Accountancy and business advisory firm, BDO has strengthened its private equity and tax expertise with the appointment of a new partner. Jennifer Wall joins BDO’s partnerships team and will focus on working with private equity funds, providing specialist tax advice and reporting services. She joins BDO from KPMG.   Wall says: “I am looking forward to working with a number of teams across BDO to deepen relationships with new and existing private equity clients in what is an exciting time for the market.   “One of my favourite parts of my role is working collaboratively across the firm, giving me

Impax Asset Management (Impax), a specialist asset manager investing in the transition to a more sustainable global economy, has appointed Sean Maguire as a managing director in firm’s private equity/infrastructure team in London. Impax is one of the longest established private markets managers in the large and rapidly growing renewable energy sector. Sean’s industry network and commercial experience with power purchase agreements (PPA) and adjacent renewable sectors will complement the Private Equity/Infrastructure team’s existing skill set. Sean will be primarily focused on sourcing and executing new investment opportunities.   Maguire’s appointment, effective as of 11 January 2021, follows the recent

Investcorp has added Frances Fragos Townsend to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. With Townsend’s appointment, Investcorp’s Board now comprises 15 directors, 10 of whom have joined the in the past five years. Townsend is Emeritus Vice Chairman at MacAndrews & Forbes, Incorporated (MacAndrews). She formerly held the titles of General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President for Worldwide Government, Legal and Business Affairs working across MacAndrew’s portfolio companies focusing on international, legal, compliance and business development issues. Ms. Townsend previously served as Advisor to President George W Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and chaired the

European venture capital fund Dawn Capital has made three new appointments to its 20-strong team – Avalon Lee-Bacon joins as Head of Talent, Julie Kainz as Vice President and Alix Fawcett as Marketing Associate.  As Head of Talent, Lee-Bacon will be responsible for building out Dawn’s talent platform and supporting portfolio companies with senior hires, sharing best practices and developing top talent. The newly created position formalises Dawn’s in-house offering and the importance Dawn places on the role of exceptional talent in building category-defining, global companies. Avalon will also focus on nurturing and leveraging Dawn’s valued network of founders, business

Pollen Street has appointed Daniel Khouri as a partner to lead the firm’s team based in New York.  Khouri will focus on developing partnerships with best-in-class specialists in the non-bank lending sector to provide capital and strategic insight. Khouri has deep experience working across the US credit market. Prior to joining Pollen Street, Khouri served six years as Co-Head of Private Credit at Colchis Capital Management, a credit investment fund manager in San Francisco, two years as a Principal at Atalaya Capital Management, a credit opportunities fund manager in New York, three years as a Vice President at TTM Capital,

Palatine, a mid-market private equity firm, has promoted Stephanie Wall to the position of ESG Director. In her new role Wall joins Palatine’s senior management team. She will continue to lead projects across Palatine’s Buy-Out and Impact funds to embed ESG (environmental, social and governance) practices and continuous improvement across its portfolio, with a particular focus on climate risk and diversity and inclusion strategies.   Wall joined Palatine as ESG Manager in 2018 following eight years with global consultancy WSP, where she advised investors on sustainability improvements.   Over the last three years Wall has been responsible for progressing Palatine’s

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has added to its East & South East Midlands team with the appointment of experienced banker Richard Brighty.  Brighty joins as Investment Manager, based in Maven’s Nottingham office, he will be responsible for identifying and backing new local businesses via the MEIF Debt Funds. Brighty will also support existing portfolio companies across the East & South East Midlands with a particular focus in the Leicestershire area.     Brighty brings over 16 years’ financial services experience to the role having held senior positions at leading UK banks including HSBC, Yorkshire Bank and most recently Santander Corporate

CAPZA, an independent management company and leading player in private investment in European SMEs, has appointed Stefano Zavattaro as head of its Italian branch.  Zavattaro, Partner and Country Manager, will be responsible for CAPZA’s investments in Italian SMEs and will support the transalpine development projects of CAPZA’s French, Spanish and German portfolio companies. Zavattaro has held various positions throughout his career. After graduating in Economics from Rome’s Sapienza University and specializing in Finance at the London Business School in London, he worked as a manager for the multinational General Electric where he participated in numerous M&A and private equity transactions