Marathon Asset Management (Marathon), a global credit investment manager, has added two additional senior investment professionals to its Healthcare Team.  Anna Makki will join the firm as a Managing Director and brings with her over 15 years of healthcare investment banking experience from Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and most recently Torreya Partners, a M&A advisor to global life sciences companies. Yuhe Cong will join as a Vice President and brings with her 10 years of credit experience in the healthcare sector.   Led by Dr Evan Bedil, Marathon’s healthcare practice also includes a five-member Medical Advisory Board in addition to

TMF Group, a global professional services firm, has appointed Gaurav Rishi Mehra as part of its Fund Services team. TMF Group’s Fund Services delivers a holistic suite of fund administration and related services across Private Equity, Real Assets (including Real Estate), Infrastructure, Debt and Venture Capital. Over the past months, the practice not only hired many senior level talents in key markets but went through major acquisitions in Europe and the US, thus pursuing the goals both to serve an international clientele and to expand its services.   Mehra joins TMF Group as Head of Fund Services in India, overseeing

Fund administrator Saltgate has promoted Mohammad Arrab to Associate Director. Mohammad, based in the company’s Luxembourg office, joined Saltgate last year as Head of Real Estate Accounting. In his new role as Associate Director, Client Operations, he will be responsible for partnering with clients to deliver exceptional client service to them. He will also be continually looking to engage with clients around innovation to further enhance Saltgate’s offering.    Valere Twagirayezu, Saltgate’s Head of Luxembourg, says: ‘Mohammad’s promotion is a testament to his hard work and commitment to giving our clients an incredible experience. He makes sure every client gets

GCA Altium has continued to expand its European business, with the appointment in Frankfurt of Frank Merkel as a member of the management board in Germany and Head of GCA Altium’s Industrial Technology sector group in Europe.  Industrial Technology has become a key sector for GCA Altium in recent years. GCA’s North American and particularly its Asian operations have historically had a strong focus on this space, and the new team in Frankfurt complements their activities. Recent GCA transactions in this area include the sale of Wild Goose Filling to The Middleby Corporation, the sale of GANTNER Electronic to SALTO

Arent Fox has expanded its Corporate & Securities practice with the addition of business law partner Stephen P Hanson in the firm’s New York office.  For 25 years, Hanson has represented clients in the areas of private equity, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and emerging companies, and general corporate matters.   Hanson has particular experience advising clients in the beverage and food, health care, manufacturing, media and publishing, specialty chemicals, and transportation and logistics industries. Hanson frequently represents financial sponsors such as private equity, mezzanine debt (including SBICs), and their respective portfolio companies, with a focus on the middle market

MedMinder Systems, a fully integrated, end-to-end pharmacy, medication adherence and connected care solution for elderly and polypharmacy patients backed by private equity firm Accelmed Partners, has appointed David J Shulkin, MD as Chairman of the Board of Directors.  A well-respected American physician and government official, Shulkin previously served as US Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health in the Trump and Obama Administrations, respectively. Dr Shulkin also held numerous executive roles at Morristown Medical Center, Atlantic Health System, Beth Israel Medical Center, Temple University Hospital, Drexel University School of Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania and

NorthEdge portfolio business Altia has been named a Queen’s Award for Enterprise winner for International Trade. The specialist investigation and covert operation software business, which has offices in Nottingham, Glasgow, Melbourne and Calgary, provides software to public and private sector organisations across 17 different countries. Its software allows law enforcement agencies and investigation teams to solve crimes, reduce fraud and corruption, increase efficiency, save time and streamline processes using secure, trusted technology.   Last year over 25 per cent of its security software was sold outside of the UK – a key factor in the business being recognised by the

Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP), a middle market private equity firm that focuses on investments in rapidly growing information, marketing, and tech-enabled services businesses, has promoted James O’Callaghan, Connor Dawson and James Nally to Managing Director and Patrick Duffy to Vice President. “Our firm’s success relies on exceptionally talented investment professionals who work together flawlessly as a team. We have established eight platform companies across 34 acquisitions and are nearing completion of our Fund I equity deployment. Our team has demonstrated they can successfully originate proprietary opportunities, execute complex integrations, and help successfully lead our companies through various market conditions –