Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco, has appointed Robert E. Flaherty as an operating partner.

Vulcan Capital, the private investment group of Vulcan Inc, has appointed Chris Temple as president.

Brookfield Asset Management has appointed Leo van den Thillart to the position of managing partner, private institutional equity, effective 1 June 2009.

Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has named Nader H. Sultan senior adviser to Carlyle’s Middle East North Africa team.

Jersey Finance has appointed Shanghai born Zhaoan Li to help promote Jersey’s financial services industry in China and Hong Kong.

The Florida Venture Forum, an entrepreneurial networking group for identifying sources of venture capital, has named Charles ‘Chuck’ D.

Octopus Ventures, an investor in early-stage and expanding companies, has appointed Jo Oliver as investor director with immediate effect.  

Edwards Lifesciences, a provider of heart valve therapies and hemodynamic monitoring technologies, has elected William Link to its board of directors.

Brookfield Asset Management, a global asset management company, has announced the appointment of Leo van den Thillart to the position of managing partner, private institutional equity,

The Miller Group has expanded the executive team members of Miller Capital Corporation and Miller Capital Markets with the addition of Ronald L. Miller, Jr.