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One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock) has appointed Jason Sutton as Head of Business Development. Based in New York, Sutton will work closely with the investment team on marketing and investment sourcing activities.
Sutton joins One Rock from Platinum Equity where he was responsible for business development activities focused on identifying and evaluating new acquisition opportunities. Prior to Platinum Equity, Mr. Sutton served as a Vice President at Deutsche Bank AG and as an Associate at HealthCap.
“We are excited to welcome Jason to the team to lead our business development effort,” says Tony W Lee, Managing Partner of
Verus, an investment consulting and OCIO provider, has added two additional investment professionals to the team working out of its Pittsburgh office.
The most recent additions are Chris Shelby, director, Private Markets and Evan Benedict, consulting associate. Shelby and Benedict join investment consulting industry veterans Mark Brubaker, managing director, senior consultant and a member of Verus’ Management Committee, and Ted Herman, managing director, senior consultant.
“We are delighted to add Chris and Evan to our roster of talented professionals at Verus. Our presence on the East Coast has been well-received and has assisted us in growing our business there and
Squire Patton Boggs continues to expand its Financial Services Practice Group with the appointment of Steven Ward as partner in the firm’s London office.
Ward, who joins from Paul Hastings, will spearhead the development of a new Funds Practice.
Welcoming Ward, Jonathan Jones, European managing partner, says: “Steven will drive forward a new Funds Practice from London and focus on the fundraising and ongoing advising of real estate, private equity, venture capital and debt funds, offering our diverse client base additional investment expertise to complement our current transactional support for their businesses.”
“Steven’s arrival is another step in
Crestbridge has appointed Ross Thomson as Director, Head of Funds Services Luxembourg.
In his new role, Thomson is responsible for overseeing the full range of fund administration services through Crestbridge’s Luxembourg office as well as utilising his expertise to support the wider group strategy for growth. The appointment comes as Crestbridge recently marked ten years operating in Luxembourg, and where in the last year it has doubled is assets under administration and team size, demonstrating the businesses commitment to the jurisdiction and to expanding its Luxembourg service offering.
Prior to joining Crestbridge, Thomson was the COO for Carne Global Fund
Private Equity company Yellow Brick Capital has appointed Johan van Zyl as CEO of I-Feeder Technologies (UK), a company which is now part of the YB AgTech Ecosystem.
The appointment comes after I-Feeder Technologies, a plant nutrition hardware and technology company, relocated the company headquarters to the UK from South Africa in 2020. van Zyl was appointed as COO (Chief Operating Officer) of Yellow Brick Capital at the end of last year.
Born in South Africa, van Zyl gained a degree in Management Accountancy from the University of Stellenbosch. In 2000 he took over as Managing Director of I-Feeder
Hexcite Group, a provider of design, communication, brand activation, signage, display and merchandising products and services for major brand owners and retailers, has appointed Wes Mulligan as Group Chief Executive.
Mulligan has led a number of businesses across retail, leisure and support services sectors. In recent years, as CEO of Danwood, he led the turnaround and exit of the UK’s largest independent supplier of printers and photocopiers. At Selecta, the vending and coffee business, he led the integration and alignment of five businesses into one to create a GBP200m-plus turnover market leader.
Mulligan joins the Hexcite Group as it
PEWIN (Private Equity Women Investor Network) has appointed Kirsty McGuire, former General Counsel of the StepStone Group, as its first Executive Director.
McGuire will complement PEWIN’s existing leadership team, which includes Kelly Williams (Chair), Kate Mitchell (Vice Chair), Krista Hatcher and Dana Johns (Co-Chief Executive Officers), Jill Kitazaki and Joanne Yoo (Co-Presidents), Iris Zhao-Fiorello (Secretary), and Sarah Corr (Treasurer).
“Kirsty has a long history of demonstrating her passion for PEWIN’s mission to increase the profile of women in private equity, including active engagement with PEWIN’s recent sponsorship campaign,” says Kelly Williams, Founding Chair, PEWIN. “This is a major milestone for
Intriva Capital (Intriva) has made a new senior addition to its asset management team with the appointment of Kawai Chung. Chung adds depth to Intriva’s expertise in the capital markets and financial services sectors.
Chung joins as Managing Director within the Asset Management team, and will be responsible for managing Intriva’s regulated financial services investments and providing oversight and advice on debt and capital market funding solutions. Kawai has more than 17 years’ experience in capital markets and joins from ARA Venn, where he was Head of Capital Markets and Structuring. Prior to this, he spent 11 years at RBS
SWEN Capital Partners, a specialist in sustainable private equity investments, has added Christian Lim and Olivier Raybaud, co-founders of Blue Oceans Partners, to its investment team and executive committee.
The two new managing directors are committed to financing innovations that have a systemic impact on ocean regeneration.
Ocean regeneration is one of the major environmental challenges of our time. A sanctuary of biodiversity, the ocean also plays a vital role in the production of oxygen (50 per cent of the oxygen we breathe) and is critical to the fight against climate change, absorbing 93 per cent of the excess heat
Cardano, a pensions risk and investment management specialist, has made three new hires in its Manager Research division.
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