Middle market private equity firm Gryphon Investors (Gryphon) has appointed John Schumacher as a Partner to focus on multiple investment, managerial and strategic areas across the firm.  More specifically, Schumacher’s responsibilities will include being a member of Gryphon’s Investment Review and Quarterly Portfolio Review Committees, co-heading Gryphon’s mezzanine funds, co-leading fundraising, and coaching various Gryphon professionals.   Schumacher has 30 years of private equity experience, having co-founded and led GoldPoint Partners LLC, a subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company, where he presided over USD7.4 billion invested in 351 direct deals and more than USD15 billion in fund commitments. During

Gallagher has added Giles Hambly to its Major Risks Practice team as a producer, with a focus on supporting clients in relation to tax related insurance solutions. Having originally trained at EY Sydney within its international tax services division, Hambly subsequently joined KPMG and, most recently was employed at Norton Rose Fulbright solicitors in London. Hambly is an admitted solicitor of The Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia and holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree.   Hambly has extensive experience of advising on pre-sale restructures, diverted profits tax, permanent establishment risks, capital restructures, domestic and cross-border acquisitions plus general

Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has added Charles O’Riordan to its private equity team.  Based in Cambridge, O’Riordan will support the deployment of the GBP100 million Foresight East of England Fund.   O’Riordan joins Matt McLoughlin and Bill Yost in Foresight’s Cambridge office, strengthening Foresight’s commitment to the East of England. His focus will be on building relationships and identifying investment opportunities in the region. Charles has worked with UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for his whole career, having originally trained as a chartered accountant at PwC. Most recently O’Riordan was at KPMG

Robert Foster has joined Baird’s Global Investment Banking business as a Managing Director in its Global Consumer Team.   An established veteran with 25 years of industry experience, Foster will lead Baird’s European Consumer Banking coverage, working in close partnership with Boris Partin and other senior investment bankers to further expand Baird’s Global Consumer franchise across the region. He will be based out of Baird’s London office.   Foster joins Baird from Jefferies where he was European Head of Consumer & Retail Investment Banking and led dozens of successful transactions in ecommerce, health & wellness, pet care, home, foodservice, consumer

Sanne, a provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has promoted Peter Nagle from Global Head of Client Growth to the role of Chief Commercial Officer. In his new role, Nagle will be responsible for client service delivery in all jurisdictions and the firm’s continued commercial development.   Nagle joined Sanne in 2018 to lead the Mauritius business where he demonstrated his leadership as a key member of the senior management team. Prior to joining Sanne, Nagle worked in a variety of organisations in the alternatives industry, within numerous jurisdictions and products, with an excellent track record for over

Private market portfolio solutions provider Pathway has promoted Simon Lau to Managing Director. 

New State Capital Partners (New State), a middle-market private equity firm that invests in business services, industrials, and consumer products, has added four new executives to its team and made two promotions.   Daniel Han joined as Head of Special Strategies; Parashar Ranade was named Senior Principal; William Marshall was appointed Operating Partner, CFO Operations; and Victoria Smorodinova joins the investment deal team as Associate. In addition, the firm has promoted Kurt Lentz to Senior Principal and Adam McDowell to Senior Associate.    “We are very pleased to welcome these four accomplished new members to our team and to acknowledge

Blue Point Capital Partners (Blue Point) has announced three promotions across its investment team: Jonathan Pressnell to Partner, Evan Cottington to Vice President and Bobby Grebenc to Senior Associate.  As members of Blue Point’s investment team, all three play an integral role in the Firm’s investment sourcing, diligence, monitoring and value creation efforts.  Pressnell, who has been promoted to Partner, has twelve years of investing experience, nine of which have been at Blue Point. During this time, he has been instrumental in deal sourcing, execution and driving value creation at several of the Firm’s portfolio companies.  He has also played

BEX Capital, a private equity secondaries specialist, has opened a new office in New York headed by Stéphane Chevrier who joins the BEX team as Partner, Head of Origination and Member of the Investment Committee. BEX Capital, founded in France in 2010, is the first secondary firm dedicated to the acquisition of positions in global private equity fund-of-funds, secondary funds and co-investment funds (as opposed to positions in direct funds). It has over USD500 million of capital under management.    Chevrier joins from Invesco Private Capital, formerly OppenheimerFunds, where he was responsible for private equity in New York. Prior to