Global investment firm Carlyle has appointed David McCann has interim global head of investor relations, effective 10 August, 2022, succeeding Nathan Urquhart who has decided to leave the firm to pursue new opportunities. Urqhart will remain at Carlyle until the end of 2022, working with senior leadership to ensure a smooth transition.    McCann, with more than three decades of experience in investment management, joined Carlyle in 2014 and is responsible for building partnerships with our largest LPs across North America.    Prior to joining Carlyle, McCann was Head of Asset Management Distribution for Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. Previously,

 Tristone Healthcare, a buy and build social care investment group, has added to its senior leadership team with the appointment of John McCooey as Commercial Director. McCooey, who joins from Amelia Knight Group, has more than 25 years’ experience in finance and commercial director level positions, with particular expertise in operational and strategic financial management, improving profitability and business efficiencies, together with acquisition, divestment, and business integration. He will be responsible for driving commercial excellence within the existing portfolio, as well as supporting the M&A team to integrate new businesses into the portfolio.   At the end of 2021, Tristone

Permira, a global private equity firm, has appointed Koen Köppen as a Senior Adviser to its global technology team, with a focus on software and fintech. Koen is currently Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Mollie, a digital payment service provider.  At Mollie, Köppen is responsible for the reliability, scalability and development of the company’s technology platforms. Prior to joining Mollie, he spent over a decade at Klarna, where he held several leadership positions before becoming its CTO in 2017. He is also a Board member at GoCardless, a leading alternative payment methods provider. At Permira, Köppen will use his experience,

Highview Capital (Highview), a Los Angeles-based middle-market private equity firm, has promoted Victor Bunce to vice president and added three additional professionals tom its team. Krysty Penwell and Scott Kingsley have joined as vice presidents and Christian Boorom has joined as an associate. Bunce joined Highview in July 2020 and works across a variety of existing portfolio companies including GS Foods, Randall Foods and Watterson. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Watterson. Prior to joining Highview, Victor worked at Harris Williams, a middle market investment bank. Penwell is a vice president on Highview’s business development team. She

Balderton Capital has appointed Elodie Broad, an experienced leader in corporate sustainability and sustainable finance, as its first head of impact and sustainable future goals (SFGs).  The appointment follows the publication of Balderton’s inaugural SFG report in December 2021. The report introduced Balderton’s ten SFGs – which were modelled on and inspired by the UN SDGs – to capture the firm’s imperatives and ambitions across a range of sustainability-related topics including climate change, gender equality, and economic integration. The report provided an initial OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) assessment along Balderton’s three impact axes: its internal operations, its investment decision

Paul Hastings LLP, a global law firm, has promoted private equity lawyer Jamie Holdoway to partner in its London office. Holdoway will continue to work with Private Equity practice lead Anu Balasubramanian and recent lateral Partner Tom Cartwright, in leading the market with their specialist focus on complex cross-border M&A, co-investments, liquidity solutions and strategic bolt-ons for portfolio companies across a variety of sectors including technology, software, business services and digital infrastructure. Following a strong financial year in 2021/22 that saw the London office’s revenue grow by 41% and the total number of legal professionals rise to more than 150,

Connection Capital, the private client investment business, has hired James Greenwood into its SME Investment team as appetite from private investors for access to UK private equity and debt transactions continues to grow. Greenwood joins from Liberum Capital where he worked on a wide range of transactions across both public and private markets. Prior to that he worked for Panmure Gordon. At Connection Capital, James will be responsible for sourcing and executing prospective transactions and managing portfolio companies. Greenwood began his career at a tech start-up before making the leap into Corporate Finance and M&A with Strata Partners. He holds

hh2 Cloud Services (hh2) a provider of software for the construction industry backed by lower middle-market private equity firm Capstreet, has appointed Jamie Clymer as chief executive officer and Patrick Sadler as chief financial officer. Previous CEO Devon Dorrity will assume the position of CTO at the Company.  Clymer has extensive experience achieving revenue, profit and overall business growth objectives within rapidly changing SaaS and internet-media environments. Most recently, he was CEO of FRONTSTEPS, a leading SaaS and mobile platform for Association Management Companies and Association Boards. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President at RealPage, a leading SaaS

Gen II Fund Services (Gen II), an independent private capital fund administrator, has appointed Michael Abatemarco as head of credit, effective 9 August.

Sidley is pleased to welcome Justin Macke as an M&A and Private Equity partner in New York. Prior to joining Sidley, Macke was a partner at Jones Day, working on a wide variety of transactions for private equity and corporate clients. Macke has a diverse skill set that includes advising private equity clients on acquisitions, strategic transactions, and exits. He also advises corporate clients on M&A, corporate governance, capital raising, activism defense, and SEC matters. He has particular experience working on cross-border transactions and complex carve-outs.  Sidley’s extensive Private Equity practice, with more than 285 lawyers around the world, offers