General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, has appointed Annette Thomas as a Senior Advisor.  Based in London, Thomas will provide strategic support and counsel to General Atlantic’s investment teams and portfolio companies across the EMEA region.   Thomas brings more than 25 years of experience working with global media, data, information technology and education businesses across Europe and North America, overseeing numerous digital and data transformation strategies. Most recently, Thomas served as CEO of Guardian Media Group, the parent company of the Guardian and Observer newspapers, where she focused the group’s strategy on digital reader revenues whilst delivering

Equus Capital Partners (Equus), a real estate investment manager, has appointed Moira DiSandro as an associate.  In her role, DiSandro will focus on business development efforts, specifically capital raising for the firm’s commingled closed-end fund series as well as for its co-investment and programmatic joint venture activities. Prior to joining Equus, DiSandro served as the director of business development for FS Investment Solutions, where she was responsible for identifying and developing new relationships with OSJs and centres of influence advisor groups across the country. 

Fasanara Capital has made two significant additions to thitse team to strengthen deal origination and support the launch of its new Fintech-focused Venture Capital Fund. The first addition is Raj Dutta, who has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer.  Dutta joins Fasanara having spent the majority of the last twenty years in various head of marketing and investor relations roles at institutional hedge funds and fund of hedge funds. These include Lombard Odier, Oxford Asset Management, at its peak a USD5 billion quantitative hedge fund, and UBP, at the time the second largest allocator to hedge funds globally, with USDF55

Global private markets investor Pantheon has made a key new hire within its private equity investment team, with the appointment of as Amyn Hassanally as Partner and Global Head of Private Equity Secondaries. Hassanally brings considerable experience to the role from a formidable career in private equity forged over the past 23 years. He joins Pantheon following almost 17 years at Coller Capital in both New York and London, where he was an Investment Partner and formerly Global Co-Head of Investment Execution. He has significant experience with LP and GP-led transactions and participated in the firm’s investment committee.  Prior to

One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock), a value-oriented, operationally focused private equity firm, has added Dr Kevin Lang to its team of Operating Partners.  Lang will be responsible for driving post-acquisition value at One Rock’s portfolio companies through strategic, science-backed solutions focused on manufacturing and distribution in the food and beverage industry.   Lang brings almost 40 years of experience in the food and beverage industry to this role, particularly in operations, research and development, quality, environmental matters, and financial management. Prior to joining One Rock, Lang founded Soundwatch Consulting, which is focused on developing formulations to increase the shelf

TELEO Capital has appointed Kevin Hatch as an Operating Partner. Hatch brings over 20 years of financial, operational, and executive leadership experience, including a decade of work with private equity portfolio companies.  He has led multiple strategic growth initiatives, restructurings, and carve-outs across software, technology, business services, and industrial companies. Hatch most recently served as an executive of Avalex Technologies Corp and AppRiver. He was instrumental in the successful exit of both companies. Previously, he worked as an Operations Director at Marlin Equity Partners and as a Director in the Transaction Services Group at KPMG.

US law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP has added Business Law partner Martin Zivitz to its Indianapolis office.  Before joining Quarles & Brady, Zivitz was a partner at a national law firm and a vice president and general counsel for a medical management company. Zivitz counsels publicly and privately held business clients on corporate matters such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, commercial transactions, private equity investments and other complex transactions. He represents businesses of all sizes and from multiple industries including healthcare, skilled nursing, education, technology, energy, manufacturing and distribution, and financial services. He holds a Juris

Based on a proposal made by the Compensation, Appointment and Governance Committee, the Eurazeo Supervisory Board has renewed the terms of office of members of its Executive Board, chaired by Virginie Morgon, and appointed Jean-Charles Decaux as Chairman of the Supervisory Board.  These key appointments will enable Eurazeo to maintain and amplify its growth momentum, its international development and the expansion of each of its business lines in the years to come. Decaux, currently Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board, will become Chairman of the Eurazeo Supervisory Board after the 28 April, 2022 Shareholders’ Meeting. He will take over from Michel

Brookline Capital Markets, a division of Arcadia Securities, and a provider of research, financing solutions and strategic advice to life sciences, medical technology and diagnostics companies in both the public and private markets, as well as to Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), has made four key promotions. Michael D Fontaine has been promoted to Managing Partner and will continue to head the Equity Capital Markets and Syndicate businesses. Prior to Brookline, Mr. Fontaine served as the Head of U.S. Equity Syndicate at BTIG and Lazard Capital Markets. Patrick A Sturgeon has been promoted to Managing Partner and will continue to

Centaur Fund Services has further expanded its Luxembourg senior team with the appointment of Kevin McFadden as Head of Investor Services, Luxembourg. This new addition to its senior team supports Centaur’s Luxembourg expansion and boosts Centaur’s global profile.  With over fifteen years’ experience in the Fund Administration sector, McFadden has a proven track record in investor services. An experienced fund administration professional and leader, Kevin McFadden will report to Centaur’s CEO of Luxembourg, Antonio Frias and lead a team of employees who are responsible for maintaining relationships with investors and analysts, and providing them with specialist accounting, investor relations, customised