Tikehau Capital, an alternative asset management and investment group, has appointed Neil Parekh as head of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. In his new role, Parekh will be responsible for deepening investment capabilities and growing the business of Tikehau Capital in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, working alongside the existing management team of the firm in Asia. Parekh will be joining Tikehau Capital at the end of the second quarter, as a partner, after completing his tenure with National Australia Bank as general manager of Asia where he was responsible for all business, regulatory, and governance matters for the bank’s

Skyway Capital Markets, a Florida-based privately held investment banking firm, has named Barry Shevlin as senior managing director. Shevlin leads Skyway Capital Markets Technology practice for the middle-market sector, identifying and facilitating customised financial solutions, including restructuring advice, capital raising (debt and equity), and M&A. Shevlin joins the Skyway team on the heels of a decorated career as the CEO of Vology, an IT Services company he founded in Palm Harbor, Florida in 2002. There, Shevlin ran an operation supporting more than 5,000 customers worldwide, overseeing rapid sales growth and product expansion from a startup with USD1 million in revenue

MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), has appointed Fabrice Mas as Head of Private Equity & Real Assets (PERA) Luxembourg as part of the firm’s strategy to continue to drive growth and expand operations into new markets. Mas will be based in MUFG’s Luxembourg office and will report to David Rochford, Global Head of Hedge Funds and PERA.   In his new role, Mas will establish the oversight model and manage the continued expansion of the firm’s PERA operations in Luxembourg. MUFG Investor Services’ offerings in Luxembourg include proprietary tools for private debt

Skyway Capital Markets (Skyway), a Tampa, Florida-based privately held investment banking firm names Barry Shevlin as Senior Managing Director.Shevlin leads Skyway Capital Markets Technology practice for the middle-market sector identifying and facilitating customised financial solutions, including restructuring advice, capital raising (debt and equity) and mergers & acquisitions. Shevlin joins the Skyway team on the heels of a highly decorated career as the CEO of Vology, an IT Services company he founded in Palm Harbor, Florida in 2002. There, Shevlin ran an operation supporting more than 5,000 customers worldwide overseeing rapid sales growth and product expansion from a startup with USD1

Expanding PE house YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed Roshan Puri as an investment director.  Puri joins YFM from Calculus Capital where he invested in companies across the software, business services and consumer sectors. He also sat on various boards helping investee companies deliver their growth plans and realise value. Puri’s previous investments include the workforce optimisation software business ActiveOps, digital asset management software company IPV and marketing agency Once Upon a Time.    In his new role with YFM, Puri will focus on investing in growth capital and buyout opportunities across London and the South East of England.     Jamie Roberts, partner

Callan, an institutional investment consulting firm, has appointed Andrew Maday, CFA, CAIA, as a senior vice president in its Private Equity Consulting group. Maday will focus on private equity research, including manager and fund sourcing and due diligence, strategic planning and portfolio modelling, and servicing clients. He is based in the Chicago office and reports to Pete Keliuotis, executive vice president and head of alternatives consulting. “Andy has years of experience as an allocator within all areas of private markets, including servicing sophisticated investors as a senior member of an outsourced CIO platform,” says Keliuotis. “We’re excited to have him on

Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has announced several senior changes to the Group’s Private Equity leadership team.Matt Horton has been appointed as Group Head of Private Equity, while Gavin Hayman has been appointed as Jurisdictional Head of Private Equity in Guernsey. Alan Ross, formerly Group Head of Private Equity, has taken on the new position of Group Head of Transformation. With the Aztec Group since 2010 and Head of Private Equity in Guernsey since 2016, Matt Horton has played a key role in the continued growth of the Group’s private equity service offering. In his new

Lowenstein Sandler has announced that Mary E Storella has joined the firm’s life sciences group as the group’s vice chair and head of life sciences transactions. Storella will focus on mergers and acquisitions, early and late stage collaborations, licenses, options, co-development and co-commercialisation collaborations, clinical collaborations, and diagnostic collaborations in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and other industries. Storella has over 15 years of experience supporting strategic life sciences transactions, most recently as vice president and senior counsel of corporate transactions at Celgene Corporation. There she led and supported a broad spectrum of deals, including the company’s USD67 billion sale to Bristol