Barnes & Thornburg has appointed Jason Myers as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department in Dallas.  Myers joins from Hudson Advisors, a global asset management company, where he served as director and senior counsel. He also previously served as counsel at Vinson & Elkins in Dallas for 11 years.   Myers has a track record of handling complex transactional, legal and regulatory matters, particularly in the areas of finance and real estate. Having worked in-house and in private practice during his career, Myers’ experience includes credit facilities, real estate financing, derivatives, and a wide variety of both traditional real

SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate administration services, has appointed Michael Riley as Director, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A).  Based in SANNE’s London office, Riley will be responsible for leading the company’s inorganic and M&A growth strategy across SANNE’s global business.  Riley has more than 15 years’ experience executing transactions in the financial services sector on both the buy side and sell side in the mid-market across the UK, Europe and internationally. Michael brings extensive experience gained within investment banking and mid-market advisory firms within the financial services sector. Prior to joining SANNE, he was a Director within the

Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) is to make a strategic investment in Business Network International (BNI), a networking-based business development platform. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.  With Pamlico’s strategic insight and resources, BNI will accelerate investment in support of its global network, providing additional technology and training to enhance both the member and franchisee experience. Pamlico is partnering with BNI at an exciting time. Following several years of strong growth, BNI and its dedicated franchisees have built the world’s leading referral marketing network, helping over 250,000 members across 70-plus countries grow their businesses, develop professionally, and create lifelong relationships.

Graycliff Partners has appointed Gregory Olson, former Chief Development Officer for Ichor Systems, as an Operating Partner.  In this role, Olson will work closely with Graycliff’s investment team to source and evaluate new transactions and support current portfolio company management teams within Graycliff’s dedicated equity strategy.     Prior to Ichor, Olson was the President and CEO of Talon Innovations, a Graycliff portfolio company, from 2012-2017. Under his leadership, Talon grew organic EBITDA 10X, acquired two companies, and added over 350 new jobs. Prior to joining Talon, Olson spent seventeen years at Graco Inc in executive roles including Director of

Fortino Capital Partners, a general partner of growth and venture capital funds Fortino I & II, has appointed a new CFO – Bart De Leeuw, an experienced investment and financial manager with past positions at Ernst & Young and Ackermans & van Haaren, amongst others. Since 2013 Fortino Capital Partners has invested in companies such as MobileXpense, BuyBay, Bloomon, Aproplan, PieSync and the medtech company Dobco Medical Systems. The very first investment was for Zentrick, that was sold to the American firm DoubleVerify in February, after a successful 5-year programme. For the growth and capital expansion of Teamleader and SupplyStack,

Neptune Financial (NepFin), a technology-enabled lower middle market commercial lender, has appointed Kevin Bogenreif as Director of Originations.   In this role, Bogenreif will tap his direct experience in the commercial lending space and spearhead initiatives surrounding loan originations for the company. “We are excited to be adding Kevin to our growing team,” says Albert Periu, NepFin Co-Founder & CEO. “Kevin’s years of experience in structuring and negotiating financial solutions for borrowers to capitalize their businesses and enable long-term value creation will be highly valuable to the lower middle-market businesses that NepFin serves.”  Prior to NepFin, Bogenreif was Vice President of

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has appointed Vinay Mendiratta has joined the firm as a Managing Director. Based in Boston, Mendiratta will focus on business development with distribution partners in the US to help private clients achieve their private markets objectives. “Over the past decade, wealth management firms have sought greater exposure to private markets for their family office, private bank, wealth management, and institutional clients, and HarbourVest has a long track record of helping them meet their clients’ private market investment objectives,” says John Toomey, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners. “This is a critical part of our

Gresham House, a specialist alternative asset manager, has appointed Samee Khan as General Counsel. Khan joins Gresham House from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), where he was responsible for establishing and then leading the legal and compliance function within its Private Equities Department. Khan has over 21 years of legal, commercial and financial experience covering private and public equity, M&A and corporate finance.   Khan also spent 11 years at SVG Capital plc (SVG) where he worked closely with Tony Dalwood, Chief Executive Officer of Gresham House, and Graham Bird, Gresham House’s Head of Strategic Equity. He was heavily involved