Arlinton Capital Partners’ portfolio company Riverpoint Medical (Riverpoint), a Portland, Oregon-based developer, designer, and manufacturer of medical devices focused on advanced surgical fibre implants and related technologies, has appointed Doug J King as Chief Executive Officer. King most recently served as President of Medtronic’s Spinal business, leading the multi-billion dollar division within Medtronic’s Restorative Therapies Group. With more than 30 years of medical device industry expertise, King brings a wealth of experience and insight into the fast growing markets that Riverpoint serves.   “The Riverpoint team has built an outstanding business focused on developing and manufacturing polymer-based, advanced medical device

Pemberton, a European private credit manager backed by Legal & General Group, has appointed Cary Gibson as Head of Investor Relations. In the role, Gibson will focus on servicing Pemberton’s existing LPs and supporting business development with strengthening current and building new relationships within the investor community globally. In doing so, she will be supporting the launch of new strategies and new vintages of existing ones.   Gibson joins with significant experience in investor relations, product development and marketing, and possesses over ten years of experience in the financial services industry across traditional and alternative asset classes. She was most

CA Ventures, the USD10.2 billion Chicago-based, vertically integrated real estate investment company, has appointed Giuseppe Zafferri as Managing Director in Italy. Zafferri joins CA Ventures from Eurotekna Milan, an Italian real estate general partner, where he has spent the last 12 years, most recently as Head of Acquisition, Project & Construction Management. There he worked on joint ventures with companies including JP Morgan and BlackRock.   CA Ventures, which launched its European offering in September, has committed to spending EUR170 per annum in the country, focusing primarily on the cities of Milan, Turin, Bologna and Florence. its offices are in

King & Spalding has appointed Lawrence Yanowitch, Thomas Knox, Charles Katz, and Jeremy Schropp as partners in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group. The team focuses on mergers & acquisitions, emerging companies and venture capital and technology and outsourcing transactions, for a wide range of technology and aerospace, defence government services (ADG) companies and investors. The new team will continue to be based in Northern Virginia and will work closely with colleagues in the Washington DC metro area, New York, California and Atlanta.    “Larry, Tom, Charlie and Jeremy have one of the leading technology and ADG corporate

Investec Investment Banking & Securities (Investec) has made two new hires in its Industrials equity research team, following the appointment of Ben Bourne in September 2018. Scott Cagehin has joined from HSBC and will cover UK Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He previously covered the sector at Numis, having begun his career at Merrill Lynch in 2000.   Rory Smith joins from RBC’s Pan-European Industrials research team to cover UK Aerospace & Defence and Industrials. Previously, he followed the sector at Liberum.   Ben Bourne, who leads the team, says: “The Investec Industrials team is thriving. Scott and Rory will provide

Orrick announced has appointed John Donaleski as a partner in the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure practice  in New York. He joins Orrick from White & Case. Donaleski advises on financings, mergers and acquisitions in connection with a broad array of energy and infrastructure assets, including conventional and renewable power, oil and gas, and LNG, as well as telecommunications infrastructure. He has significant experience in syndicated debt financings, including term loan B, mezzanine and holdco financings, with a particular focus on acquisition financings for private equity M&A transactions in the E&I sector.   “We have a robust transaction pipeline across all

LeapFrog Investments has appointed Dr Nitin Nowjee as a Director of Investments for Financial Services in Africa. He is based in London. The news comes after LeapFrog successfully raised USD743 million for its third emerging markets fund, announced in May 2019, an impact investing record.   LeapFrog companies currently reach 188 million people across 35 emerging markets. Most are accessing quality insurance, savings, pensions, credit, remittances or healthcare for the first time.   Nitin brings a wealth of sector and country experience to the role. He was previously Head of Strategic Investments and Business Development for Fintech at the pan-African

Manulife Investment Management (Manulife) has launched a new secondary investment business within its Private Markets with Jeff Hammer and Paul Sanabria appointed as Global Co-Heads. The Secondaries capability is part of Manulife’s strategy to expand its comprehensive Private Markets platform, which includes Private Equity and Credit, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Timber and Agriculture.   Hammer and Sanabria are expected to build a global secondary investment capability that focuses on general partner-led and special situation transactions, and partners with private equity, private credit and secondary fund sponsors. The new business will serve the increasingly complex liquidity needs of private capital markets, and

Joonhyung (Jay) Rhim is to join Indianapolis-based HKW, a middle-market private equity firm focused on growth-oriented companies, as a Vice President in the firm’s transaction team. Rhim will focus on the business services sector.   Luke Phenicie, Lead Transaction Partner, HKW, says: “We are excited to have Jay join the HKW team.   “Jay’s experience advising on technology-focused mergers and acquisitions, along with his transaction and portfolio company private equity experience, will be a significant asset as we continue our focus on investing in growth-oriented technology companies.”   Rhim has experience in the investment industry. Prior to joining HKW, Rhim

EV Private Equity (EVPE) has appointed two new Advisory Board members, Bettina Bachmann and Carl Stjernfeldt, who bring decades of experience and valuable knowledge in venture capital to the firm. Bachmann spent 35 years at Shell, latterly as Vice President of Subsurface & Wells Software and now sits on several boards in non-executive roles, while Stjernfeldt leads the Corporate Development Group in Americas for Shell New Energies.    Bachmann has held a variety of business, technical and leadership roles in exploration and development, working in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. She has led senior leadership development programmes and strategy