joins Highland from Apple Inc, where he reported directly to Steve Jobs and was

Louis S Caiola, Jr has joined Dome Equities as a partner responsible for distribution of the firm’s real estate private equity offerings. Previously, Caiola was a Senior Vice President at UBS and a Director at Deutsche Bank where he advised high net worth, family office and institutional clients on investment