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29Bison, a human capital advisory firm for middle market private equity and venture capital firms and their portfolio companies, has appointed Eric Lane as Partner and Chief Operating Officer.
“We are pleased to have Eric join the 29Bison team,” says Laura Queen, Founder and CEO of 29Bison. “Eric’s integration and change management experience, managing initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, consolidations, restructures, and systems integration, along with his experience creating and implementing human capital management and valuation systems, will transition well to 29Bison’s focus of helping clients reduce risk and add value.”
Prior to joining 29Bison, Lane served as
Global law firm Ropes & Gray announced today that 16 attorneys have been named partners of the firm, and that eight attorneys have been named counsel, all effective 1 November. Of these, Elizabeth Todd has been named as a partner in the firm’s private equity transactions practice in London.
With these partner promotions – nine women and seven men – 30 per cent of Ropes & Gray’s partners are now women. The largest geographic concentration of new partners is in New York, where the firm has more than 400 lawyers.
The new partners and counsel represent Ropes & Gray’s
Victory Park Capital (VPC) has appointed Olibia Stamatoglou as chief financial officer (CFO). Based in Chicago, Stamatoglou will oversee the finance and accounting functions of the firm and assist in compliance and other business and fund operations.
Stamatoglou assumes the role from Jeff Schneider, who joined the firm as chief financial officer in 2010. In January 2018, Schneider was promoted to chief operating officer, continuing to serve in his role as chief financial officer, until the firm could find a replacement. Stamatoglou will take over the role of chief financial officer, effective October 28, and Schneider will continue to act
PGIM Investments has made senior-level hires across its marketing and technology functions, as well as expanding the roles of two senior executives.
PGIM Investments is the global manufacturer and fund distributor of PGIM Inc, the USD1.3 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial.
Coupled with attractive investment results, PGIM Investments has grown its mutual fund assets under management from USD28 billion to USD115 billion over the past ten years. To continue building its global capabilities, PGIM Investments has added experienced leadership in its marketing and technology functions.
With more than 25 years of investment management marketing experience,
AlbionVC, the technology investment arm of Albion Capital, has appointed Jessica Bartos as an investment manager.
Bartos joins AlbionVC from Rothschild & Co where she advised technology, media and telecom (TMT) firms on mergers and acquisitions. Working in Rothschild’s New York and London offices, Bartos has developed tech specialisms in insuretech and fintech, enterprise communications including cloud computing and software-defined networking, digital advertising, the space industry, and enterprise software (in particular ERP and accounting software).
Bartos began her career as a Presidential Management Fellow with the US Government, where she financed infrastructure projects in emerging markets in support of
Sanne, a global provider of alternative asset and corporate administration services, has appointed Paloma Gonzalez as a director in Madrid.
Gonzalez (pictured) has more than 19 years of industry experience and joins SANNE’s Spanish business to drive the European offering to a variety of clients and structure that invest directly or indirectly in alternative assets. She will be responsible for strategic implementation, financial reporting and business development. Prior to her appointment to SANNE, Gonzalez worked for CITCO where she headed up the Madrid office.
Manuel Rodríguez, Country Head – Spain, SANNE, says of the appointment: “We are delighted to
Scottish EIS Fund Manager, Par Equity, has appointed Andrew Noble as a partner.
Nobel, who has a reputation as an angel investor in technology companies, joins Par from Transition Capital, the private equity company he founded to pursue Scottish SME buyouts. At Transition Capital Nobel led deal sourcing, due diligence and fund raising. Earlier in his career he built an investment portfolio of more than 30 technology companies.
Par first joined Par Equity in 2002, while he was also a member of the British Alpine ski team. He joined Par Equity as an analyst and later launched the firm’s
Executive search and advisory boutique Sousou Partners has appointed Adam Harris to the firm’s Infrastructure and Energy practice as a Partner.
Harris joins Sousou Partners from Stonehaven International, where he was Head of Asset Management, Alternatives and Private Equity. Previously, he held a similar position with a global search and advisory company. Prior to that, he was a Partner for more than 10 years with a European Private Equity fund. A former professional rugby player, Adam holds a degree in Physiology from the University of Oxford.
Harris says: “I’m excited to have joined Sousou Partners, given its exceptional reputation in real assets. I am looking forward to helping bolster the firm’s infrastructure and energy capabilities on both the search and advisory side.”
“We’re delighted to have brought Adam on board,” says Ghada Sousou, CEO of Sousou Partners. “We’re excited
Pardigm Governance Partners Limited (Paradigm Governance), an independent provider of director services, distressed fund and value recovery services and outsourced accounting services, has hired fund professional Jessica Lopez to its fiduciary team.
Lopez joins Paradigm from KPMG Cayman Islands where she worked as an Assistant Accountant with the insurance and enterprise audit practice. Prior to her work at KPMG, Lopez worked for Greenlight Re, a NASDAQ listed company who provides risk management product to the insurance and reinsurance marketplace.
Geoff Ruddick, Partner at Paradigm Governance Partners, says: “We are pleased that our service model and approach to corporate governance
IQ-EQ, an investor services group, has appointed Tedrick Green as Client Director to support its growing offering in Cayman.
Cayman is widely recognised as a leading funds domicile, which now houses nearly half of the alternative fund industry’s estimated assets under management. As the regulatory environment in the Cayman Islands develops and compliance requirements evolve, access to on-the-ground expertise in this jurisdiction has become increasingly important.
Working alongside IQ-EQ Cayman’s Country Delivery Director, Selma Lee Arch, Tedrick’s appointment will not only meet the growing demand for regional expertise but strengthen the senior management team as the office continues to grow
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