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&vest, an investment platform founded in 2019 focused on SPACs and private investments, has appointed Bill Hinman as a Partner.
Hinman served as Director of Corporation Finance at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2017 to 2020, where he was primarily responsible for overseeing regulations and processes for initial public offerings and other corporate disclosures. During his tenure at the SEC, Mr. Hinman spearheaded nearly 50 policy and rule-making initiatives designed to strengthen public markets as well as modernise and improve the framework for companies accessing capital markets, including addressing the large increase in SPAC offerings.
Prior to
Appian Capital Advisory (Appian), an investment advisor to long-term value focused private equity funds that invest solely in mining and mining related companies, has appointed Monica Pinto as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with immediate effect.
As CFO, Pinto will work closely with the Executive Team in managing the financial operations of the Company at a group corporate and portfolio level. This will include responsibility for relationships with banks and co-ordinating the finance and administration of fund vehicles, with oversight of financial and regulatory reporting, deal structuring and tax, as well as maintaining investor relationships alongside Appian’s CEO and the Global
GoldenTree Asset Management (GoldenTree), a global credit manager, has appointed Simon Granger as Partner and Head of Restructuring & Turnarounds, EMEA.
Granger brings to GoldenTree nearly 25 years of restructuring and turnaround experience. He was previously Senior Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance & Restructurings EMEA at FTI Consulting, London. Prior to joining FTI Consulting in 2007, Mr. Granger was a Director in the Restructuring & Transactions group at Deloitte in London.
“Our research-driven investment approach and culture of collaboration and excellence have been core to our success for over 20 years,” says Steven Tananbaum, Founding Partner and Chief
Preqin, a specialist in alternative assets data, tools and insights, has appointed Tom Hunt as its new Chief Technology Officer.
In addition to scaling up Preqin’s technology efforts, Hunt will focus on further developing the company’s solutions and data services to continue to provide the alternatives industry with market-leading data and insights.
Hunt was formerly a technology leader at Kantar and GlobalWebIndex, both market research and data analytics companies. He brings a breadth of experience leading engineering and development teams and leveraging data science to collect and manage large and complex datasets.
Hunt joins Preqin at a time when the
Frostrow Capital (Frostrow) has appointed Richard Plaskett in the newly created role of Head of Investment Companies.
This appointment reflects the growth in Frostrow’s business and on-going demand for the firm’s services in the investment companies’ sector. Richard will work closely with managing partner, Alastair Smith and the wider Frostrow team in ensuring client investment company Boards receive the highest quality service.
A chartered accountant, Plaskett was formerly a managing director with JP Morgan Asset Management with responsibility for a number of JP Morgan’s leading investment company clients. He was previously with Aberdeen Asset Management, UBS Warburg and RSM
Cottle will focus on the finance aspects of cross-border and domestic financial restructurings, special situations funding and complex direct loans.
Drawbridge, a provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the alternative investment industry, has appointed Darrell Tucker as Managing Director, Client Services. Tucker will join the Drawbridge Executive Team and be responsible for managing global client engagement, identifying methods to enhance the overall client experience for Drawbridge platform users and driving customer success.
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Johan Blomquist has been elected as a new Board member at Nordstjernan AB.
Blomquist, born 1978, holds an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics. He has previously worked at Altor Equity Partners (2005-2018) and Goldman Sachs (2004-2005). He is currently a private investor with experience in technology-related companies such as Trustly, Tink, Telavox, Gelato, Estrid and Kognity.
“We are very pleased that Johan has decided to join the Board. He has solid experience of investments in a wide range of industries and from being part of a successful investment organisation. In addition, he will bring in-depth expertise in technology-related
Azentio Software (Azentio), a Singapore-headquartered software products business owned by Funds advised by Apax, has appointed Tony Kinnear to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately.
BGF – the UK & Ireland’s most active investor – has promoted Andy Gregory, current Head of Investments, UK & Ireland, to Chief Investment Officer (CIO).
Gregory has been with BGF since 2011, joining as regional director for the North of England. In his new role, he will oversee investment activity and portfolio management across all business areas including growth, earlier-stage and quoted. He sits on the board of BGF and will report into Stephen Welton, executive chairman at BGF.
Before BGF, Gregory held senior roles in the private equity industry, including LivingBridge and Bridgepoint.
In addition, Richard Taylor, who
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