Future Capital Partners, the GBP6bn alternative investment boutique, has strengthened its business development team with the appointment of Alan Cross as business development manager.    Cross brings over 22 years of financial services experience to Future Capital.  He will be responsible for developing and strengthening relationships with key accountancy and

Accel Partners, a venture capital and growth equity firm operating in Silicon Valley, Europe, Israel, China and India, has hired Rob Glaser as a venture partner. Glaser will focus on digital media technology, social media, and mobile service investments. He currently serves as chairman of RealNetworks, which he founded in

Pivotal Group, a Phoenix-based investment company focused on private equity and real estate investment and development, has appointed Scott Knauer as managing director of real estate. Knauer, a long-time Phoenix real estate executive, brings to Pivotal more than 25 years of experience in real estate acquisitions, advisory services, development and

Junior minerals exploration and development company General Metals has appointed Mike Powell, a venture capitalist and general partner at Sofinnova Ventures, to its board of directors. Powell has more than 25 years of pharmaceutical development experience, and he has focused interest in clinical-stage product companies. He joined Sofinnova Ventures as

Law firm Sidley Austin has added three partners to its executive committee, the committee that exercises general authority over the affairs of the firm.   The appointments bring the current count to 45 members. Samir A. Gandhi (New York), a partner since 2002, focuses his practice on private equity transactions

Private equity firm Riverside has strengthened its European team with the appointment of Vincent Daelemans as vice president of origination for Benelux and France. Daelemans joins Riverside from Tesco, where he was business development manager. Based in Riverside’s European headquarters in Brussels, the Belgian national will be responsible for driving

Real estate private equity firm Hawkeye Partners is expanding its leadership team with the addition of Bret Wilkerson to serve as a managing director. Wilkerson’s areas of expertise include the application of commercial real estate market research in investment decisions, market cycles, asset allocation, and risk management. Prior to joining

Austin Ventures, a venture capital and growth equity firm, has added Adam Dell as a venture partner. Dell has been a successful entrepreneur and academician, and has more than 12 years of experience in the venture capital industry. Dell will focus purely on early-stage venture investments in the information technology