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Stableton Financial (Stableton), a European Fintech platform for alternative investments, has appointed Igor Shelemetiev as the Chief Revenue Officer and Christian Schmid as the Head of Investments.  The hires aim to strengthen Stableton’s management capabilities further and set the stage for its European expansion as it completes its Series A funding round. As the Chief Revenue Officer, Igor Shelemetiev will oversee the company’s revenue growth initiatives, including strategic business development, marketing and sales. In this newly created role, Igor will take a seat on the Management Board. Among others, the highly experienced growth manager previously helped fintech startup Mintos become
finnCap Cavendish, part of financial advisory firm, finnCap Group, had made two promotions to Partner and appointed seven new professionals to support the growth of the firm.  The promotions and investment in talent are a key part of finnCap Cavendish’s strategy to provide sector specialist and product agnostic advice to clients across their debt, equity and M&A needs.   Mark Kingston has been promoted to Partner – Head of Human Capital M&A, whilst Chris Malcolm has been appointed Partner within Technology.   Kingston joined finnCap Cavendish in 2020 and has over 15 years’ experience advising on sell-side and buy-side M&A
Strategic Capital Fund Management (Strategic Capital), an investment management organisation focused on digital economy investments, has expanded its wireless infrastructure team (Strategic Wireless) with the hiring of Ryan White as Vice President of Business Development.  White brings over 20 years’ experience in wireless infrastructure, mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing and business development. He will be instrumental in supporting operations, underwriting, modelling, contract management, project management, and deal closings. Before joining Strategic Wireless, White was a Managing Partner at Madson Capital & Advisors where he was responsible for sales processes for small to large wireless infrastructure businesses, financial modelling, divestiture planning
Goldman Sachs veteran Sheila Patel has joined the board of Antler, as the global early-stage venture capital firm continues its international expansion.  With three decades of experience in financial asset management, Patel has become a global leader in the asset management industry.   Previously, Patel was chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management based in London, and a member of the bank’s Firmwide Management Committee, holding leadership roles in two divisions across three continents. Before Goldman Sachs, Patel headed up Trading Strategy at Morgan Stanley for seven years. As the current Vice Chairman of B Capital Group, the venture capital firm
Crestbridge, a provider of private equity and real estate administration solutions, has appointed Siân Dalrymple as Group Chief Risk Officer.   Dalrymple will be responsible for the oversight and enhancement of Crestbridge’s risk function and the development of its risk management services platform for its global client base.   Dalrymple brings to the role vast experience and a proven track record in leading the compliance and risk functions for large, multi-national and stock-exchange listed organisations globally.   Prior to joining Crestbridge, Dalrymple was Executive Vice President, Group Head of Compliance and Group MLRO, and a member of the Executive Committee
Carlyle has appointed Ryan Selwood, former Head of Direct Private Equity at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), as Managing Director and Chief Development Officer. In this newly created position, Selwood will be involved in a range of investment and management activities across Carlyle, working alongside many in leadership to drive major priorities including growth initiatives and corporate M&A. He also will serve on Investment Committees across all segments of the firm, including our Corporate Capital Commitments Committee. Ryan will join Carlyle on 1 January, 2022, reporting to CEO Kewsong Lee. “We are thrilled to welcome Ryan to the
Axonic Capital, a New York-based structured credit, commercial real estate and systematic fixed income specialist with USD4.6 billion in assets under management, has appointed Vlad Kotov as a Portfolio Manager for the Axonic Systematic Arbitrage Strategy.  Kotov will report to Deniz Cicek, Head Portfolio Manager for the Systematic Strategy. Kotov has over a decade of experience as a quantitative portfolio manager. Prior to joining Axonic, Kotov was a Macro Portfolio Manager at Balyasny Asset Management, where he managed a portfolio with a focus on quantitative relative value strategies in FX and interest rates volatility. “We are very pleased to welcome
Procuritas Capital Investors VI (Procuritas), a private equity investor focused on investing in and growing Nordic mid-market companies, has appointed Arja Taaveniku as the new Chairperson of its portfolio company Polarn O Pyret, an iconic Swedish children’s clothing brand. Arja joins with extensive experience from her long career in international retail with companies such as IKEA and Kingfisher. She currently serves on the Boards of Dunelm plc, Nobia Group, and Handelsbanken Group and is Chairman of the Board of Svenska Handelsfastigheter. As well as working in various roles at IKEA and Kingfisher, she was CEO of Ikano Group, an international
Intertrust Group has made two new hires to strengthen and support its continued expansion into the private capital sector. 
Inflexion has appointed Isabelle Pagnotta as a Partner in its Services team. Pagnotta has 18 years’ private equity experience, most recently as a Managing Director at OMERS Private Equity where she focused on Services & Software in the French and UK markets. Prior to this, she worked at Bridgepoint and Arcapita and started her career at Bear Stearns in Investment Banking. She holds a MSc from ESCP Business School. Isabelle’s appointment further strengthens Inflexion’s Services team which is responsible for originating and growing a key sector for the firm. Inflexion has continued to invest in its team in 2021 and

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