Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Hall of Fame NBA star, philanthropist and entrepreneur, is to join Detroit Venture Partners (DVP) as a general partner. DVP is a Detroit-based venture capital firm that invests in seed and early-stage technology companies primarily located in the heart of downtown Detroit.   Johnson will also be

Carey Olsen has appointed Michael McAuley as a new counsel to its litigation department in Guernsey. Born in Canada and educated there, in England and in France, McAuley’s recent offshore trust experience includes seven years at Appleby in Bermuda where he practised in all areas of contentious and non-contentious trust and

New York private equity firm Castle Harlan, Inc, has promoted Anand T Philip (pictured) to Managing Director, while Joyce M Demonteverde has joined the firm as Vice President. Demonteverde had previously been with Castle Harlan, Inc prior to going to the Harvard Business School. Castle Harlan believes that Philip’s promotion

CORESTATE Group, a specialist private equity investor based in Zug/Switzerland, with partner offices in Frankfurt, London and Luxembourg, has made a number of strategic appointments which will further strengthen its European investment and asset management expertise.  Making four additional appointments, it has recruited Jerry Melchionna to its origination team in

Wedge Partners has appointed Chris Crespi as a networking and communications equipment analyst.   "Chris adds a tremendous amount of knowledge, experience, and relationships to the Wedge research platform. We are excited to be joined by such a highly regarded industry expert," says Evan Morgan, CEO of Wedge Partners. Crespi

Mary McGuirke and Joel Haskins have been appointed as operations directors for Ipes in London and Jersey respectively. McGuirke and Haskins will take a lead role in client relationship management and the delivery of operational excellence in their respective locations. They will work closely with locally based Managing Directors, Andrew

PvXchange, a leading online business-to-business exchange for photovoltaic components, has announced that Mark Zaleski will begin chairing its advisory board with immediate effect. Zaleski has a long track record of building value into multi-country online businesses including Dailymotion, Ricardo PLC, DVDPost and Webvan Inc. PvXchange itself has seen rapid growth

European private equity firm Cinven has appointed Jorge Quemada as a partner heading the firm’s investment activities in Iberia. He will be a member of the Business Services sector team. Quemada joins Cinven in September 2011 from 3i, where he worked for over thirteen years. Prior to leaving the firm,

Marc Moyers has been named National Sector Leader of the US Private Equity Group of KPMG LLP, the US audit, tax and advisory firm has announced. "Marc’s extensive and relevant experience makes him the right choice to lead KPMG’s US Private Equity group," says Rob Arning, Vice Chairman, Market Development.