finnCap Group has appointed Zuleika Salter as Co-Head of its Private Growth Capital division. finnCap is a provider of strategic advisory and capital raising services to growth companies. As an integral part of the firm’s full-service offering, the private growth capital team is focused on partnering with the most innovative, entrepreneurial businesses, helping them raise capital from VCs, VCTs, private equity and family offices.   The appointment will strengthen finnCap’s Private Growth Capital division and enhance the team’s ability to source funding for its clients from an increasingly large pool of capital. By developing long-term relationship with businesses, finnCap, through

Seraphim Space, the manager of Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc (LSE: SSIT), the world’s first listed Space Tech Fund, has appointed the former Investment Director of Virgin Management, Andre Ronsoehr, to help develop and build out the space investment portfolio. The appointment is effective immediately. Ronsoehr joins Seraphim Space as Investment Director following a career focussed on the space sector, working for almost a decade at Virgin Management – the family office of Sir Richard Branson. Ronsoehr co-led the seed investment in One Web in 2015 and was instrumental in investments into Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit. During this time

FRMO Corp has added Alice C Brennan, Herbert M Chain, and Dov Glickman to its Board of directors. With the appointment of Brennan, Chain, and Glickman, FRMO Corp now has nine directors, of which six are independent. “We are very pleased to welcome Alice Brennan, Herb Chain, and Dov Glickman to the Board. We’ve already been beneficiaries of their intellectual capital – which we’ve always intended to be the core FRMO asset – and look forward to their continued contributions,” says Murray Stahl, FRMO Corp.’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “As we continue to focus our attention on expanding and

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has added a private equity team of three partners in its London office. The team, all formerly with Vinson & Elkins LLP in London, will continue to focus on cross-border M&A, particularly infrastructure, ESG and real assets transactions for both private equity and corporate clients.  The team is active in various sectors, including energy transition, transportation, telecoms, shipping, water and wastewater, EfW and building materials. The team is also very active on advising on global impact and climate change related investments.   Partner Federico (Fede) Fruhbeck, who will serve as Gibson Dunn’s Head of Private Equity

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of Robert Nield as a funds and investment management partner in London. “As our global private equity and related practices continue to grow exponentially, our global funds formation practice must also grow to support them,” says White & Case partner John Reiss, Head of the Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. “We remain committed to growing our funds formation practice across our offices, with the addition of Robert and others.”   Nield advises a broad range of global fund sponsors and investors on

Global energy technology investor, EV Private Equity (EV), has appointed Shell’s Ulrika Wising to its Advisory Board.  Wising joins a group of senior industry representatives to create a board with over 200 collective years of energy industry expertise.   Wising brings insight from a varied career building businesses across the energy mix, which EV will leverage as it works to accelerate development its portfolio of sustainable energy technologies focussed on decarbonisation. Currently, Ms Wising is VP of Global Customer Solutions at Shell.   In 2019, Wising joined Shell as VP of Strategy and Portfolio, where she helped establish and then

BGF has appointed industry veteran Nicol Fraser to lead its investment team in London and the South East. Fraser joins from private equity firm Dunedin where he was a partner in the business. Nicol led the investment team, investing across a broad range of sectors, with a particular specialism in technology enabled business and financial services. In his 20-year career at Dunedin, Fraser helped to support management buy-outs and invested growth capital for companies with enterprise values of between GBP20 million to GBP100 million. Prior to Dunedin, Fraser worked for private equity house Bridgepoint. He started his career at Tenon

Blackstone has appointed Emily Yoder as Senior Managing Director, Strategic Relationship Management.  She will serve as a primary interface with Blackstone’s banking and other financial services partners. In this newly created role, Yoder will be responsible for delivering a firm-wide approach to relationship management. Vik Sawhney, Chief Administrative Officer and Global Head of Institutional Client Solutions, says: “We’ve known Emily for many years, and I’m very excited to welcome her to the Blackstone team. Her skills will help us deepen our relationships with key financial partners as we continue to rapidly expand into new verticals.” Yoder says: “I’ve grown to

Apex Group has appointed Declan Byrne to the newly created role of Head of Loan Agency, Corporate Solutions.  In this role, Byrne , who is based in Dublin and reports to Michael Carroll, Head of Corporate Services, Ireland, will oversee the continued development and growth of the Group’s Loan Agency services.   Byrne brings over 18 years of valuable experience within the Financial Services industry and joins Apex from BNY Mellon, where he held the role of Group Vice President in the Client Services team. Prior to this, Byrne held senior roles at major financial institutions including Head of Loan

ORIX Corporation USA (ORIX USA) has appointed Jordan Robinson as Managing Director and Head of Investor Solutions within its asset management business.  Robinson joins the firm from Fairview Capital Group, where he was Senior Partner, Global Syndication and LP Communications. He reports to Charlie Gilroy, Chief Operating Officer of ORIX USA’s asset management business and is based in the firm’s New York office. Robinson has over 23 years of experience in investment management, with a focus on fundraising, business development, deal syndication and investor relations. In his new role, he will oversee capital raising for ORIX USA’s asset management business