Investment bank GCA Altium has expanded its senior deal team in Frankfurt with Raiko Stelten and Thorsten Weber, employees of the bank for many years, promoted to Managing Directors as of 1 March 2019. They will further develop the technology, M&A and financing areas of the firm. Stelten joined Altium in 2013 and most recently worked as a Director with a focus on the software, technology and healthcare M&A sectors. For over 12 years he has been part of the team originally set up at Close Brothers/DC Advisory. Throughout this time, Stelten advised on over 40 M&A transactions.   “Raiko

Growth equity firm General Atlantic has appointed Loek van den Boog, former Chairman of Mendix and Myriad, as a Special Advisor and Chairman of General Atlantic Netherlands. Van den Boog returns to the firm having previously supported the firm as Special Advisor between 1996 and 2004. During his prior tenure at General Atlantic, he served on a number of portfolio company boards, including Global Collect and Patni Computer Systems. Upon his return, he is expected to leverage his software and technology expertise and expansive network to provide strategic support and advice to the firm’s investment teams and portfolio companies.  

Duff & Phelps has appointed Tyrone Courtman as a Managing Director in the firm’s Restructuring Advisory practice. Based in Birmingham, Courtman will focus on restructuring advisory for corporate clients based in the East Midlands.   Courtman is a Chartered Accountant, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner. He joins Duff & Phelps from PKF Cooper Parry LLP, where he was the lead partner of the firm’s business restructuring, recovery and insolvency services practice.   Matt Ingram, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps, says: “I am pleased to welcome Tyrone to

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has made a series of promotions, including five new Managing Directors: Rich Campbell, Minjun Chung, Edward Holdsworth, Craig MacDonald, and Laura Thaxter; as well as eight new Principals and three Senior Vice Presidents. “It has long been our belief that our people are at the heart of our business and our greatest asset,” says Pete Wilson, Managing Director, HarbourVest. “We continue to develop talent and invest in our team to deliver the best possible results for our clients across our business and the regions in which we operate.”   In addition to

Law firm Paul Hastings has added M&A infrastructure and energy partner Steven Bryan to the firm’s London office. Bryan joins from Hogan Lovells, where he was part of the leadership committee of the global corporate practice. “The addition of another pre-eminent partner such as Steven to our London office shows our continuing commitment to a critical market for Paul Hastings,” says Seth Zachary, Chair of Paul Hastings. “Steven is known for his skillset in dealing with complex and high-end premium work in the energy and infrastructure space, which fits in very well with our strategy in that area.”   “I have

RBC Investor & Treasury Services (I&TS), part of Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE), has appointed Ronan Doyle as Global Head of Product Management, Transfer Agency.  Doyle joins RBC in Dublin with significant experience in international Transfer Agency (TA), technology and innovation having spent over 15 years in the asset servicing industry. Doyle previously held senior roles with the Bank of Ireland, where he was Chief Operating Officer of Group Customer, Digital and Innovation, and prior to that Citi where he was head of EMEA Transfer Agency Product Management within its Markets and Securities Services division.  

Investec Bank (Investec) has appointed Tom Glover to head the bank’s fund finance business in New York and join its global leadership team. Glover now leads a growing US-based team at Investec USA Holdings Corp. that is expanding its presence in portfolio-based financing solutions.  Simon Hamilton, Head of Fund Finance, says: “We are excited to announce Tom’s appointment to lead our team in New York. He brings a wealth of experience in structuring, negotiating and closing substantial and complex transactions. With his excellent strategic connections developed over his extensive career within the US private equity market, Tom will further establish

Arrow Capital Partners, an investor and operator of real estate in Europe and Asia-Pacific, has appointed Paul Surian as Investment Manager Europe. In this role, Surian will be responsible for sourcing, underwriting and completing on European transactions across mandates and joint ventures as well as having responsibility for investment performance.   Surian joins Arrow Capital Partners having worked six years as a transactions manager with responsibility for sourcing and underwriting real estate deals across Europe, previously working with Katherine Parker and Christian Bearman at Valad Europe. Prior to this he was a property investment analyst at AMP Capital.   He holds a BA in business