Cohen & Steers has appointed Dasha Smith to its board of directors, expanding the board to nine total with six independent directors. Smith has also been appointed as member of the board’s audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee. Smith is the executive vice president, global chief human resources officer for Sony Music Entertainment. In this role, Smith is a member of the global leadership team, responsible for global human resources and corporate responsibility strategies and operations. She plays a key role in developing Sony Music’s culture and future-forward strategies. Robert Steers, CEO of Cohen & Steers,

Mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge has appointed Rebecca Osman and Nick Manning as investment director and investment manager respectively. Osman joins Livingbridge from Travelopia, which owns the world’s largest collection of specialist travel brands, where she was an executive board member. Prior to this she worked at TUI Group in various M&A, strategy and transformation roles. Osman, started her career at BDO, where she qualified as a chartered accountant, and earlier this month was featured in the inaugural Women to Watch in Hospitality, Travel and Leisure Index 2019 by MBS and WiH2020. Manning was previously at Livingstone Partners, the M&A and debt

Stephens, an international corporate finance advisory business, has appointed Robin Brown as Managing Director, Technology. Brown joins Stephen’s integrated tech sector team, based across the US and Europe. He joins from BDO Corporate Finance where he was Managing Director and Head of the Tech and Media A&M team. Brown’s appointment follow Stephen’s recent hire of Simon Tilley, who is responsible for European sponsor coverage. “Robin has tremendous insights and expertise, having achieved success in both the M&A sphere and in the management of companies within the tech industry,” comments Brad Eichler, Executive Vice President and head of Stephens investment banking

Drooms, a provider of secure cloud solutions, is continuing its international expansion by strengthening its business development teams covering southern Europe and the UK and by opening new offices in Barcelona and Madrid. Javier Meseguer has been appointed as General Manager Southern Europe. Based in Madrid, he will report to Steffen Schaack, Senior Vice President Global Business Development, and will oversee Drooms’ business expansion in real estate, corporate finance and M&A in Spain, Portugal and Italy.   Drooms has also expanded its UK sales team with the appointments of Ditte Nielsen as Senior Business Development Manager and Alessandra Azzena as

DWS Group has named Kevin White and Simon Wallace as Global Co-heads of Alternatives Research & Strategy, reporting to Pierre Cherki, Head of Alternatives and Co-Head of the Investment Group. “Kevin and Simon have been working closely with the team on key global initiatives on behalf of our clients in their regional leadership positions for several years and are well-positioned to step into their new roles,” says Cherki. “Our Alternatives research and strategy team delivers proprietary, data-driven insight that informs our investment decisions and provides clients with timely and relevant market information. Kevin and Simon will continue to deliver the

LeapFrog Investments today has Julia Gillard, Simon Israel and Jaime A Zobel de Ayala to its Global Leadership Council. Members of the Council provide strategic insight and global networks to support LeapFrog’s goal to reach 1 billion people with essential services by 2030. LeapFrog’s companies currently reach 188 million people with healthcare or financial tools. The firm’s new and record-breaking USD743 million impact investing fund presents the strategic opportunity to expand this impact while generating strong returns for investors – guided by the Council.   Gillard is the former Prime Minister of Australia, who successfully oversaw the world’s twelfth largest

CVC-backed Omada, a provider of Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) software and cloud delivered IGA services, has appointed Michael Garrett as CEO. IGA services improve the compliance and IT security, manage secure access across all corporate systems, ensure employee access is compliant with access policies and help automate IT processes for better efficiency.   Garrett has experience in software and services, most recently working as CEO for Workshare, a UK-based provider of secure enterprise file sharing and collaboration applications.   Garrett will bring his global software experience to the existing leadership team enabling the acceleration of Omada’s growth.   He

Jeffrey Norton has rejoined O’Melveny as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Finance group, having seen the first 20 years of his career at there. A leveraged finance advisor, Norton most recently practiced at two other international law firms, serving as US managing partner and finance practice head at one. In addition to advising direct lenders, middle-market banks, private equity sponsors, and large corporations in domestic and cross-border transactions, Norton has served for more than a decade as counsel to a number of leading international banks. Norton is the second partner to join O’Melveny’s Corporate Finance team in New York

Law firm Hogan Lovells has appointed Michael Kuh as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice in New York, effective 1 November. Kuh has represented some of the country’s largest sports organisations in high-stakes transactions and also represents clients in M&A and corporate matters in the entertainment, technology, ecommerce, fintech and private equity sectors. “We are thrilled to welcome Michael to the Corporate team as we continue to build out our transactional practice in New York, particularly in the areas of M&A and private equity,” says David Gibbons, Global Head of the Corporate Practice at Hogan Lovells. “He has an