he Board of Directors of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has appointed Abi Mustapha-Maduakor as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mustapha-Maduakor joins AVCA from MedAccess, a subsidiary of CDC Group, where she was Head of Business Operations and Finance, overseeing financial and risk management, strategy implementation, and organisational development.   During her tenure as AVCA’s Chief Operating Officer from 2016 to 2019, Abi played an integral role in driving the Association’s strategy, prioritising knowledge exchange and digitisation. Under her leadership, the Association strengthened focus on data and pioneering research, professional development support for private equity stakeholders, and

Pantheon has made for new partner promotions: Petra Bukovec (Investment, London), Jérôme Duthu-Bengtzon (Investment, London), Dinesh Ramasamy (Investment, San Francisco) and Kara Zanger (Legal & Compliance, New York). Bukovec is a member of Pantheon’s Secondaries team, while Duthu-Bengtzon and Ramasamy are members of Pantheon’s Infrastructure & Real Assets team. Zanger is Global Head of Legal. Three professionals are promoted to Principal: Andrew Bush, Relationship Manager (London) within our Investor Relations team, and Andrea Carnelli, Head of Research (London) and Tessa Nelson, Head of Portfolio Construction (London), both members of the Investment team. Among a total of 68 global promotions, 29

Flexpoint Ford, a private equity investment firm specialising in the financial services and healthcare industries, has promoted Michael Fazekas and Dominic Hood to Managing Director, and Dan Grigorescu, Vilas Nair and Thomas Shi to Principal. “We are excited to announce the promotions of these talented investment professionals. As Flexpoint grows in size and scope, continuing to develop our world class team of experienced investors is important to the long-term success of the firm,” says Don Edwards, CEO and Founder of Flexpoint Ford. “These promotions reflect the important contributions that these individuals have made to the growth and performance of the

Gresham House Ventures – a growth equity investor specialised in scaling software and digitally driven businesses in the healthcare, consumer and services sectors – has expanded its specialist team with the recruitment of experienced private equity investor Rupesh Patel. Patel joins as investment director across Gresham House Ventures’ portfolio companies, which he will actively support to accelerate growth and build shareholder value. Patel brings an impressive track record of investing in entrepreneurial businesses, a vast network, and expertise in value creation through bolt-on acquisitions, product expansion, and recruiting senior management teams. Most recently, Patel worked at Praesidian Capital, a transatlantic private equity

Grafton Capital, a growth investor in Europe’s leading technology companies, has appointed Tom Morrell as its Chief Financial Officer.  Morrell, who joins Grafton Capital from Brookfield Asset Management, will lead on financing, reporting and accounting for Grafton Capital and its investments. With over a decade’s experience in finance, the appointment strengthens Grafton Capital’s leadership team. During his time at Brookfield, Tom was responsible for financial and operational oversight of its European private equity investments. Tom has significant experience of working with founder-led management teams and entrepreneurs, having previously worked in corporate finance roles at Akur Capital and BDO. Founded in

Robin Eric Haak, co-Founder of Jobspotting and former global SVP at SmartRecruiters, has joined responsible growth-equity fund Gaia Capital Partners, where he will be responsible for heading the fund’s new Berlin office and establishing the firm in the DACH and Nordics markets. Gaia Capital Partners has offices in Berlin and Paris, two powerhouses of the European technology ecosystem, along with operating partners in Toronto and New York. Haak is joining the team of former private equity and growth investors and operators. He will lead Gaia Capital Partners’ expansion in the DACH and Nordics regions. He brings his international experience, both

DC Capital Partners, a middle market, private equity firm focused on the Government and Engineering markets, has appointed David O Page as Partner.  Page brings both operating and investment acumen to the DC Capital team. His unique background and experience will add value and insight to DC Capital.   Thomas J Campbell, Founder and Managing Partner, says: “We have been fortunate to work with David for close to 20 years. He has led or been part of the senior leadership of two of our most successful investments. He appreciates and understands our ’strategic process’ and will be accretive to our

Private placement specialist Monument Group has appointed Hiroshi Nishimuro as Japan Representative in the firm’s Tokyo office, effective 12 January, 2021.  Nishimuro will lead the firm’s fundraising efforts and general partner relationships in Japan.    “It is a pleasure to welcome Hiroshi to Monument Group’s Tokyo office and to our unified global team,” says Niklas Amundsson, Partner and Head of Asia Pacific at Monument Group. “With Hiroshi’s experience across a broad range of alternative investments, we are confident he will prove to be a valuable contributor furthering the meaningful relationships Monument Group has cultivated with investors and general partners in Japan over

Significantly expanding the firm’s M&A and private equity and leveraged finance capabilities, Milbank LLP has added market-leading attorneys Andrew Whan, Neeraj Budhwani, Davide Mencacci and John Bona to the firm’s Hong Kong office. Whan, who will be joining the firm, and Budhwani advise an array of leading private equity funds on domestic and cross-border leveraged buyouts, management buyouts and buy-ins, venture capital and public M&A transactions. They regularly act for some of the largest private equity funds in the world, including Affinity, Carlyle, CVC, MBK Partners, Partners Group and Permira.   Mencacci and Bona focus on leveraged finance transactions, structured