Pantheon has appointed Matt Cashion as an investment Partner in the firm’s global private equity co-investment Team. Cashion joined Pantheon’s New York office earlier this month providing additional senior-level presence on the east coast where Matt will lead the sourcing and execution of co-investment deals, contribute to fundraising and manage certain GP relationships. Cashion joins at a time of strong growth and momentum for Pantheon’s Co-investment platform which has grown threefold over the past five years and now manages USD7.2 billion of co-investment assets for Pantheon clients. Over the past five years, Pantheon has been one of the more active co-investors

Constitution Capital Partners (CCP), an alternative asset manager focused on the North American middle market, has appointed Michael Doppelt as Managing Director, Investor Relations. Based in New York, Doppelt will work with institutional investors, multi-family offices and private wealth clients.   “For the last decade we have dramatically strengthened our position as the trusted partner to institutional investors, consultants and multi-family offices,” says Daniel Cahill, Managing Partner of Constitution Capital. “Michael’s deep relationships and broad understanding of alternative investments will help us further broaden and deepen these relationships, and make him a welcomed addition to our team.”    Doppelt has over

Synamedia, an independent video software provider backed by the Permira funds and Sky, has appointed Paul Segre as CEO, with immediate effect. Previously CEO of Genesys, Segre succeeds the departing CEO Yves Padrines, who presided over Synamedia’s successful first two years as a customer-focused leader in the expansion of pay-TV with OTT distribution, and the development of innovative solutions to protect revenues from streaming piracy and develop new revenue streams from addressable advertising. Paul will be based in London.   Segre’s software and telecoms software industry pedigree and his experience building high-growth businesses make him the right choice to lead Synamedia’s

 BGF has further strengthened its investment team for Central Scotland and Northern Ireland after appointing a new investor to support with ongoing business growth in both regions.Fiona Dornan takes up the role with BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, which has been completing on average an investment per week in 2020.   A qualified chartered accountant, Dornan has extensive and diverse experience working for both a FTSE 50 company and within professional services across a variety of financial sector specialisms, including business development and mergers and acquisitions.   Previous positions have included corporate finance manager for PwC, where

LeapFrog Investments, a Profit with Purpose investment group, has appointed David Gonski AC to its Global Leadership Council. The appointment to the international advisory body, comprising distinguished non-executive directors from around the world, begins after Gonski’s departure as Chairman of ANZ Banking Group next week.    One of Australia and Asia’s pre-eminent business leaders, Gonski believes LeapFrog represents a synergy that will drive the future of business: Profit with Purpose.    He will focus on supporting LeapFrog’s leadership team as it expands its portfolio of two dozen high-growth companies across emerging Asia and Africa. Founded in 2007 by Sydney-based CEO Dr

bfinance, aa independent investment consultancy, has appointed Anna Morrison as Senior Director, Private Markets. Joining the research team at bfinance’s London office, Morrison brings twenty years’ experience in financial services and investments in the US, Europe and Asia.    Morrison will lead the Private Equity advisory practice and becomes the third Senior Director in bfinance’s Private Markets team, alongside fellow Senior Directors Trevor Castledine (Private Debt) and Anish Butani (Infrastructure). She will report to Managing Director Peter Hobbs (Real Estate, and Head of Private Markets), whose division has doubled in size over the past two years and now comprises ten private

Sherpa Capital, an Iberian private equity fund manager specialising in medium-sized companies, has appointed Isaac Lahuerta as an Investment Director in the firm’s special situations team.Lahuerta joins Sherpa Capital after working for more than two-and-a-half years as a Principal at private equity firm BTC, where he made debt and equity investments in companies in special situations.   Before that, he served as an investment analyst in London for global investment firm Avenue Capital Group, which specialises in distressed investments.   With more than five years of investment experience in special situations, Lahuerta started his professional career in Deutsche Bank in

Gen II Fund Services (Gen II), an independent private equity fund administrator, has appointed Robert Caporale as Head of Strategic Business Development. Caporale, a fund administration and alternative investments executive, will focus on developing strategic client partnerships and acquisition opportunities.Most recently, Caporale was CEO of Exchangelodge, a software company that provides mission critical data solutions to the alternative investment industry. Prior to Exchangelodge, he spent 12 years at JPMorgan where he held various senior positions within the Securities and Fund Services business, including Head of US Sales, Head of Alternative Investment Services, CEO and Founder of Private Equity Fund Services,