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Circularity Capital, a specialist private equity firm supporting growth stage European SMEs in the circular economy, has appointed Sayen Pillay as operating principal.
Joining the business from private equity investment firm Tenzing, Pillay brings significant experience in driving portfolio growth and value creation for businesses operating across a diverse range of industries. Prior to Tenzing, he worked as a strategy consultant for Shell, helping the business to harness technology and accelerate the energy transition, and has also worked internationally for EY, IQbusiness and FNB South Africa.
With an MBA from the University of Cambridge and MEng in Engineering Management
Puma Private Equity, a specialist growth investor, has appointed Mark Lyons as Investment Director, as the business looks to expand its presence in the North of England. Puma operates in the scale-up to Series A space, providing equity investment of £2m to £10m to help businesses accelerate their growth plans.
Lyons joins from Praetura Ventures, where as Director of Investments he was part of the senior leadership team that grew the business to over £125 million AUM and invested in over 30 fast-growth, early-stage businesses.
Lyons joins Puma Private Equity off the back of its biggest fund raise to date,
Global law firm Goodwin has appointed Ranan Well as a partner in the firm’s asset management transactions practice in Washington DC. Well represents a wide variety of clients across the full range of asset and wealth management transactions.
Global investor services group IQ-EQ has appointed Ilias Georgopoulos as global head of private and institutional asset owners, a key position in the firm’s commercial leadership team.
Georgopoulos has over 25 years’ financial services experience, including more than a decade at senior leadership level and with responsibilities spanning the US, EMEA and APAC. Most recently, he was CEO of Credit Suisse’s MultiConcept Fund Management SA in Luxembourg, where he was responsible for driving growth initiatives, supporting on cross-product, cross segments development and enabling service evolution.
Previously, Georgopoulos was Global Head of Relationship Management, Sales and Marketing at Alter Domus, and
Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm with more than $52 billion of assets under management, announced has opened a new office in Sydney, Australia, which will be managed by Shaun Thomas, newly appointed principal, investor relations, who joined the firm in November.
Sydney is Adams Street’s first location in Australia and fifth in the Asia Pacific region, joining Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, and Beijing. Adams Street now operates 12 offices globally.
Adams Street says the Sydney office will provide the local private markets community with access to the firm’s investment professionals and their experience in private markets investment
Prysm Capital has promoted Lauren Moffatt to a partner of the firm, with immediate effect. Moffatt who has experience across various segments of the private equity value chain, has served as a principal at Prysm Capital since 2021.
Prior to Prysm, Moffatt spent four years as a member of Audax Group’s Investor Relations team, focusing on fundraising, product development, marketing and operating strategy initiatives. Earlier in her career, she spent a number of years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HarbourVest Partners and Boston Consulting Group.
With offices in New York, Princeton and San Francisco, Prysm employs a top-down
HarbourVest Partners has expanded its senior team with a raft of promotions including the appointment of nine new managing directors, seven new principals, and five senior vice presidents across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
In addition to the managing directors, principals and senior vice presidents, this round of promotions also includes 17 vice presidents.
HarbourVest newly promoted managing directors are: Emily Archer, Matthew Dowgert, Dominic Goh, Blake Holman, Joel Hwang, Ryan Jones, Warwick Mancini, David Morris, and David Rule.
The firm’s new principals are: Megan Beecher, Elliott Campbell, Amanda Chen, Sean Gillespie, Alexander Mackinger, Greg Mazur, and Tom
Golub Capital has made three new additions to its London-based team – Daniel von Rothenburg as managing director and head of EMEA on the business development team, Philipp Schroeder as a Senior Director, and Mensah Lambie as a principal, both on the Direct Lending team.
KSL Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on travel and leisure businesses, has made two senior hires – Ana Goizueta has joined the firm as head of investor relations and marketing, and Nolen Taylor has joined as chief financial officer.
Dextra Partners, a multi-strategy private equity firm focused on the middle market, which launched earlier this year with $2.5 billion of investable capital, has appointed former Blackstone vice president Alisa Makhlis as chief financial officer.
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