Resilience Capital Partners, a Cleveland, US-based private equity firm, has added Steven J. Demetriou as a member of its executive committee and its board of advisers. Since December 2004, Demetriou (pictured) has been the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Aleris International, an international aluminum company, following

Michael Brehm has joined Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners as a venture partner. Brehm (pictured), formerly a managing director of Berlin-based VZnet Netzwerke, will strengthen the venture capital firm’s focus on start-ups and consumer internet. Brehm is also an active business angel, having invested in numerous companies since 2006.

I2BF, an international cleantech focused investment management group, has appointed David Waserstein as director of investments. Waserstein joins I2BF from US-based private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy Partners. He was at Hudson from its inception and worked on the initial fund raise as well as several deals in wind, solar

Liber Capital, a private equity firm specialising in beverage industry investments, has appointed Art Friedman to its senior management team as managing director. Friedman was formerly president and chief executive officer of Gold Coast Distributors and has served on several industry advisory councils. "Art’s experience and expertise will be invaluable

Future Capital Partners, the GBP6bn alternative investment boutique, has appointed Andrew Derrington to its business development team.  Derrington’s (pictured) role with FCP will primarily focus on building strong working relationships with both clients and intermediaries. FCP’s investment opportunities are available to investors through financial institutions, wealth managers, IFAs and accountants,

Heritage Capital, the merchant banking division of family-owned Banque Heritage of Switzerland, has appointed Klaus Henke as managing director of its financial institutions group advisory team. Henke (pictured) joins from Dresdner Kleinwort where he was responsible for cross-border mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets origination.   Henke will be

TLG Capital has expanded its team by hiring Jamel Larbi from Merrill Lynch and Shaheryar Mian from Hewitt Associates. TLG Capital is a frontier markets entity aiming to deploy intelligent capital with ethical considerations. Both Larbi and Mian will report directly to Zain Latif, principal of TLG Capital.   Prior

Quoin Partners has appointed Nathan Dean as senior partner. Dean has deep experience in the alternative asset and investment management industries as well as being an experienced entrepreneur. He joins Quoin from The Druker Company, where he was a project director in charge of commercial real estate investment, managing large

The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association has appointed Sev Vettivetpillai, chief executive of Aureos Advisers, to its board of directors. Aureos is a private equity fund management company specialising in investing in small to mid-cap businesses in Asia, Africa and Latin America.   EMPEA is a global member-based association established