Hanover Investors has appointed Brett Lankester, the former Chief Executive of UBP London, as a Senior Partner. Lankester is spearheading the development of the firm’s capital raising and investor relations capabilities. Along with Matthew Peacock, the Founder and Chairman of the specialist investor, and with other Senior Partners, he will also be involved in developing the strategic direction of the firm which operates in under-analysed and illiquid markets. Lankester is a senior figure in the sector; he was UBP’s London Chief Executive for three years following the Swiss private bank’s acquisition of ACPI Investment Managers, which he co-founded in 2007.

Sustainable growth equity fund Revaia has promoted Morgan Kessous as Partner. Kessous joined Revaia in 2018 and has since played a key role in the fund’s growth, both in terms of investment strategy, sourcing and monitoring of portfolio companies, as well as in recruiting new team members in Paris and Berlin. Kessous had previously joined Revaia’s Executive Committee, made up of the fund’s co-founders, Alice Albizzati and Elina Berrebi, and COO Bettina Denis.

Gulf Capital portfolio company, Cedar White Bradley (CWB) Legal Limited, has opened its new headquarters in Abu Dhabi. The company was awarded a licence by Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) to operate from one of the most attractive, accessible, and innovative International Financial Centres. CWB Legal is one of the largest intellectual property legal consultancy firms in the region, with footprint in 22 countries.  CWB is a specialist in Intellectual Property services.

Pantheon, a global provider of diversified private markets investment solutions, has made a number of promotions including four new partners. All of the new Partners are in the firm’s global Investor Relations teams The four new Partners are: • John Greenwood, Head of Canada in our North American Investor Relations team, who joined Pantheon in 2010 and manages client relationships in Canada • Michael Hutten, Head of US Private Wealth, who joined Pantheon in 2018 to expand relationships with financial advisors and their high-net worth investors • Jinman Kim, Head of South Korea in our Asian Investor Relations team, who

MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a premier New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in alternative credit investments and middle-market private equity, has appointed Jamil Nathoo as a Managing Director of MidOcean Credit. In this role, he will be responsible for expanding MidOcean’s institutional relationships and CLO platform.  Nathoo recently served as Head of Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) and Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Syndicate at Goldman Sachs, where he managed the global marketing and distribution process for CLO and ABS issuance. Based in New York, he will report to Dana Carey, Chief Investment Officer of MidOcean Credit.

Harris Williams, a global investment bank specialising in M&A advisory services, has appointed Dr Julian Feneley as Managing Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS). Feneley brings close to 30 years of healthcare and life sciences industry experience to Harris Williams, and will lead HCLS’s European efforts, building on the firm’s expertise across the group’s key verticals, including pharma services, medical devices, and numerous healthcare provider segments. Feneley was most recently Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Europe at Macquarie Capital (investment banking division of Macquarie Group).

Private investment firm Littlejohn & Co (Littlejohn) has promoted five individuals across the firm.  In the Private Equity group, Thomas Bennet, Charles Leung, and William McDavid have been promoted to Principal. In the Operations & Administration group, Michelle Ayaz has been promoted to Assistant Controller and Andrew Hof has been promoted to Senior Accountant.   Bennet joined Littlejohn in 2011 and has played key roles in a number of transactions including Contech, GSE Environmental, Interior Specialists Inc., Patient Point Health Technologies, and Tidel. Leung joined Littlejohn in 2013 and has been significantly involved in a number of transactions including Alltech,

Global alternative investment firm Värde Partners as promoted three senior investment professionals to the role of Partner: Jim Dunbar, Aneek Mamik and Carlos Sanz Esteve.

Water Asset Management (WAM) has appointed Erin Heitkamp as Vice President, Sustainability and Farm Product Marketing. Heitkamp will lead WAM’s vision, strategy and execution around key performance indicators of sustainability and positive impact for our portfolios of agriculture assets and water resources.  Heitkamp brings more than 20 years of experience driving sustainability initatives. For nearly 15 years, she served in various leadership roles at Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines focused on advancing the airlines’ and the industry’s positions on climate change, renewable fuels, and sustainability.

PwC UK has appointed Hugh Lloyd Ellis as leader of its Private Equity business. Lloyd Ellis has worked at PwC for over 15-years, including two years in Hong Kong firm, supporting clients through the deals process as a Transactions Services partner.  As the Private Equity leader he brings a deep sector market knowledge and the best of PwC’s technical capabilities from across the UK to its clients.