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Business advisory firm Quantuma has expanded its regional offering with the opening of a new Manchester office, bolstering the city’s booming financial and professional services sector.
The office, which is based at Number One, Spinningfields, will see the firm provide a full range of advisory services, including corporate finance, forensic accounting, insolvency and restructuring.
Jeff Jones has been appointed as Managing Director – North West. Jones was formerly head of advisory nationally for BDO, prior to which he was managing partner of their Manchester office. He has also held a number of non-executive positions, while co-founding several new business
JTC has appointed Chris Corcoran as Client Director, Funds Services, as the firm continues to bolster its Guernsey-based funds capabilities.
Corcoran (pictured), has also been appointed to JTC’s Guernsey board and, in his new role, will play a key role in driving forward JTC’s growth strategy in the jurisdiction. This also follows the appointment of funds specialist James Tracey as Managing Director in Guernsey.
With almost two decades of experience in offshore financial services, Corcoran brings a strong and varied skillset to the role. Specialising in funds and with an in-depth understanding of the regulatory environment, he has held
SK Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has promoted Stephen d’Incelli to Managing Director and appointed Lee Karras as a Director.
Previously a Principal at SK Capital, d’Incelli has played a significant role in sourcing and executing acquisitions as well as guiding portfolio companies where he serves as a member of numerous Boards of Directors. Prior to joining SK Capital in 2015, d’Incelli was a Vice President at Sun Capital Partners where he was involved in a variety of acquisitions including corporate carve-outs, entrepreneurial transitions and add-on acquisitions. Before joining Sun Capital,
BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing companies, has appointed Spencer Woods as an Investor in its Manchester office.
Spencer joins most recently from Wheatsheaf Group – part of the Grosvenor Estate – where he held the role of Senior Investment and Portfolio Manager, taking a lead on M&A activity, guiding strategy and monitoring the performance of the portfolio. In his time at Wheatsheaf Group, he undertook an operational role within a portfolio company and was seconded to the US for six months to support the establishment of Wheatsheaf’s first US office.
Prior to this, Spencer
PEF Services, a fund administrator for alternative investment managers, has promoted Emily Chen and Delphine Jones, CPA to Managing Directors within the firm’s Client Services group, reporting to PEF Chief Operating Officer Beth Manzi.
Chen and Jones each lead PEF Client Services teams responsible for the relationships and services provided to PEF clients including fund accounting, financial reporting and SBIC compliance, and investor services for PEF’s clients and their investors.


Chen’s career includes over 15 years’ experience in alternative asset fund administration. In addition to managing accounting and reporting services, Emily’s team is responsible for PEF’s fund accounting technology platform, Investran. Prior
Gulf Capital, an active alternative asset management firms in the Middle East, is expanding and strengthening its executive team with the appointment of Sharaf F Sharaf as a Managing Director in Gulf Credit Partners, the Firm’s private debt business.
Based in Dubai, Sharaf Sharaf will join as a Managing Director in Gulf Credit Partners, which provides mezzanine debt and structured capital to growing regional small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Dr Karim El Solh, Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Capital, says: “We are excited to welcome Sharaf to our leadership team as we continue to grow our business. Sharaf’s expertise and
Growth Capital Partners (GCP), a partnership-focussed investor, has appointed Liam Bennett as Investment Executive.
Bennett joins GCP from KPMG, where he spent several years based in both their UK and Australian offices. While at KPMG Liam provided transaction services to a range of private equity and corporate clients, including both sell-side and buy-side assistance with a focus on mid-market transactions.
Bennett says: “I am excited to join the team at GCP who have a strong track record of supporting entrepreneurial management teams and their businesses in achieving their growth ambitions. I look forward to contributing to the continued success
Global law firm Goodwin is to open a new office in Santa Monica, California, which will focus on the technology and private equity industry verticals. It will be the firm’s second in Southern California, the fourth in the state, and the eleventh globally.
The new office will be located in a modern, state-of-the-art space at 520 Broadway in Santa Monica. It will initially take up more than 20,000 square feet over the building’s entire fifth floor. AJ Weidhaas, Co-Chair of the firm’s Private Equity practice, will serve as the Santa Monica Office Chair. The office will be home to approximately
Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business, has appointed a new Head of Funds, Lorna Robertson.
Lorna Robertson (pictured), joins from Invesco where she was responsible for managing relationships with investment and private banks and developing strategic partnerships. Her role covered a range of fund strategies including fixed income, equities, alternative assets, bespoke solutions and fund linked structured products.
Previously she was Head of Capital Market Sales at Raiffeisen Bank International, and a Director at Deutsche Bank specialising in Benelux and UK Structured Credit.
At Connection Capital, Lorna will take charge of the on-going development of its
MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Bruno Bagnouls as Managing Director and Head of Private Equity and Real Assets of Mitsubishi UFJ Investor Services & Banking Luxembourg.
Bagnouls will oversee Private Equity and Real Assets for Mitsubishi UFJ Investor Services & Banking Luxembourg MIBL, and will lead the strategic market and competitive analysis for private capital across all geographies, with an emphasis on Luxembourg. He will lead the development of the Private Capital Client Line, including private equity, real assets and debt solutions. He will also oversee the management of a
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