Tikehau Capital, an alternative asset management and investment group, has appointed Carmen Alonso as Head of the United Kingdom and Peter Cirenza is promoted to Chairman of the United Kingdom as well as Chairman of Tactical Strategies.In addition to her responsibilities in the Iberian market, Carmen Alonso will now oversee all investment strategies and capital raising for Tikehau Capital in the UK, which includes private credit, real assets and private equity. She will be running the UK office alongside Peter Cirenza who has been promoted to UK Chairman and Chairman of Tactical Strategies, in addition to his current position of

EQT has appointed Marc Brown, former Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Corporate Development, as Partner and Head of its new EQT Growth strategy.Having overseen Microsoft’s M&A and strategic investment activities, Brown has led more than 185 acquisitions (including LinkedIn, GitHub and Minecraft) and 80 strategic equity investments (including Flipkart, Databricks and Graphcore). Earlier this year, Carolina Brochado joined EQT as Partner in London and will join the Growth team. Formerly a partner at both Softbank and Atomico, Carolina has experience across several investment disciplines, including private equity, venture capital and growth. In addition to Carolina Brochado and Marc Brown, the

HIG Capital (HIG) has appointed Ahmad Atwan as a Managing Director in its infrastructure team. Atwan will be responsible for all aspects of the investment process including origination, transaction structuring, financing and execution of post-closing strategies. Atwan has over 20 years of experience as a private equity investor, operating executive, and entrepreneur. Before joining HIG, he was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, where he led a number of successful transactions and served as a Board Director of multiple portfolio companies. Prior to that, Ahmad was a Managing Director at BlackRock’s Global Private Equity Group, where he served as

Tully Rinckey has Malachy Kearney as a Partner and head of its Investment Funds department in the firm’s Dublin office.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…

Praetura Group, a Manchester-based debt and equity capital provider to Northern SMEs, has announced a series of organisational and board changes.Following several successful years of continued and sustained growth in investing and lending, the group will simplify its corporate structure through the creation of two distinct divisions: Praetura Ventures, its early-stage technology-based venture capital arm; and Praetura Debt Services, its SME lending platform (which includes Praetura Asset Finance and Praetura Commercial Finance).   David Foreman and Peadar O’Reilly, both co-founders of the Praetura Group, will lead Praetura Ventures and Praetura Debt Services respectively.    As a result of focusing on

Global investment bank GCA Altium has announced Adrian Reed as the new head of its Manchester office to lead the growing team of 21.Having joined GCA Altium in 2000 as a graduate, Reed has been managing director at the firm since 2012. He specialises in technology focused transactions and has led many notable deals in recent years, including the sale of predictive analytics software business Mobysoft to ECI in October, the acquisition of cybersecurity business TitanHQ by Livingbridge and the AIM IPO of indie gaming business Team 17. He also led the investment in Tonic Games – publisher of recent

Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco, has appointed Lyndon Faulkner as an Operating Partner.In this capacity, Faulkner will share his extensive management and operational expertise with the Behrman investment team and the executive teams of the firm’s portfolio companies. He will continue to serve as Executive Chairman of Pelican Products, a Behrman portfolio company that he previously led as President and CEO for 14 years.   Grant G Behrman, Managing Partner of Behrman Capital, says: “We are delighted that Lyndon has become an Operating Partner of the Firm. He led an exceptional

Octopus Ventures, has launched a specialist consumer team and scaled up of its wider portfolio team by 45 per cent with nine new hires. The announcement signals Octopus Ventures’ intention to dial up its investment activity, despite the market uncertainty caused by Covid-19.   The new consumer team will invest in technology that reinvents our everyday lives: how we live, work, travel, play, rest and recuperate, and is looking for world beating consumer-facing companies that put the customer at the centre of everything they do. The creation of the team, which is led by Rebecca Hunt, formalises Octopus Ventures’ deep expertise

The ID Register, a hub for investor onboarding, has appointed Stuart Layzell as Chairman.Layzell was most recently CEO at Ocorian, a global fund, corporate and private client services firm and brings international experience in regulated businesses across both fund administration and wealth management. He also has a strong track record in helping private equity backed businesses scale internationally, particularly in the technology sector. James Lewis, Partner at Perscitus, says: “The ID Register aims to be the ‘one-and-done’ hub for KYC, Fund Subscription and FATCA-CRS across the global investment community. It is a compelling solution to global KYC requirements and has