Lazard Ltd (NYSE:LAZ) has appointed Patrick No as a Managing Director, in the firm’s Private Capital Advisory Group, effective immediately.  Based in Singapore, No will cover fundraising and secondary solutions across the Asia Pacific region. “Patrick is an experienced banker with proven success in multiple sectors and deep relationships with leading private equity firms,” says Holcombe Green, Global Head of Private Capital Advisory. “His addition strengthens our senior experience and expertise in APAC, together with Nick Miles, Head of Europe and Asia Private Equity, and demonstrates our commitment to the continued growth of our advisory practices in the region.” No

Ocorian, a specialist in fund administration, corporate, fiduciary and capital markets services, has hired Nathaniel Luker as a new Partner of its Cayman Islands legal arm, Ocorian Law (Cayman) Limited.  He advises on capital markets, private equity, corporate and finance transactions and will head up the legal arm’s capital markets and investment funds practices.  Luker previously worked in the Cayman Islands office of Mourant where he was Counsel in the Finance, Corporate and Funds team. Before moving offshore, he worked in the corporate teams of Freshfields in London and Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy in Moscow.  He was identified

Hunter Street Partners (Hunter Street), a Minneapolis-based alternative investment management firm, has appointed Marie Pillai as a Senior Advisor.   Pillai, who most recently served as General Mills’ Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer before retiring in 2019, has had a distinguished career over three decades managing multibillion-dollar investment portfolios and leading financial and operational teams at Fortune 500 companies. During her time at General Mills, she oversaw a well-diversified portfolio encompassing overfunded pension, 401k, healthcare and foundation assets.  Prior to that, Pillai was Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Siemens, managing and overseeing all aspects of their

Ocorian, a global leader in fund administration, capital markets, corporate and fiduciary services, has promoted Charlotte Cruickshank to Global Head of Fund Onboarding and Solutions. Ocorian provides bespoke technology-led specialist funds services to private equity, venture capital, real estate, and infrastructure focussed fund managers. It is one of Ocorian’s fastest growing business lines.  Cruickshank is based in Ocorian’s Jersey office and joined Ocorian as Executive Director – Funds in 2018. She has an extensive background in fund administration and accounting and in particular working closely with clients to define their specific requirements and build tailored administration solutions to meet their

Orangewood Partners (Orangewood), a long-term focused private investment firm, has appointed seasoned private equity investor Eric Engler as Managing Director. In this role, Engler, will be involved in sourcing, deal execution and management of Orangewood’s investments.  Prior to joining Orangewood, Engler spent 11 years at Reservoir Capital Group where he was a Senior Managing Director and a member of the Investment Committee. At Reservoir, Engler invested across the capital structure in a wide variety of industries and was involved in several strategic investments across the investment management space.  Previously, he was an investment analyst at DE Shaw & Co focused

MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a premier New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has appointed Eric Gordon and Bob Myers as Operating Partners.  Myers and Gordon, together with MidOcean’s existing network of seasoned Operating Partners, bring significant strategic and functional expertise to the firm and will be instrumental in helping MidOcean execute on its value-added, operating talent approach to middle market investing. Gordon, a senior executive with over 30 years of technology leadership experience, has been both a CIO and a strategic advisor to global companies in the retail, consumer products, financial services, healthcare

JPMorgan Asset Management has expanded its private credit platform with the appointment of Vincent Lu and Brian Van Elslander as co-heads of the newly formed Global Performing Credit group.  Lu and Van Elslander bring extensive experience in private credit and private equity sponsor coverage to the roles, and will report to Meg McClellan, Head of Private Credit at JPMorgan Private Capital.   Global Performing Credit will initially target opportunities in the direct lending segment, with plans to expand into other private credit strategies in the future. The new group will benefit from the scale and resources of JPMorgan’s USD168 billion

Independent fund administrator Centaur Fund Services has appointed Michael Marisca as Head of Business Development. Based in Centaur’s US headquarters in New York, Marisca will be responsible for overseeing and growing the company’s sales and revenue globally. Marisca has extensive business development experience in the funds industry and has held several senior operational and business development positions. His experience will be an important addition to Centaur as it continues to experience rapid growth in its North American business. Marisca will report to Des Johnson, CEO of Centaur US, who says: “We are delighted to welcome Mike as Head of Business