BTIG has added Winston Kitchingham to its legal team as a managing director. Kitchingham will serve as Associate General Counsel and focus on BTIG’s Investment Banking division. Kitchingham brings more than 20 years of experience to the firm. Most recently, he was a Director at MUFG Securities Americas Inc. Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Lazard Capital Markets. Kitchingham began his career as a corporate lawyer at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Dewey Ballantine LLP. BTIG Investment Banking and Capital Markets divisions provide capital raising, transactional and advisory services for a

Crestbridge has appointed Alex Le Quesne as group head of governance services with responsibility for managing the operational and financial performance of the firm’s Institutional Governance Services globally, including Management Company, Director, Client Compliance, Depository, Trustee, Appointed Representative, and Operator services. Le Quesne will oversee the selective growth of the business’s Governance Services solutions aligned to meet the growing needs of its clients. He will also lead the implementation and evolution of key technology platforms to support the evolving governance services capabilities. Le Quesne has 18 years’ industry experience, the last seven of which have been with Crestbridge where he

Andrew Eshelman has joined the Board of Directors of Paxton/Patterson. Eshelman is a managing director at Maranon Capital where he is responsible for structuring, negotiating, and closing transactions. Eshelman joined Maranon in 2012 and has 13 years in leverage lending, asset management, and investment banking. He serves as a Board Observer for two other portfolio companies. 

Cubera Private Equity has appointed Urs Bitterling to the newly established position of chief sustainability officer. Bitterling, who reports directly to the CEO and is a member of Cubera’s leadership team, joins Cubera from Allianz SE where he has developed and led sustainability efforts since 2012. Bitterling will be responsible for directing and integrating ESG activities across the firm’s existing and new fund of fund strategies.

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a leading middle-market private equity firm, has appointed Lindsay Grider as global head of fundraising and investor relations. Grider will lead the firm’s global efforts to provide solutions for LLCP’s existing investors, develop new limited partner relationships and execute on a wide range of communications initiatives. She comes to LLCP following a successful 15-year history of driving effective strategic fundraising and investor relations programs, having held senior positions with Tailwater Capital and NGP Energy Capital.

Private client, corporate services and fund administration business Oak Group (Oak) has appointed James Tracey as managing director of its funds business in Guernsey, subject to regulatory approval. Tracey, who has joined Oak from JTC Group in Guernsey where he has been managing director since 2018, is heading up Oak Fund Services, which delivers specialist bespoke fund administration services to private equity, open ended, listed and alternative asset fund structures. Tracey has a career in the finance industry spanning more than 20 years and has extensive knowledge of investment and wealth management structures across a wide variety of asset classes.

European special situations investor North Wall Capital has appointed Jonas Frantz as Head of the Investor Partnerships group. Frantz will be responsible for building and maintaining long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships with the firm’s investor base. His responsibilities will include capital raising, marketing and business development, in addition to the development and growth of the Investor Partnerships team.

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has expanded its portfolio team with two senior appointments. LDC’s portfolio team works alongside the management teams of its portfolio businesses. It provides them with advice and expertise to support them to grow their businesses, navigate challenges and unlock new opportunities.   Tracy Bownes joins the team as a partner. With a passion for helping businesses to achieve commercial excellence, she brings over 20 years’ experience supporting management teams across a wide range of sectors to grow their businesses.  In addition, LDC partner Rob Schofield will be moving into the portfolio team after 11 years

Private investment firm Angeles Equity Partners (Angeles) has added two vice presidents – Te’Rhon O’Neal and Jamie Brown – to its investment team. Angeles is a specialist lower middle-market private equity investment firm with a consistent approach to transforming underperforming industrial businesses. Both O’Neal and Brown will be responsible for the evaluation, due diligence, and execution of new investments made by the firm. They will work alongside Angeles’ seasoned private equity professionals. Before joining Angeles, O’Neal was an investment professional at private equity firm Westhook Capital, while Brown held the same position at Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in New York and

FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investor, has appointed Kapil Venkatachalam as a partner. Venkatachalam will focus on investments in innovative, high-growth businesses in B2B software and technology-enabled services, further strengthening the firm’s deep expertise and successful track record in this sector over the last 24 years. The news comes on the heels of FTV closing a record $2.3 billion fund in March 2022 and a sustained period of momentum and success for the firm.   A seasoned software investor, Kapil joins FTV from TCV, where he spent more than 15 years investing in the software and tech-enabled services sectors,