Private equity house WestBridge has further expanded its team with the appointment of Rebecca Sinclair as Investment Executive. A graduate of the University of Durham, Sinclair joined the HSBC Corporate Banking Graduate Scheme, securing a Diploma in Banking Practice and Finance.  Over a period of three years, she contributed to the successful completion of over 40 transactions and became the youngest person to be promoted to Senior Associate in its leveraged finance team. At WestBridge, Sinclair will support the investment team with deal origination, deal execution and portfolio management, specifically in London and the Midlands. Sinclair says: “Moving to be

Callan, an institutional investment consulting firm, has hired Catherin Beard, CFA, as senior vice president in the expanding Alternatives Consulting group. Beard is to join the Chicago office and will provide consulting and research across alternatives, with a particular focus on private credit and diversifying strategies. She will report to Pete Keliuotis, executive vice president and head of alternatives consulting at Callan.   “Catherine brings tremendous value to the Callan team, including extensive experience and a strong reputation as an investor, consultant, and allocator,” says Keliuotis. “We expect her to contribute strongly to our research, consulting, education, and business development

Helen Draijer is to join Avedon Capital Partners, a lower mid-market private equity firm, as CFO. Drijer will join the management team and be responsible as a CFO for all financial and fiscal aspects of Avedon and its investment funds under management.   Prior to joining Avedon, Draijer worked for Lagardére Travel Retail NL, where she was CFO. Previously, she spent five years as Head of Risk, Legal, Tax and Treasury at Hema, a retail chain of convenience goods. She has also worked in similar positions at O’Neill, eBay, Tommy Hilfiger.   Avedon Capital Partners’ Michel Verhoog, says: “We are

Following its private equity partnership with Värde Partners, Equioim Group, a global professional services provider, is making changes to its senior leadership team. Sheila Dean, the long-term Global CEO and original leader of the management buyout from Anglo Irish Bank that led to the creation of Equiom in 2006, is moving to Executive Chair of the Group.   In her new role, Dean will focus on managing key external relationships for the Group, and continue to maintain her key existing client relationships. Dean will work with the new CEO and the Global Board on key strategic initiatives including expanding the

Kirsten Lapham is to join international law firm Proskauer as a partner in its Global Private Funds Practice in London. Nigel van Zyl, co-head of the Private Funds Group, says: “Kirsten’s arrival marks another key development for our team.   “The regulatory landscape for our clients is increasingly complex. Kirsten’s extensive asset management experience further deepens our client offering in this area.”   Lapham advises on a variety of financial services regulatory and compliance issues. Her practice has a specific emphasis on the asset management sector, advising on the regulatory issues arising under the AIFMD and MiFID II for a

DTCP, a technology, media, and telecommunications investment management firm with USD1.7 billion of assets under management and advisory, is opening its fourth office which will be located in Seoul, South Korea, complementing its Hamburg, Silicon Valley, and Tel Aviv offices. DTCP has hired Dillon Seo, an experienced technologist and entrepreneur, to become country manager.   Since DTCP’s inception, it has invested over USD400 million in venture and growth-stage technology companies in Europe, the United States, and Israel. Its latest fund – Venture and Growth Fund II – counts SK Telecom and Deutsche Telekom as limited partner investors and corporate sponsors,

Activa Capital, a French private equity firm, has appointed Camille Emin as Associate. Emin will reinforce the investment team and bring her expertise in the analysis of new investment opportunities.   Prior to joining Activa Capital, Camille worked at BNP Paribas as an M&A Analyst for two years, after previous work experience at Transaction R and KBC Bank & Verzekering.   Emin, 26, is a graduate of Audencia Nantes Business School and Ecole Centrale Paris.   Christophe Parier and Alexandre Masson, Managing Partners at Activa Capital, dsayseclare: “We are very happy to welcome Camille to our investment team, which count

Newcastle upon Tyne-based private investment firm Middleton Enterprises has appointed David Alprovich as Chief Operating Officer. Alprovich, who graduated from Northumbria University with a First in Finance & Investment Management, joined Middleton Enterprises from Brewin Dolphin as commercial assistant. He rose through the ranks to his new role as the business expanded.   Middleton Enterprises is a GBP100million investment firm which makes investments throughout the UK, with a focus on the North East from its office on the Quayside in Newcastle. Its portfolio comprises of listed companies, private equity and venture capital investments including One Utility Bill, Refract and Atom Bank.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has appointed debt finance partner Ashley Young in London. Young will join Willkie’s Finance Practice Group on 25 November, 2019 and will be the firm’s fourth lateral hire in London this year. He was previously a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Young has approximately 20 years of experience advising clients on complex cross-border debt finance and special situation transactions. His practice focuses on acting for sponsors and borrowers, including private equity funds and their portfolio companies as well as credit funds at all levels of the capital structure on domestic and international acquisitions, leveraged financings,