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SRS Acquiom has appointed Scott C Ganeles, an accomplished financial services executive, to the company’s Board of Directors.
Ganeles previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Ipreo Holdings (Ipreo), a financial services solutions and data provider for capital market participants. Under Scott’s leadership, Ipreo’s business and market share grew significantly and attracted notable equity investors including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP (KKR), Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division. Ipreo was acquired in 2018 by IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a leading critical information, analytics and solutions company.
Ganeles began his career as President of the
Weatherford Capital, a family-owned private investment firm, has appointed David Seider as a Vice President. Seider will be responsible for investment analysis, transaction execution, and portfolio management.
“We are very pleased to welcome David to the team,” says Will Weatherford, Managing Partner at Weatherford Capital. “As we continue to build our firm and seek new investment opportunities, it is imperative that we have the right people in place. David is a very talented investment professional, but more importantly, he is a person with high character. We are confident that David will be a great addition to our team and we
Duff & Phelps has appointed Jacco Brouwer as leader of its European Debt Advisory practice, further strengthening its debt advisory and restructuring offerings.
Brouwer joins Duff & Phelps from global business advisory firm AlixPartners, where he served as head of debt advisory, and brings to the firm more than 27 years of experience in banking and finance with significant expertise advising private equity and corporate clients on debt raisings and refinancings. He is focused on leveraged buyout loans, growth and acquisition finance and asset-backed loans.
Prior to AlixPartners, he was one of the co-founding partners at Versatus Advisers, a London-based debt advisory and
Sidley Austin has appointed Oren Gertner as a partner in the firm’s premier Investment Funds practic in New York. Gertner joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, where he was in the firm’s Corporate department, practicing in the Investment Management group.
“Over the past two years, Sidley has prioritised the growth and development of our private equity funds and other illiquid private funds capabilities, particularly within international money centres like New York,” says William D Kerr, global leader of Sidley’s Investment Funds practice and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. “The arrival of Oren, who is an exemplary talent
Tortoise has named Senior Managing Director Michelle Kelly Johnston as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Johnston, a member of Tortoise’s Executive Committee, will be responsible for business strategy & management, corporate finance (including capital allocation, M&A execution and financing), financial planning & analysis and financial reporting.
“We are delighted that Michelle has taken the CFO role to lead an important area of our business including strategic capital prioritisation and allocation for business decisions and growth initiatives,” says Tortoise Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Birzer. “Michelle’s strategic strengths, leadership across the firm and her business and financial acumen make her ideal for
Renaissance Capital, an emerging and frontier markets investment bank, has appointed Sofya A Donets, CFA as Director, Russia & CIS Economist.
Donets will be leading the firm’s macroeconomic analysis of Russia and CIS countries in the research department. She will be based in Moscow and report to Charles Robertson, Global Chief Economist.
Charles Robertson, Global Chief Economist, Renaissance Capital, says: “While most are focused on Arsenal, Real Madrid or Barcelona, Renaissance Capital has made the best transfer of the summer. We are delighted to welcome Sofya from the Central Bank of Russia to the Firm and to the research team. She
SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed a new director and head of business development for Mauritius and India. The move comes following SANNE’s announcement last year to expand the business and open an office in Mumbai, India.
Based in SANNE’s Mauritius office, Varounen Goinden will have a key role in developing and driving the business development strategy for Mauritius and India while continuing to deliver on SANNE’s expansion strategy in the region by generating new business leads and growing the brand.
With more than 12 years’ of industry experience, Goinden joins SANNE from the
Palatine Private Equity has added to the headcount in its Manchester office with the appointment of David Chapman as Business Development Manager.
Chapman has over 10 years’ experience in business development, with five of those working in the legal sector. He joins from Shoosmiths, where he held the position of Bid and New Business Manager for almost three years. Prior to this, he spent over two and a half years at Hill Dickinson.
In his new role at Palatine, Chapman will be working with the investment team to identify, progress and maintain relationships with potential investee management teams. As
FundRock Partners Ltd (FP), the ACD business of FundRock Group, has appointed Michael Vareika and Eric Personne as Independent Non-Executive Directors to its Board of Directors, subject to the FCA approval.
FundRock’s Board regularly evaluates its composition to ensure it includes the appropriate skills, experience and perspective necessary to drive growth.
Vareika has over 14 years of experience as an independent director, occupying board positions for leading institutions from across the world, for a large variety of fund and company structures. Vareika, who is a Harvard Business School and INSEAD alumnus and holds a Master in Law from University
Law firm Paul Hastings is adding a three-partner transatlantic private equity team from Hogan Lovells in the firm’s London and Washington DC offices.
Ed Harris, who currently leads Hogan Lovell’s Private Equity practice in London, and Leanne Moezi will join as partners in London. Adam Brown, currently a partner in Northern Virginia, will join Paul Hastings’ Private Equity practice in the Washington DC office.
“We’re continuing to grow our market-leading Private Equity practice, expanding the firm’s ability to help clients navigate increasingly complex, global transactions,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “The addition of this global team is
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