Apex Group has appointed Dr Ryan Lemand as a Non-Executive Director of FundRock Investment Management Services (ME) Ltd (FundRock Middle East). Lemand brings decades of financial services experience including as the former Senior Executive Officer and Board Director of ADS Investment Solutions, the ADSS Group’s Wealth and Asset Management Company, which he launched and grew to become one of the largest companies in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).   Prior to this, he was the Senior Advisor and Head of Risk Management at the Emirates Securities & Commodities Authority, the UAE’s federal securities regulator. He previously held the role

ECI Partners, a growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has further expanded its Origination Team with the appointment of Tsvetelina Delcheva as an Origination Manager. Delcheva joins ECI from working in Origination within FTI Consulting’s Transaction Services team, where she was responsible for tracking deal pipelines, identifying relevant investments for private equity funds, and shortlisting suitable acquisition targets.  Prior to FTI Consulting, Delcheva was a Manager at Gerson Lehrman Group, where she managed a portfolio of private equity and investment firms, with a focus on mid-market private equity firms based in the DACH region.   Tsvetelina is ECI’s second hire into

General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has appointed Cornelia Gomez as its global head of ESG. Based in London, Gomez will oversee General Atlantic’s strategy to advance environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts at the firm and across its portfolio. A recognized leader in the industry, Gomez brings experience across ESG, CSR strategy and ethical and environmental compliance, working across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Most recently, Gomez was Head of ESG and Sustainability at PAI Partners, where she established its ESG practice and was a key intermediary between investors, investment teams and portfolio companies, helping to integrate ESG

Ryan Hicke, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at SEI, is to become the company’s next chief executive officer and a member of its board of directors, effective 1 June, 2022. Hicke will succeed Founder Alfred P West, Jr, who is transitioning to the role of Executive Chairman after successfully leading and growing SEI for more than 50 years. The executive management team, currently reporting to West, will report to Hicke effective 1 June.  Throughout his 24-year career at SEI, Hicke has held a number of senior leadership positions across the company’s global businesses, playing an important role in

One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock), a value-oriented, operationally focused private equity firm, has appointed Andrea (AJ) Skobel to its team of operating partners. Working in conjunction with One Rock operating partner Mike Anderson, Skobel will be responsible for driving post-acquisition value at One Rock’s portfolio companies primarily through strategic talent and organisational development solutions and alignment of human resource strategy with business and operational strategies.   Skobel brings over 20 years of experience in executive human resource management, talent acquisition and leadership development. Prior to joining One Rock, Skobel spent nearly a decade at IDEX Corporation and prior to

C Street has appointed Bre Pressey and Dr Thomas Ogorzalek as Co-Heads of the firm’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory practice. Together, Pressey and Ogorzalek will lead the group at C Street advising clients on how to best invest in DEI and make DEI systemic in their organisations.

The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has appointed Charlie Troup as chair of its council for the next year up to 31 March 2023. Troup brings to the role nearly 30 years’ experience in private equity, having supported businesses of all sizes and at all stages of growth. He is a Managing Partner and chair of the investment committee at Duke Street – a leading investor in mid-market companies in Western Europe – having joined the firm in 2006.   Troup has been Vice Chair of the BVCA’s Council for the past year, following two and half

Atwater Capital (Atwater), a media and entertainment-focused alternative investment firm, has appointed Carol Lim as Principal.

Experienced growth investor Charlie Winward is the latest partner to join YFM Equity Partners (YFM), adding further portfolio support as the firm targets significant growth, with the number of portfolio businesses expected to grow by around 40 per cent over the next three years. Based at YFM’s London office and working across its offices in London and Reading, Winward takes on the new role of head of portfolio (South), complementing colleague Steve Harrison who is head of portfolio (North), supporting the teams in Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.

POLARIS Investment Advisory AG (POLARIS) has added three investors as senior advisors to its advisory board – Dajana Brodmann, Marc Lau and Pablo López de Ayala. The trio will support POLARIS with the selection and assessment of new investment opportunities in the areas of Private Equity, Private Debt and Infrastructure. In addition, the appointments reflect the increasing importance of the Asian markets for POLARIS’ private markets activities and the necessary country-specific competencies. Brodmann is responsible for E.ON’s private equity and infrastructure portfolio, Lau is a managing partner of Axiom Asia, a specialist in private equity strategies in Asia, while López