Värde Partners, a global alternative investment firm, has promoted Jon Fox to the role of President and Andy Lenk to the role of Deputy CEO, effective immediately. These appointments are the latest in a series of transition steps which previously included the appointment of Ilfryn Carstairs as Co-CEO and CIO and the promotions of Brad Bauer and Giuseppe Naglieri as Deputy CIOs.    “I’ve often said that transition is a process involving the entire firm and a number of leaders,” says George Hicks, Co-Founder and Co-CEO. “The appointments reflect the many contributions of Jon and Andy to the success and growth

Gian Kull has been appointed to the role of head of special situations and uncorrelated strategies at SYZ Capital, the SYZ Group’s centre of excellence for alternatives. Read the full story at Wealth Adviser…

The former UK Minister for Energy and Clean Growth, Claire O’Neill (formerly Claire Perry), has joined the board of Ikigai Capital Limited (Ikigai), a London-based strategic consultancy that makes Net Zero investable by helping clients reduce carbon emissions and improve profitability while future-proofing assets for a truly sustainable economy.Claire O’Neill joins Ms Leigh Hudson, Head of Sustainable Fuels at IAG/British Airways, as a Non-Executive Director of Ikigai to guide its co-founders Roberto Castiglioni and Helena Anderson in their mission to bridge the divide between investors, technology companies, large energy users and the public sector and thereby address ‘stranded asset’ risk

Ara Partners, a private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments, has hired Katy Terrell as a Vice President, promoted John Baik to Senior Associate and hired Mary Kathryn Nommensen as an Associate.“We are pleased to welcome Katy and Mary Kathryn to the investment team,” says Tuan Tran, a Managing Director of Ara Partners. “Both are well respected in the private equity community and bring significant deal execution, capital markets, and portfolio management capabilities to the team.”   “We’re also very happy to promote John Baik,” adds Troy Thacker, a Managing Partner of Ara Partners. “John has played a key

Cliffwater, an alternatives advisory and asset management firm, has appointed Frances Beyers as Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets in the firm’s Private Debt Group effective 1 November.Beyers will be responsible for market research to support Cliffwater’s rapidly growing multi-manager private debt asset management business.   Beyers joins Cliffwater from Refinitiv, where she was Head of Middle Market Loan Analysis. Most notably Beyers has been a fixture in the middle market for over a decade providing market analysis to both managers and investors alike. While at Refinitiv and its predecessor, Beyers frequently authored middle market commentaries and surveys that

Ocorian has made a number of senior appointments to its Global Fund Services Asia Pacific division.Based in the Singapore office, Naveen Sivaambihaibalan joins the firm as Head of Fund Services, APAC; Cursley Legoff joins as a Client Director and Vikram Nursing takes on the role of Senior Manager. Simon Behan, Chief Commercial Officer, says: “We are seeing continued significant growth in our APAC Fund Services division as we partner with some of the leading asset owners and managers in the region and support their global distribution plans. It is a real feather in our cap to continue to attract some

Intelliflo, a provider of back-office software for financial advisers, has announced a new sales team structure to support its continued growth in the UK.Natalie Beer takes on the new role of Head of Sales to lead Intelliflo’s efforts across new business sales in the UK and will lead both the sales and solutions teams. Gareth Kerr assumes the new role of Head of Sales Proposition. In this role, Gareth will lead the i4C Cashflow sales team, whilst also working in close collaboration with the Customer Relationship Management Team led by Richard Wake. Johann Koch (JK), who joined last year to

Jensen Partners, an executive search and corporate advisory firm for the alternative investment management industry, has appointed Peter Sipsas as Managing Director and Global Head of Private Equity and Credit, and Meredith Flynn as Head of Market Intelligence. Sipsas and Flynn expand the firm’s alternative investments recruiting platform to 17 and will launch a new dedicated practice for investment professionals. Both Sipsas and Flynn will be based in New York. “Both Peter and Meredith are proven leaders in the industry and each brings considerable private markets expertise and established relationships with investors and candidates,” says Sasha Jensen, Founder and CEO of