EmergeVest, a Hong Kong-headquartered, growth-oriented private equity investment group with holdings that include EV Cargo, a global logistics-technology company and the largest private logistics company in the UK, has appointed Sam Clothier as Investor Relations Director. With more than USD500 million in assets under management, EmergeVest’s current portfolio includes businesses that generate more than USD1 billion of revenue annually, employing 10,000 colleagues across the globe. EmergeVest focuses on growth investments at the intersection of logistics, technology and financial services.   In his role as Investor Relations Director for EmergeVest, Clothier leads investor relations and client services activities. Prior to joining

Alternative asset management group Tikehau Capital has appointed Hassan Karimi as Senior Advisor in the Middle East Region. Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Karimi will work closely with Frederic Giovansili, Deputy CEO of Tikehau Investment Management and Global Head of Sales, Marketing and Business Development, to strengthen the firm’s long-standing relationships with regional investors, as well as developing new partnerships in the region. He will also be responsible for providing insights on allocation trends as Tikehau Capital continues to meet the growing demand from institutional investors in the GCC[i] region for exposure to alternative asset classes and private markets

International investment firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has promoted John O’Neill to Head of Europe and David Cowan to Senior Managing Director. Both are based in LLCP’s London office.  As Head of Europe, O’Neill, who has also as also been named to the firm’s Investment Committee, will manage LLCP’s rapidly growing team of 10 professionals in its three European offices in London, The Hague and Stockholm. Additionally, LLCP announced that it has expanded its European investment team with the hiring of Aqil Sohail as Associate Director and Zue Leong as Senior Associate. Sohail and Leong will be based in

Cathay Capital, a global investment firm supporting companies across stages and markets, has appointed Arthur Yeung as Executive President.  Yeung will preside over the global management and evolution of the firm, spanning four continents and eight offices, by further exploring innovative business opportunities and models that push the boundaries of traditional investment practices and bring greater value to entrepreneurs, investors, management teams, partners, corporations and all in the Cathay ecosystem.   The appointment comes at a time when Cathay Capital is bolstering its leadership across regions with several promotions across its private equity and venture capital teams including Fabien Wesse

Global law firm Hogan Lovells has made a series of strategic hires aimed at boosting its corporate and litigation capabilities in London. Patrick Sarch will be joining as a partner and will co-head the London M&A practice alongside Ben Higson. He joins from White & Case where he was co-lead of the Corporate practice in London and the firm’s global financial institutions industry group.   A leading figure in the London M&A market, Sarch has worked on many high profile public and private M&A deals in recent years. He advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and capital restructurings,

Information Venture Partners, a Toronto-based venture capital firm that primarily invests in early-stage North American B2B financial technology and enterprise software companies, has appointed Jane Podbelskaya as Principal.  Podbelskaya will be responsible for sourcing and executing new investments and providing operational support to Information Venture Partners’ existing portfolio companies.   Podbelskaya brings 20 years of experience in software, operations, investment and management consulting. Prior to joining Information Venture Partners, she most recently worked at Georgian Partners, a North American fund investing in growth-stage SaaS companies, where she held a number of roles over her six year tenure. Focusing both on

Eurazeo has come to an agreement with a group of international investors that will provide EUR340 million additional investment capacity for its Eurazeo growth strategy.  The investors will commit to a newly created continuation fund that will acquire a 32 per cent stake in Eurazeo Growth assets which were financed through the Eurazeo balance sheet. Eurazeo remains fully committed to the development of these companies; it will hold on to the remaining 68 per cent of these assets and will maintain full control through the management of the continuation fund. This transaction remains subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions

Duff & Phelps, the world’s premier provider of governance, risk and transparency solutions, today announced that it has appointed Kris Carpen as Senior Director within its Global Restructuring Advisory practice, based in London.  Carpen has over 20 years of experience in providing restructuring advise and support to underperforming businesses and their stakeholders. He joins Duff & Phelps after three years as a director of restructuring at Alvarez & Marsal (A&M). Prior to joining A&M, Carpen spent two and a half years with Monitor, the English Healthcare Regulator, and before that over 14 years with KPMG’s restructuring team.   David Fleming,

British health technology company Visionable has appointed David Walker to the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), effective immediately. 

Shamrock Capital, an investment firm based in Los Angeles, has appointed David Simpson as a principal in the firm’s private equity team.   Simpson brings over 12 years of direct investing and advisory experience in the media, software, and services sectors.   “We are very excited to welcome David to our team,” says Steve Royer, partner of Shamrock Capital. “His transaction and investment experience in our target markets will be immediately accretive to the firm as we continue to pursue investments and work with managers to help them grow their businesses.”   Prior to joining Shamrock Capital, David was a