Global alternative investment manager Wafra Inc has promoted Adel A Alderbas to Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Alderbas will work closely with Chief Executive Officer Fawaz Al-Mubaraki to oversee the firm’s investment activities and execute Wafra’s vision to deliver investment solutions that provide long-term prosperity for asset owners around the world. Alderbas is a 15-year veteran of Wafra, during which time he has overseen many of the firm’s key strategic and core investment initiatives, serving most recently as Deputy CIO. He will oversee all alternatives and liquid markets transactions including strategic partnerships, real assets, real estate, private equity and venture capital

OnePlanetCapital, the climate change-focused early stage venture capital fund, has appointed Anthony Chant as Investment Director. Chant will lead investment decisions for the company’s flagship EIS fund, targeting companies and projects that will genuinely benefit the environmental prospects of the UK and the wider planet. Chant has joined OnePlanetCapital to advise on targeted investments that will tackle C02 emissions as well as businesses with a positive environmental impact. The OnePlanetCapital Sustainable EIS Fund aims to deliver industry leading returns whilst only backing companies and projects that will support the emerging green economy. Chant has 20 years of experience managing businesses

Kline Hill Partners, a small-deal focused private equity secondaries investment firm, has promoted Danielle Buccola to Chief Financial Officer. Buccola joined Kline Hill in 2016, where she previously served as Vice President of Finance and Operations.    The Greenwich, CT-based firm has continued to bolster its ranks over the past six months, making several senior and mid-level hires that reflect its vibrant pace of growth and recent expansion into Europe. Notably, In Q3 of 2021, Elena Laleh joined as a Managing Director to support Kline Hill’s sourcing and investment activities from the firm’s newly established office in Zurich, Switzerland, where

Arcano Partners, an independent financial advisory firm specialising in alternative asset management, has expanded  into the Italian market with the opening of a new office in Milan. The firm has hired Paule Ansoleaga Abascal as the new Managing Director of Arcano alternative asset management in Italy to head up the new office, which is in via Dante No7, at the heart of Milan’s financial district. The company already has a presence in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Seville, New York and Los Angeles.  Abascal has 17 years of international experience in capital markets and asset management in Spain, France, the United Kingdom,

Monk’s Hill Ventures (MHV), a venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech startups in Southeast Asia, has appointed Susli Lie as Partner, expanding the form’s senior leadership team. As a firm focused on building a strong partnership of entrepreneurs and operators, she will be responsible for building MHV’s Indonesia business, spearheading the firm’s ESG program, and supporting portfolio companies on the ground. Lie is also a seasoned finance professional, having built a career with global experience at the cross-section of finance, international development, and technology. Born and raised in Jakarta, she has spent the last decade in Indonesia advising, investing,

BOOST&Co, an alternative lender which provides fast, flexible funding to UK SMEs, has appointed Rebecca Blaymires as a principal based in the company’s Birmingham office. Blaymires will be joining the firm’s growing South and Midlands team, with a focus on supporting the needs of SMEs across the Midlands.   The appointment follows a period of significant growth for BOOST&Co, with the firm tripling the size of its front office in 2021 in its commitment to offer funding support to more businesses across the UK. Blaymires is the second addition to the Birmingham team, following the appointment of Matt Vincent who

Runway Growth Capital (Runway), a provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, has hired Rachel Goldstein as Senior Vice President of Growth to improve the quantity and quality of deal flow. Goldstein will report to Mark Donnelly, Managing Director and Head of Origination at Runway.  In this newly created role, Goldstein will be charged with growing the deal pipeline and implementing operational best practices to ensure the firm’s origination efforts are more streamlined to reach the right borrowers at the right time.   Goldstein previously led marketing and operations at

Okolita’s role will see him lead the firm’s global outsourced business services arm as part of IQ-EQ’s growth strategy. IQ-EQ, a service provider to the global community of alternative asset managers, has named Matt Okolita as Global Head of Outsourced Business Services. In the US, the world’s largest and fastest growing market, IQ-EQ operates across seven states and employs over 550 people with plans to significantly grow this number in 2022 thanks to continued strong business growth.   Okolita previously led Greyline Partners (Greyline), a regulatory, compliance and governance consultancy which was acquired by IQ-EQ in November 2021. In this

Star Mountain Capital (Star Mountain), an investment manager, with approximately USD2.5 billion in assets under management, focused exclusively on investing in lower middle-market firms, has appointed ennis Duerst has joined as a Senior Advisor. Star Mountain Senior Advisors/Operating Partners are aligned with Star Mountain’s full-time team and investors through sharing in investment profits and through their personal capital invested. Duerst was most recently President at 3M Investment Management Corporation, the USD25 billion investment fiduciary for 3M’s retirement plans on a global basis. He launched initial investments in hedge funds and private credit and focused on absolute return and private market

The IMA Group (IMA), a leading technology-enabled provider of medical and psychological screening and evaluation services and clinical research site network and a portfolio company of Centre Parters, has made several important changes to its executive leadership team. David C Pulver, MD, IMA’s Founder, has transitioned from his role as CEO to Executive Chairman; Mark I. Weinberger, PhD, MPH, who was previously IMA’s President, has become President & CEO; Erica Stirling, Esq has joined IMA as General Counsel; Michael Hirsch has joined IMA as Chief Information Officer; and Laura Norris has joined IMA as Vice President of Operations, Payer Services.