Arma Partners has hired Andrés Pieczanski as a partner in the firm’s London office where he will provide strategic advisory services to clients globally and will lead the Communications Technology and Semiconductor practice.   Previously, Pieczanski was a Managing Director and Head of the European Communications Practice at Jefferies, which

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP has appointed Ian Schwartz (pictured)as a Corporate partner in the Firm’s Asset Management/Private Equity Funds Group resident in the New York office. Schwartz focuses his practice primarily on the formation and operation of private equity funds. He has also served as counsel in

Michael E Ducey has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Apollo Global Management, LLC, and to the Board’s Audit and Conflicts Committees, effective immediately. Ducey’s appointment will bring the number of independent directors on Apollo’s Board to four out of a total of eight Board seats. Ducey was

Andrew Given, former partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has joined growth equity firm General Atlantic (GA) as a Senior Vice President. In this role, Given will provide financial expertise to the firm and its portfolio companies as part of its global Resources Group, with specific focus on GA’s investments in Europe.

Media investment specialist Ingenious Group has appointed Neil Forster (pictured) as its Chief Operating Officer. Forster was previously the group’s Finance Director, with responsibility for all financial management and governance, having joined the company in 2008. In his new role, Forster will maintain his responsibility for the group’s financial management

Industry Ventures LLC has appointed industry veteran Robert May as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. May has successfully led and managed financial reporting, limited partner relations and operations across a number of venture capital firms, most notably serving as CFO and COO with leading Silicon Valley firms including

Alternative investments veteran Anita R Rosenberg has been elected to the board of directors os Golub Capital BDC Inc. Alternative investments veteran Anita R Rosenberg has been elected to the board of directors os Golub Capital BDC Inc. Rosenberg joins the board with over two decades of experience in the

Paul Myners (pictured) has joined Cevian Capital, Europe’s largest active ownership fund manager, as chairman of its UK operations and a partner. “For much of the last decade I have highlighted issues within the investment industry that have led to the proliferation of ownerless corporations," says Myners. "These issues include