Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has announced two senior appointments to the Group’s Private Debt leadership team. James Vella-Bamber has been appointed as Group Head of Private Debt, while Peter Brown has assumed the role of Head of Private Debt in Luxembourg. Based in Luxembourg, Vella-Bamber will have overall responsibility for the ongoing development of the Group’s Private Debt offering, overseeing relationship management, operations and business development activity. James joined the Group in Jersey in 2016, before relocating later that year to assume the role of Head of Real Assets in Luxembourg. He previously held positions at

Palatine Private Equity has bolstered its investment team in the South with the appointment of Tristan Craddock as partner in its Impact Team.Craddock will work alongside partners Beth Houghton and Zoe Clements to identify investment opportunities for Palatine’s Impact Fund, whilst also working with the portfolio to help generate sustainable growth. Craddock will also provide strategic advice to management teams in order to deliver social and/or environmental impact, as well as creating value by improving people strategy, digitisation and ESG management.   Palatine launched its GBP100 million Impact Fund in 2017, becoming the first mid-market private equity house to raise

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CDR) has appointed Keith Pitts, former Vice Chairman of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, as an Operating Advisor to CD&R Funds.Pitts brings more than 40 years’ experience as a senior executive in healthcare-related businesses. He served as Vice Chairman of Tenet Healthcare, a large, diversified healthcare services business in the US from 2013 until his retirement in 2019.   Prior to Vanguard Health Systems’ sale to Tenet, Pitts served as Vice Chairman of Vanguard, helping to build the business from a start-up to a public company with USD6 billion in revenue. Previously, Pitts was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

GCA Altium has appointed David Riemenschneider as Senior Advisor for Automotive Technology & Mobility.Riemenschneider brings to GCA Altium a combination of over 30 years of experience as senior executive at one of the world’s largest car makers, CEO of a private equity-backed automotive software firm and M&A advisor in Automotive Technology and Mobility. He has led circa 20 corporate finance transactions both as principal and advisor. An American citizen, David has lived in Europe (France, the UK and Germany) for over 20 years.   Riemenschneider was born and raised in Michigan (USA) where he also studied, receiving his BBA in

Piper, a specialist investor in consumer brands, has promoted Flora McAlpine to Investment Manager.McAlpine joined Piper in September 2018 as Investment Executive and supports the deal team on origination, evaluation and execution of new investments in the consumer branded space – including recent Piper investments in Mindful Chef and Mous.  Prior to Piper, McAlpine worked for seven years in the consumer sector investing in early stage consumer brands and providing buy and sell-side commercial due diligence services on mid-market transactions. She came from strategy consultancy Parthenon-EY where she advised on the acquisition of companies such as Riviera Travel and 3V

HKW, a middle-market private equity firm focused on growth-oriented companies, has appointed Jeff Bistrong as Partner. In his new role, Bistrong will incorporate his technology transaction expertise into all aspects of HKW’s Four Pillar approach to investing, leveraging the strength of the existing deal sourcing engine to enhance the firm’s technology sector activities. Based in Boston, Bistrong will serve as a member of HKW’s Investment and Exit committees. “This is a great opportunity to add a leading technology executive to our team,” says Ted Kramer, President & CEO of HKW. “Jeff’s business acumen, and more importantly his embodiment of HKW’s culture

HKW, a middle-market private equity firm focused on growth-oriented companies, has appointed Jeff Bistrong as Partner. In his new role, Bistrong will incorporate his technology transaction expertise into all aspects of HKW’s Four Pillar approach to investing, leveraging the strength of the existing deal sourcing engine to enhance the firm’s technology sector activities. Based in Boston, Bistrong will serve as a member of HKW’s Investment and Exit committees. “This is a great opportunity to add a leading technology executive to our team,” says Ted Kramer, President & CEO of HKW. “Jeff’s business acumen, and more importantly his embodiment of HKW’s culture

JTC has named the leadership team for its new Dublin office.Read the full story at Hedgeweek…

Specialist business advisory firm FRP has appointed Heath Snyder as a partner to its Manchester corporate finance team.With more than 25 years’ industry experience, Snyder has spent two decades at the Big Four, having held senior roles at PWC and Deloitte. He joins FRP from Shore Capital, where he was a director in the corporate broking and advisory division, and previously held roles at Cenkos Securities and as managing director of private equity at Babcock Brown Asia. Synder specialises in advising owner-managers, private equity-backed and listed companies. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts, strategic options reviews,