Perwyn has appointed James Gavey as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Gavey, who will be based in Perwyn’s London office, joins from Silverfleet Capital Partners where he has worked since 2001, most recently as director of finance. His expertise lies in UK and European lower and midmarket management buyouts with an enterprise value of between €25 million and €300 million.   This is Perwyn’s third hire this year, following the appointment of Gurinder Sunner as Partner in February, and Angus Duthie-Jackson as an Associate last month.   Gavey began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Assurance and Business Advisory

King & Spalding has appointed Kathleen “Katie” Blaszak as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) Practice Group. She is based in the Northern Virginia office. Blaszak’s practice covers M&A, joint ventures and new venture formations, investments, strategic partnerships, and complex commercial transactions, as well as the negotiation of complex commercial contracts and general corporate matters. She represents clients across multiple sectors, including technology, media, telecommunications and automotive. Blaszak received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her JD from Washington & Lee School of Law. She was most recently a partner at Winston & Strawn.

Andera Partners has appointed Jan Van den Bossche as a partner within Andera Life Sciences, its team specialised in innovative therapeutics and medical devices. Van den Bossche (44 – KU Leuven) started his career at Petercam, where he was a biotech analyst for over 12 years. He was involved in numerous public and private transactions of Belgian and Dutch biotech companies, such as ThromboGenics, Tigenix, UCB, AMT (Uniqure), IBA, MDxHealth. Prior to joining Andera Partners, he worked for 7 years as a partner at Fund+, a Belgium-based fund investing in the life sciences sector. The Andera Life Sciences team is

North Sky Capital (North Sky), a specialist in impact investing, has appointed Erika Gucfa as a managing director. Gucfa will lead North Sky’s business development efforts for both its flagship strategies: impact private equity (secondaries strategy) and sustainable infrastructure (direct strategy). She will be based in the firm’s Boston office. Previously, Gucfa was the Head of Private Markets, Product Strategy and Solutions for the Americas, for abrdn (fka Aberdeen Standard Investments). At abrdn, she focused on developing new and customised investment solutions for strategic clients in the US, Canada and South America with a focus on global real assets. Prior

Generali Investments Partners has appointed Sandrine Richard as Head of Private Debt, a newly created role aimed to strengthen the competences in private debt within the Generali Real Assets & Private Markets Hub’s, led by Aldo Mazzocco. A senior investment professional with strong experience in private markets at European level, in her new role Richard is responsible to drive the ambitious development plans that Generali has set for its direct lending business, and to steer the growth of the indirect lending business. She reports to Roberto Marsella, Head of Private Assets at Generali Investments Partners.   Richard brings over 25

Crestbridge has recognised 58 individuals across its international network of offices as part of its 2022 mid-year promotions. Amongst those promoted are a number at senior level. Greg Belcham (Technology Architecture & Development) Svitlana Dobrovolska (Funds Services) and Emmanuel Capraro (Management Company Services) have all been promoted to Director and Greg Davis has been promoted to Head of Technology Service Delivery. Briony Rea (Real Estate Services) and Jacques-Olivier Cogis (Client Operations) have both been promoted to Associate Directors. In addition, the business has promoted a further 52 individuals across the Group, which now spans nine offices across the globe including

Investec has appointed Kate Gribbon as head of financial sponsor coverage for private equity, growth equity and venture capital. In the role, Gribbon will be responsible for sponsor coverage across Investec’s suite of advisory and debt solutions spanning private company fundraising, M&A and IPOs, leveraged finance and fund level finance. Gribbon joined Investec in 2020 to jointly lead the bank’s Private Company Fundraising team, advising ambitious, fast growing companies seeking growth capital. Prior to joining Investec, Gribbon spent 13 years advising in the M&A mid-market.

Sidley Austin has welcomed Tony Downes as a partner in the firm’s M&A and private equity practice. He was previously a partner in the private equity & M&A group at Proskauer. Downes’ practice includes private equity transactions, public and private M&A and investments, joint ventures, and other complex cross-border corporate matters, as well as advising in relation to high value commercial matters in the sports and betting and gaming industries. He has extensive experience working for private equity sponsors and corporates across the real estate, hospitality, sports, media, technology, and betting and gaming sectors.  Previously, Downes held several roles in

PwC has expanded its deals practice with the appointment of Raj Agrawal and Wendy Britten as partners in its transaction services team. Agrawal joins from pharmaceutical firm Novartis, where he has played critical roles in shaping the corporate strategy and leading a number of global transformation efforts. Most recently, he developed a portfolio of AI solutions across Novartis as well as leading the operations to build trusted and personalised experience for HCPs and patients. He brings a wealth of experience from large pharma, strategy consulting and technology start-ups. Agrawal will lead the development of a team focused on value creation

Arrow Global a European investor and alternative asset manager in credit and real estate, has appointed Reza Atighi as chief executive officer (CEO) at its Amersfoort-headquartered Vesting Finance Servicing BV (Vesting Finance). Atighi brings a wealth of experience to Vesting Finance having worked in financial services for more than 20 years. He joins Vesting Finance from Intrum where he was, most recently, CEO of Netherlands and Belgium. Prior to this, Atighi worked for Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and ABN AMRO. He has managed teams across M&A and Investment Banking for international financial institutions. He holds an MA in Economics from