Earth Capital, a global sustainable investing private equity group, has appointed Phil Culver Evans as Chief Executive. Culver Evans will move from his current role as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and take over Earth Capital’s CEO responsibilities from Gordon Power, who remains Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Culver Evans joined Earth Capital in 2017 with a track record of senior management expertise in financial and operational leadership roles, specialising in transformation and value realisation. During his time as CFO Earth Capital grew its AUM significantly, as well as launching the Nobel Sustainability Fund®. Phil has proved a valuable addition to the

The Cibus funds, a sustainable food and agriculture investment adviser, has appointed Benoit Boisseuil and Tom Ritchie as Investment Directors.  The pair will source, execute and manage growth equity and buy-out situations within the Cibus funds. Boisseuil and Ritchie join during a period of strong growth for the Cibus funds, which see significant investment opportunities presented by global demographic changes, shifting consumption patterns and the inability of the world’s fastest growing economies to meet rapidly increasing regional demand for high-value foods. Boisseuil has over 13 years’ experience as a private equity investor, M&A investment banker and strategy consultant across EMEA

Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has expanded its Restructuring & Turnaround practice in Asia with the appointment of Budi Mulyana as Senior Director, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. With this first appointment in Indonesia, A&M expands its presence in Southeast Asia, five years after the opening of its Singapore office. Mulyana’s appointment reinforces A&M’s Restructuring & Turnaround offering in Asia, following several recent senior appointments in the region, including Managing Director Joshua Taylor and Senior Director Steffi Thio based in Singapore, Senior Advisor Tod Macri in Hong Kong and Senior Director Ben Hsiao in Shanghai. It also rounds

Alderwood Capital (Alderwood), a London-based fund manager, has appointed Cathy Jones as a Partner and a member of its Investment Committee. A senior human capital executive, Jones focuses on all aspects of high value performance management in the asset management sector, with a particular emphasis on succession planning, understanding how investment teams interact and make successful decisions, and sustaining thriving cultures. Alderwood’s investment process places a heavy reliance on understanding the leadership and investment ‘DNA’ of its target businesses and Jones will lead this effort.     Jones was previously a Partner at Northill Capital where she worked alongside existing

Shore Capital Partners (Shore), a strategic private equity firm focused on microcap investing in the healthcare, food and beverage, business services and real estate industries, has appointed Brad Morehead as partner and head of the firm’s business services fund. In his role, Morehead will continue the firm’s strategy to deploy industry-focused funds. He is responsible for partnering with business services entrepreneurs and companies with USD1 million to USD10 million in EBITDA to drive transformational growth. Morehead will lead partnerships and transactions, including investment sourcing and valuation, transaction structuring and corporate development. Within business services, the team will initially target pest

Bowmark Capital has further strengthened its portfolio management and value creation team with the appointment of Ben Hollowood as a portfolio director. Ben joins Bowmark after eight years at AnaCap Financial Partners where he was a managing director and provided strategic and operational support to the firm’s portfolio companies. Previously, he worked in the private equity practice at Bain & Company which he joined from LEK Consulting. Bowmark’s portfolio management and value creation team works throughout the investment lifecycle to help its portfolio companies accelerate their growth and to develop and implement strategies for building long-term value. Charles Ind, managing

Arcano Asset Management, the asset management division of Arcano Partners, has appointed Matilde Horta e Costa to lead private equity secondary market investments for Europe. Matilde Horta e Costa has a BA from the University of Cambridge and began her career in the M&A advisory team at Perella Weinberg Partners in London. More recently, Matilde spent over five years in the investment and investor relations teams at Coller Capital, one of the largest private equity secondaries fund managers with over USD22 billion raised in the last ten years.   As a result of her time at Coller Capital, Matilde has

Canoe Intelligence (Canoe), a financial technology company focused on data management processes for alternative investors, wealth managers, asset servicers, and capital allocators, has appointed Vishal Saxena as its new Chief Technology Officer. Saxena brings over 20 years of academic and industry experience within financial services to his new role. He will leverage his experience in team building, process optimisation, software development, project management and alternative and private investments domain knowledge to support Canoe’s growing client base and strengthen the company’s product and technology strategy.     Prior to joining Canoe, Saxena was a Managing Director in the Blackstone Technology and

William Blair, a global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management, has appointed  Michael Nelson as managing director in the firm’s growing Technology investment banking team. Drawing on his deep fintech sector expertise and industry relationships, Nelson will play a pivotal role in the firm’s FinTech advisory growth, while expanding its investment banking footprint to include Denver.   “We are thrilled to have Mike, an investment banker with a unique and strategic eye for fintech, join our growing, industry-leading Technology team,” says Peter Dalrymple, co-head of Technology investment banking at William Blair. “His addition continues