Garnett Station Partners (Garnett Station), a New York-based investment firm founded in 2013 by Matt Perelman and Alex Sloane that manages over $1 billion of assets, has appointed Dennis Maloney as operating partner. Maloney will work with Garnett Station’s portfolio companies to drive innovation and enhance digital strategies.    Prior to joining Garnett Station, Maloney spent 12 years at Domino’s Pizza leading the company’s digital transformation and innovation strategies as Chief Digital Officer and most recently as SVP and Chief Innovation Officer.

Sally Alayarian has been named as IQ-EQ’s new Group Chief Risk Officer. With over 20 years of international management experience in financial services, Alayarian joins the Group after spending six years as Global Director Risk Management & Internal Audit for a multinational professional services firm based in Amsterdam. She has also operated as an independent director advising boards and regulatory bodies on the optimisation and evolution of integrated risk and control frameworks, and has held executive positions in the banking sector. Alayarian will be based in the Netherlands and will join IQ-EQ’s Group Management Team. Her main responsibilities will include

Fintech company Outfund has closed a £115 million Series A round led by Force Over Mass, PostFinance, 1818 Venture Capital and Tribe Capital. The finding will support Outfund’s rapid global growth as it provides a faster, fairer and more affordable way for SMEs to raise growth capital across the globe.  Founders seeking capital can apply for finance using Outfund’s simple online application. Given the proprietary technology and product, only simple checks are required to access capital and there is no need for companies to provide business plans or go through prolonged risk assessments. Businesses simply connect their revenue accounts and,

Reframe Capital, a provider of alternative investment product and capital raising solutions, has launched a new investment capability with the appointment of Ray Maxwell (through his consulting business, Priv-ity Limited) as advisory partner. Maxwell’s extensive experience in private equity will serve to address the growing demand from asset owners to source and evaluate individual private equity and other private markets co-investment deals.  His investment career spans over four decades, and began at the Post Office Superannuation Fund where he built and led the alternative investments division in the early 1980s. In 1997, Ray joined Invesco (through the acquisition of LGT

TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has appointed Vishal Gupta as a Director in its Mumbai office. Prior to joining TA, Gupta worked at Softbank Vision Fund as an Investment Director, where he focused on technology investments within the consumer, education and financial services sectors.  Before Softbank, he was a Vice President at TPG Capital and spent time in the Investment Banking Department at Credit Suisse. Vishal earned his Bachelor of Technology in Industrial Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and his Post-Graduate Diploma from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Sycamore Tree Capital Partners (Sycamore Tree), a specialist asset manager with private and alternative credit investment expertise, has appointed Amanda Montgomery and Marc Gonyea to leadership marketing roles, as the firm continues to grow its relationships with institutional investors and consultants. Montgomery arrives from Allianz Global Investors as Managing Director. At Allianz, she spent eight years in relationship management and sales roles, including as the Senior Relationship Manager responsible for the South-West region.  Gonyea joins from Alcentra as Managing Director with a start date of 1 July . At Alcentra, he was a Managing Director responsible for institutional clients across

TowerBrook Capital Partners (TowerBrook), an international investment management firm, has appointed Andy Kalbaugh to its Management Advisory Board. Kalbaugh has over thirty years’ experience in the financial services industry. He is the former Managing Director and Divisional President of National Sales and Consulting at LPL Financial where he was responsible for the long-term growth and retention of financial advisors and institutions. In addition, he led the business and functional strategy for National Sales and Consulting Sales support teams across LPL’s retirement planning services, high-net-worth and private client solutions, financial planning insurance operations, and the Private Trust Company.

Global law firm Goodwin has appointed Andrew Roeder as a partner in the firm’s Private Investment Funds practice in Boston. Roeder counsels both established and emerging sponsors across a wide range of investment strategies, including venture capital, growth equity, private equity, and private credit, as well as assisting sponsors in connection with negotiating and launching separately managed accounts, alternative investment vehicles, co-investment funds, and other bespoke investment arrangements. His work ranges from advising established sponsors in connection with multi-billion-dollar global fundraising mandates to guiding emerging managers through all aspects of establishing their operations and raising capital.

Angeles Equity Partners (Angeles), a private investment firm focused on value creation through operational transformation, has appointed Matthew Hively as an Operating Partner. Hively joins the firm with over 15 years of experience in strategy, and operational leadership positions, including as a CEO. Angeles is a specialist lower middle-market private equity investment firm with a consistent approach to transforming underperforming industrial businesses. In his role as an operating partner in Angeles’ affiliated operations group, Hively will support the due diligence process, build and execute value creation plans for the companies in which Angeles invests, and aim to drive the growth

Maitland Fund Services has appointed Jacolene Otto as Head of Fund Services – Luxembourg, as of 1 April 2022. The Luxembourg regulator, the CSSF, has approved Otto’s Day-to-Day Manager (DDM) responsibilities, which will include both regulatory and functional reporting lines. Maitland was founded in Luxembourg in 1976 and has over nearly five decades built a first-class, solid reputation in the jurisdiction. The head count of Maitland Fund Services in Luxembourg is 25, all of whom will report to Ms Otto. In addition, Otto has been appointed as Director on the Board of Maitland Luxembourg SA.