Hodes Weill, a global advisory and principal investment business focused on the real estate private equity and private funds industry, has appointed Robert Levinson as principal, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer. Previously, Levinson was the chief financial officer at Coventry Real Estate Advisors, a New York-based real estate

TPH Partners has appointed Claiborne P. Deming as a senior adviser to the energy middle-market private equity fund. Deming (pictured) joins Frank Kalman, Dick Lewis, Steve Shapiro and Joel V. Staff as a senior adviser. The effort, which is chaired by Joe B. Foster, focuses on equity investments in the

Castanea Partners has appointed Jeffrey F. Rayport as operating partner. Rayport has over 20 years of executive experience in information and marketing services. Prior to Castanea, he was the founder and chairman of Marketspace, a strategy practice that works with companies to reinvent how they interact with customers and markets.

KKR has appointed Jonathan R. Levin to the newly created position of treasurer and head of investor relations. As treasurer, he will be involved in the oversight of the firm’s balance sheet, including the USD3bn in net assets it is expected to receive as a result of its combination transaction

Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has appointed Gregory L. Summe as vice chairman of global buyout, a newly created position. He will report to global head of buyout Daniel F. Akerson. Summe comes to Carlyle from Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, where he is a senior adviser. He begins

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed Lee Stern, previously a managing director at GSO Capital Partners, as a director of the firm responsible for originating and structuring mezzanine investments. Based in New York, Stern joins KKR Asset Management. Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts (pictured), co-founders of KKR, said: “With

BlueCrest Capital Management has appointed Steve Smith as portfolio manager for the USD2.3bn AllBlue Fund.  The fund invests exclusively across a portfolio of funds managed by BlueCrest, including BlueCrest Capital International and BlueTrend.  Smith will also assume overall responsibility for global sales and client service teams and will join the

Butterfield Fulcrum, an alternative fund administration company, has expanded its US business development team with the addition of Christine Egan. Egan joins Bill Neville, Jim Gabriele, John Peterson and Bill Henderson under the leadership of T. Andrew Smith, global business development head.  Since joining in April 2009, Smith has quickly

Impax Asset Management, an Aim listed investment manager focused on the environmental sector, has appointed John McDonald as head of sales and marketing. McDonald was previously head of alternative sales and marketing at New Star Asset Management, which he joined in 2004. He has 25 years of experience in financial