Motive Partners (Motive), a specialist private equity firm focused on growth equity and buyout investments in software and information services companies that serve the financial services industry (financial technology), has appointed Mariano Belinky as an Industry Partner.  Belinky will focus on areas that bring strategic value to Motive Partners’ investment mandate.   Motive Partners believes the adoption of new digital channels, innovative processes and game-changing technologies will yield value-creating opportunities for forward-thinking alternative investment firms. The appointment of Mariano demonstrates Motive’s intent to continue building capabilities to support the Motive platform’s mission of outsized returns, focusing on operator and innovator

Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP), a middle market private equity firm that focuses on investments in rapidly growing information, marketing and tech-enabled services businesses, has made three additions to its team.  James Barbour and Rachel Choi join as Senior Associates and Marissa Nazario as CFO & Chief Compliance Officer.   “Our firm’s success relies on exceptionally talented investment professionals who work together flawlessly as a team. We have established ten platform companies comprised of 50 acquisitions. Our team has demonstrated they can successfully originate proprietary opportunities, attract world class executive talent, execute complex integrations and help successfully lead our companies through

BGF has expanded its Central Scotland team following the appointments of investors, John Devine and Chris Nixon.  The pair will join a team of five experienced investors working across both BGF’s Edinburgh and Belfast offices, as the firm continues to look for opportunities to invest in growing businesses with the ambition and potential to scale.  BGF typically backs companies with revenues from GBP1 million right up to GBP100 million-plus, and across all sectors. This year alone in Scotland, the company has already invested over GBP40 million across 12 growth businesses, including a cornerstone investment which marked BGF’s second investment in

Alternative investment platform CAIS, has appointed Abby Salameh as Chief Marketing Officer, effective 8 November. Based in the New York office, Salameh will report to CAIS Founder and CEO, Matt Brown, and join the Executive Committee. “We are thrilled to have Abby join our leadership team in this newly created role, as her deep expertise in the wealth management industry, and shared passion for democratising alternative investments will be integral to driving our business forward,” says Brown. Salameh brings over 25 years of experience serving the independent advisor community, most recently as Chief Marketing Officer at Hightower Advisors, where she

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Teresa Zueco, an M&A and private equity lawyer in the Spanish market, as a partner in its Global Corporate Practice in Madrid.  Zueco, who also assumes the role of managing partner in Spain, joins Squire Patton Boggs from DLA Piper along with six corporate M&A and private equity lawyers, legal directors Pablo García and Rocío García and associates Alejandra Castañeda, Luis Gutiérrez, Alvaro Luaces and Mónica Sebares.   Jonathan Jones, European managing partner, says: “Teresa and her team are well established and highly regarded corporate and private equity lawyers, not just in Spain, but across

Jan-Hendrik Buerk, 28, has been becoming the youngest partner at btov. Originally from Hamburg, Buerk has been with btov since 2016. 

Eurazeo has appointed William Kadouch-Chassaing as the Group’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Head of Strategy to succeed Philippe Audouin when he steps down from the Executive Board in March 2022.

Trilantic North America, a growth-focused private equity firm, ahas promoted Ted Rosenwasser to Partner, bringing the firm’s leadership team to 15 Partners.  This follows the appointments of Giulianna Ruiz and Christopher Murphy to Partner and the addition of Kristin DePlatchett as Partner and Head of Investor Relations earlier this year.   Rosenwasser joined Trilantic North America as a Senior Associate in 2014 and primarily focuses on investments in the business services and light industrials sectors. He has played an instrumental role in recent platform investments in healthcare services end-markets, including Ingenovis Health and Rarebreed Veterinary Partners, that build on Trilantic

Scottish biotech Roslin Technologies has been awarded a major grant to develop its world-leading technology for cultivated meat – meat grown directly from animal cells without the need to raise animals.  The grant is part of a UK government drive to make food production more sustainable, highlights the transformative potential of cultivated meat and recognises Roslin Technologies’ leading capability in the space.    The GBP1 million is split between a grant from the Government’s innovation support body, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), under the Transforming Food Production programme, and investment led by the British Innovation Fund. The money will be

Jonathon Kaufman and Ted Michaels have joined Evercore’s Investment Banking business as Senior Managing Directors in the Infrastructure, Utilities and Renewables Group based in New York. Kaufman was most recently Global Co-Head of the Energy & Infrastucture Group at Credit Suisse. Prior to that, he was Global Head of the Infrastucture, Utilities and Renewables Group. He will lead Evercore’s efforts across Utilities and Renewables in New York. Over his more than twenty-year career, he has advised on M&A and capital markets across renewables, energy transition, conventional power and utility transactions for corporate, private equity and infrastructure funds. Recent transactions include