SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has appointed Michael Gilbert as Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Operations. Gilbert will be responsible for coordinating a team of operating executives and functional experts to accelerate value creation, drive process improvement initiatives and maximise the financial performance of SK’s portfolio of companies.    Prior to joining SK Capital, Gilbert was the CEO of Aristech Surfaces, a leading producer of surface products and design materials, where he led a significant transformation of the company culminating in a successful sale to Trinseo

Seraphim Space (Manager), the manager of the Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc (LSE: SSIT), a listed Space Tech Fund, has appointed Development Partners International partner Sarah Shackleton, as the Company’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO). The appointment is effective immediately. Shackleton joins Seraphim Space as Chief Operating Officer following a long and distinguished career in the private equity and investment banking sector, working for almost 15 years as a partner of Development Partners International, one of the leading private equity firms investing in Africa and overseeing cUSD2.8 billion in AUM. Her role included actively managing and administrating the funds which

Global alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital has appointed Ricardo Sommer as Head of Private Equity Germany, effective 7 March, 2022. Sommer will lead Tikehau Capital’s private equity activities in the DACH region. Based in Frankfurt, he will be responsible for building Tikehau Capital’s local private equity franchise, leveraging the firm’s established platform and global footprint.  Tikehau Capital opened its Frankfurt office in March 2021. Its client offering in Germany will aim to encompass all of its business segments: Private Debt; Real Assets; Private Equity; and Capital Markets strategies.

Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has promoted Scott Choi, Alberto Estefan, Mauricio Giusti, Shami Nissan, Lisa Pinsley and Sumit Sen to partner. Choi joined Actis Asia Real Estate team in 2018 following the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank’s Principal Finance Real Estate group (PFRE).  Estefan joined the Actis Energy team in 2014 and has played a key role in expanding our footprint in the Americas across four fund vintages.    Giusti joined Actis six months ago and brings extensive operating, consulting and investing experience within the Digital Infrastructure and Telecoms space – initially with McKinsey, then Telefonica and

Singapore Exchange-backed private market platform ADDX has appointed Oi-Yee Choo was its Chief Executive Officer, subject to the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) approval. The ADDX platform was founded in 2017 and began full commercial operations in 2020 after becoming one of the first digital securities exchanges to graduate from the MAS Fintech Regulatory Sandbox. Leading the company into its next phase of growth, Ms Choo projects that the ADDX platform will record USD1 billion in transactions by 2023, entrenching its position as Asia’s largest private market exchange. As a multi-asset exchange, ADDX has onboarded funds, bonds and equities. Asset

Gresham House Ventures (GHV), a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally-driven businesses in the consumer, healthcare and service sectors, has made five senior promotions in its investment team as the business continues to grow its investable capital base and looks to expand its team further. Maya Ward and Rowan Grobler have both been promoted to Investment Director in recognition of their outstanding track record leading on numerous successful deals for Gresham House Ventures. Ward joined GHV in 2019 and has led investments in a wide range of businesses in the digital healthcare and pharmaceutical services sectors, including eConsult,

InvestX Capital Ltd (InvestX), a private equity marketplace that allows broker-dealers to invest in pre-IPO companies through its GEM (Growth Equity Marketplace) platform, has expanded its executive leadership team with the appointments of Jonathan A Clark, as President, USA, and Dan Sanders, as Executive Vice President, Private Markets. Together, these leaders will support the company’s growth and further enhance its ability to provide sell-side broker-dealers access to the growing private markets space.   Clark, is the former Co-Head of the Equity Trading desk of BlackRock’s Americas business. He then went on to lead Luminex where he served most recently as

Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, has promoted two of its lawyers in Asia, Andrew Wood and Josie Ainley, to Partners in the firm’s Asia Funds & Investment management practice. Andrew’s practice focuses on investment funds for Asian clients and includes advising on all aspects relating to the formation and maintenance of both private equity and hedge funds. Ainley meanwhile, focuses on investment funds for international clients advising on all aspects relating to the formation and maintenance of both private equity and hedge funds, including extensive regulatory advice. Notably, the firm’s Asia Funds & Investment Management practice led

Pantheon, a global private markets investor, has made a key new hire within its private equity investment team, as Amyn Hassanally joins the firm as Partner and Global Head of Private Equity Secondaries. The appointment comes at a key juncture for Pantheon’s private equity secondaries platform, which invests across the full range of both LP and GP-led secondaries transactions globally. Last year, Pantheon expanded the strategy with the closing of its first program dedicated to GP solutions, Pantheon Secondary Opportunities Fund. Amyn brings considerable experience to the role from a formidable career in private equity forged over the past 23

Goji Investments, a UK-based technology investment platform that provides investors with digital access to private asset investments, has appointed Aidan Connolly as an independent non-executive director of the Company. Over the past 20 years, Connolly has held board roles at a number of private and publicly listed companies in the UK and internationally. Most recently, he served as CEO of Alter Domus Group, a leading provider of fund and corporate services for the alternative investment industry. He has also held executive board roles at My Travel Group, Sodexo UK, Worldpay and Wilko.