TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has appointed Ritej Bachhawat as a Vice President in its Mumbai office and as a member of the firm’s Strategic Resource Group. “It is a great pleasure to welcome Ritej to TA,” says Dhiraj Poddar, head of TA Associates Advisory Pvt. Ltd and a Managing Director at TA. “Ritej brings a wealth of advisory experience on topics such as growth strategy, cost optimisation, digital transformation, sales acceleration and new business building. With this skill set, and an extensive knowledge of the Indian marketplace, Ritej is well-suited to lead our Strategic Resource Group’s

Commonfund Capital, the private markets subsidiary of Commonfund, has appointed Mark Radville as Managing Director in the firm’s business development team.  Based in Los Angeles, Radville will oversee the building and expanding of Commonfund Capital’s relationships across pension plans, nonprofits, single and multi-family offices, insurance companies and RIAs.    Radville joins the Commonfund Capital team after spending five years leading the Western region sales efforts at HarbourVest Partners, where he gained significant exposure and experience operating in the private capital markets and driving institutional investment sales. Prior to HarbourVest, Radville spent nearly ten years in senior sales roles at Guggenheim

Vistra, a provider of expert advisory and administrative support to Fund, Corporate, Capital Market and Private Wealth clients, has launched its Global Capital Markets – ‘Loan Market Solutions’, which coincides with the relocation of Navita Yadav, Global Head of Capital Markets, to London. Vistra is the go-to partner for capital market participants globally and already provides services for debt market issuances, securitisation & structured finance, aviation ABS and tailored loan administration services. By adding Loan Market Solutions to its capital market services, Vistra will be able to provide loan administration services on more complex range of products from debt funds

Sol Systems has added three veteran energy executives, Patty Rollin, Mary Beth Mandanas, and Hans Dyke, to its expanding team.  Collectively, Rollin, Mandanas, and Dyke bring significant executive and energy industry experience to the Sol Systems team.   “Sol enables and empowers its partners to drive a more sustainable future and invest in communities,” says Yuri Horwitz, Sol Systems’ Chief Executive Officer. “Hans, Mary Beth and Patty are a key part of expanding our business to meet the needs of corporate, institutional and municipal partners executing on this vision. I’m both grateful and proud to welcome them.”   Rollin has

Silverfleet Capital, a European private equity firm, has appointed Robert Knight and Ricardo Sommer as partners.  These appointments underline Silverfleet’s continued commitment to building robust investment teams across its European office network and promoting from within. Knight is based in London and joined Silverfleet in 2011. Since then, Robert has been involved in a number of successful investments, including Phase One, Cimbria, Ipes, Lifetime Training, Riviera Travel and Collectia. He served as non-executive director on the board of Phase One, an investment that generated a 4.6x return, and is currently on the Board of Collectia, which has recently made its

Deloitte’s Midlands M&A team has completed two deals in the automotive sector. The firm provided lead advisory services to Belron International on the sale of its subsidiary, AutoRestore Limited, to German investment group AURELIUS.   AutoRestore is a provider of mobile accident repair services across the UK, operating a fleet of over 130 mobile repair vans and providing over 30,000 repairs a year to both B2B and B2C customers.   Currently providing same-day mobile accident body repair services through a virtual garage network, AutoRestore will benefit from operating alongside AURELIUS portfolio companies Rivus and Pullman, which provide a full suite

Artist Capital, a strategic capital partner to hedge funds, private equity firms and real estate investment managers, has appointed Ramesh Parameswar as Managing Director and Patrick Neuman as Director.  Read the full story at Hedgeweek…

Ara Partners, a private equity firm specializing in industrial decarbonisation investments, has hired Greg Zuboff as a Vice President and Abhiram Karuppur as an Associate.   “We are very happy to have Greg and Abhiram join the investment team,” says Tuan Tran, a Managing Director of Ara Partners. “They both bring significant execution and analytical experience to the firm and further strengthen our hands-on approach to portfolio management.”  “The additions of Greg and Abhiram help us to scale our investment activity as we evaluate a number of attractive opportunities,” adds Charles Cherington, a Managing Partner of Ara Partners. “Greg and

Glasgow-based investment firm N4 Partners has added Jacqueline Wallace and Andrew Kerr to its team. Kerr has joined the firm as Director and brings a wealth of M&A experience to the role having worked with both RBS Structured Finance and more recently Ernst & Young, where he established the firm’s Scottish regional M&A team.   As N4 Partners’ new Financial Controller, Wallace has gained an impressive range of experience across a number of prestigious organisations including Morgan Stanley, Babcock Marine Clyde and Edwin James.   Kerr says: “N4 have created an outstanding platform with a truly differentiated proposition, and I’m

Sidley Austin has appointed Anthony Norris and Christopher Rile as partners in the firm’s global M&A and Private Equity practice in New York.  They join from Ropes & Gray LLP, where they have been longtime partners in the firm’s private equity transaction group. Norris and Rile represent leading private equity sponsors on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, preferred equity investments, securities offerings, and other significant transactions. Mr. Norris focuses on industries such as healthcare, software, and technology. Mr. Rile will focus his practice on representing private equity sponsors and public and private businesses in a wide range of