Rainier Partners, a Seattle-based, lower-middle-market private equity firm, has appointed Dave Shephard as Director of Portfolio Operations in an effort to expand the firm’s ability to accelerate value and growth across the portfolio.  

Ethos Capital has appointed Hayley Kirman as a vice president. Kirman will be involved in a range of investment functions, including due diligence, execution, and portfolio management. Kirman joins Ethos from ABRY Partners (ABRY) where she focused on investments in the financial services, software, and business services sectors, and collaborated on multiple transactions with senior members of Ethos investment team also previously at ABRY including Chris Ritchie, who joined Ethos as a Partner in January of this year, followed by Scott Stevens who joined in March as a Principal.   Kirman has served on the board of directors of several

Crestbridge has appointed David Bridger as head of its Southampton office, as the business continues to focus on enhancing its operational capabilities to deliver first-class service to global asset managers and investors. In his new role, Bridger will be responsible for overseeing and enhancing the operational expertise provided through the business’s expanding office in Southampton, asserting its position as Crestbridge’s central hub for specialist fund accounting, processes, and development. Crestbridge launched its office in Southampton in December last year, its second in the UK, complementing its existing London presence and reinforcing its commitment to investing in the UK post-Brexit. The

Balderton Capital has appointed Rachel Bremer as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. Bremer will be responsible for driving Balderton’s own marketing and communications efforts, and providing support and advice for the 100-plus active companies within its portfolio.  This comes as the firm continues to build out its team and portfolio support services, which includes the recent appointment of Elodie Broad as Head of Impact.  Bremer was previously a Partner at global advisory firm, Milltown Partners, where she worked with leading global technology companies and high-growth startups, supporting strategic communications and tech policy as they navigate complex and quickly changing external

Limerston Capital (Limerston Capital), a UK mid-market private equity investor, has appointed Lejla Pintol as Investment Associate, the first in a series of new hires to be announced over the next few months. Pintol joins from Citi where she was an investment banking associate within the TMT team and involved in multiple transactions.  She previously worked in investment banking at Credit Suisse and Jefferies.  Pintol speaks German, English, Italian and Serbo-Croatian and has an MSc in Finance from the University of Liechtenstein.   Limerston Capital is a private equity firm targeting UK businesses with EBITDA of between £5 million and

William Blair expanded it private capital advisory team with the addition of Jake Stuiver as a director in New York, where he will work on complex limited partner–led secondary transactions. Stuiver brings a decade of secondary advisory experience and has advised on over $12 billion of LP-led secondaries. Stuiver focuses on all aspects of alternative-investment secondary transactions, including deal origination, lead management, bid development, LP alignment in GP-led sales, sales, distributions, and final execution.  Stuiver joins from M2O, where he led the firm’s LP secondary practice. Before M2O, Stuiver spent seven years at Evercore, having started his financial services career

Earth Capital Limited (ECL), a leading UK growth equity impact investor, has appointed Avent Bezuidenhoudt, formerly Head of Investment, to the role of CEO. She is joined by Elise Hockley in the role of COO and Head of Investor Relations, formerly Head of Communications, to lead ECL through its next stage of growth as firm co-founder Gordon Power moves into the role of Chairman, as part of the firm’s succession plan. Avent, an ex-Senior Fund Manager with the FSE Group, and Elise, ex-KKR, will lead the team moving forwards and continue to lead the firm’s investment activities, working in conjunction

Anzu Partners, an investment firm that focuses on early stage industrial and life science technology companies, has appointed Donald (Don) J Rosenberg as a venture partner.  In this role, Rosenberg will work with portfolio companies as they develop their intellectual property strategies and more broadly support the next generation of transformative technology companies. Rosenberg has extensive leadership experience at today’s most innovative technology companies. He recently retired as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Qualcomm where he was responsible for overseeing its worldwide legal matters, its global government affairs organisation, and the corporate compliance function. During his

Pet Honesty, a specialist in premium pet health products and a portfolio company of private equity firm Vestar Capital Partners, has appointed Steve Chopp as Chief Financial Officer.  Chopp brings more than 20 years of experience in leadership roles at high-growth, health and nutrition companies. Most recently, he served as CFO and COO for Bragg Live Food Products, the number one brand of apple cider vinegar, where he oversaw the finance, supply chain, and technology functions.  Additionally, Chopp spent more than 15 years working in the rapid growth supplements industry, including eight years at Pharmavite, the makers of Nature Made

Private equity and special situations investment manager Sandton Capital Partners (Sandton) has expanded its London team with the appointment of Tsvi Lewis. Tsvi joins as an investment manager and will work alongside Matt Meehan, head of Sandton Europe. He will provide transaction support on new investment opportunities and specific projects within the existing Sandton portfolio.   Having begun his career at Deloitte, Tsvi gained experience in Restructuring, Business Turnaround, and Special Situations M&A across a range of sectors covering both SMEs and larger corporates. Following the sale of Deloitte’s restructuring division to Teneo, he moved to Teneo’s Capital Advisory team