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GlobeOp names Philip Tazza global head of investor services

GlobeOp Financial Services has appointed Philip Tazza as global head of investor services. Tazza reports to Vernon Barback, GlobeOp president and chief operating officer, and is based at the company’s Harrison, New York office. He is also a member of GlobeOp’s operating committee. "Phil will continue to strengthen GlobeOp’s services

Samer Cortas joins Vision Capital

Investment firm Vision Capital has appointed Samer Cortas as principal.  Cortas has over 12 years’ experience in leveraged finance.  Cortas previously worked in the debt advisory and financial restructuring group of Houlihan Lokey in London.  Prior to this, Cortas was an executive director and founding member of the debt advisory

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Matrix names group head of compliance and assurance

Matrix Group, the privately owned UK financial services business, has appointed Simon Elvidge as group head of compliance and assurance. Elvidge, who has over 20 years’ experience in senior compliance and control function roles, joins from Numis Securities where he was head of compliance and managed the compliance teams in

General Atlantic appoints head of global financial services sector

General Atlantic, a growth equity firm, has named Hans Morris, former president of Visa and a special adviser for GA over the last year, as managing director and head of GA’s global financial services sector. William E. Ford, chief executive officer of General Atlantic, says: “We know Hans well and

Jan Amethier to join Handelsbanken Capital Markets

Jan Amethier has been appointed head of corporate finance at Handelsbanken Capital Markets. Jan Amethier has been appointed head of corporate finance at Handelsbanken Capital Markets. Amethier has spent 12 years at JP Morgan in London where his positions have included head of Nordic investment banking. He was also co-head

Former CIT credit chief Algis Vaitonis joins Third Eye Capital

Third Eye Capital, a Toronto-based investor in privately-negotiated secured loans, has named Algis Vaitonis as its new senior vice president and head of operations. Vaitonis brings with him more than 20 years of lending and risk management experience, serving most recently as chief credit officer at CIT Group in Canada

Hewitt EnnisKnupp hires head of global private equity

Hewitt EnnisKnupp, an Aon Hewitt company, has hired Karen Rode as the leader of its global private equity group. In this role, Rode will be responsible for leading a team of professionals that help Hewitt EnnisKnupp’s clients build global private equity programmes. Rode has nearly 20 years’ experience in the

Bertram Capital promotes three to vice president

Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in California, has promoted Tom Beerle, Jeff Giles and Tim Heston to vice president. The promotions follow the closing of Bertram Capital’s second fund, Bertram Growth Capital II, with USD500m in limited partner commitments. "Tom Beerle and Tim Heston have made significant contributions

Sovereign expands deal team

UK private equity firm Sovereign Capital has hired Luke Kingston, Jonathan Marlow, Jonathan Kay, Ross Coull and Elizabeth Buckle. Kingston joins Sovereign’s deal team from Ernst & Young. He has significant buy-side advice experience having completed numerous transactions with a variety of private equity houses. He also brings six years

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