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Truffle Capital, an independent venture capital firm focussed on creating and financing start-ups with disruptive technologies in life sciences and information technology, has announced the appointment of Denis Gestin as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Holistick, the first startup company funded by Truffle Capital’s new BioMedTech Crossover fund.
“We’re extremely pleased to welcome Denis Gestin as Chairman of the Board of Holistick. His extensive management experience and track record in successfully launching global medical technologies, including in cardiology, will go a long way for the development of the company and its future commercial success,” says Philippe Pouletty, MD,
Investment bank and asset management firm Piper Jaffray Companies has appointed David Lee as a managing director within its financial sponsors coverage group. He will be based in the firm’s New York office.
Lee joined Piper Jaffray from Houlihan Lokey, where he was part of the firm’s financial sponsors group. In this role, he originated and executed M&A, capital markets and restructuring transactions for leading private equity and hedge fund clients.
Prior to Houlihan Lokey, Lee worked as an investment banker and private equity investor at Stone Key Partners, Altaris Capital Partners and Lehman Brothers. He is a graduate
Independent fiduciary and administrations solutions provider VG has promoted Claire Malkoun, Director of Business Development, to Board level, bringing the total number of VG main Board members to ten.
Malkoun is an experienced business development professional with over 26 years’ offshore and onshore sales and marketing experience. She joined VG in 2016 having previously worked at leading international law firm Ashurst in Dubai and London and Ogier in Jersey and London. As Director of Business Development, Claire is responsible for Business Development, Marketing and PR across VG, with a remit to develop new and existing clients and intermediary relationships globally
Guernsey Finance is seeking a new specialist in business development overseas as Deputy Chief Executive Kate Clouston has announced plans to move on to a new business development role within the island’s finance industry.
Clouston (pictured), who is to take on the role of global relationship manager with offshore law firm Collas Crill next year, joined the promotional agency for the Guernsey Finance industry in early 2015, and although she had a non-financial services background, has been credited for making significant progress in the Asian and US markets. She has spent significant periods on the road with Guernsey Finance, particularly
UBS Asset Management’s (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business has appointed Rodolphe Brumm as a Portfolio Manager on its Infrastructure Equity team, based in London and effective immediately.
Brumm will be responsible for activities supporting the origination, analysis and execution of infrastructure equity investment opportunities across Europe. He joins REPM’s wider infrastructure platform which has in excess of EUR4 billion of AUM in debt and equity strategies.
Brumm joins UBS-AM with over 18 years of investment experience globally. He is relocating to London from San Francisco, USA where he spent the past two years acting as Senior
US Bank Global Fund Services has hired Peter Mastriano as executive director and global head of product management for private equity, real estate and alternative investment funds.
In this role, Mastriano will develop the firm’s private equity, real estate and alternative investment product offering and work with our clients to provide expertise and support for their products. He will be located in the Hackensack, New Jersey office.
Mastriano is an experienced senior executive who brings nearly 30 years of experience at organisations such as Citco Fund Services, Bank of New York, Bisys Fund Management and Morgan Stanley. Most recently,
Kuber Ventures, an alternative fund investment platform specialising in EIS and SEIS investments, has added two new SEIS funds to its offering, as well as new iterations of two existing funds.
The British Design Fund 2 and The British Robotics Sidecar Fund have joined the platform which has seen strong interest from advisors, intermediaries and private investors following the move into a genuine growth-orientated environment.
The British Design Fund 2 is focusing its investments in UK based early-stage companies that seek to lead the market in innovative product design and manufacturing. The fund aims to invest at least GBP100,000
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has announced several promotions, new roles and appointments on the back of a successful year of investments and exits.
The firm, which operates from nine local offices, says the changes are a continuation of its strategy of further strengthening its regional operating model and driving new investment opportunities across the UK mid-market.
Recognising recent success in the Midlands, including the secondary buyout of Neilson Active Holidays, Richard Whitwell, currently head of East Midlands, has been promoted to Director and Head of the Midlands region. Rob Schofield, based in LDC’s Birmingham team, also becomes a
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has appointed Tom Taylor as Partner and Managing Director in its Principal Investors & Private Equity (PIPE) practice.
Taylor, who is based in New York, is a seasoned business strategist with extensive experience leading the executive, financial, and operational functions of Fortune 500, private equity (PE), and strategy consulting companies. Prior to joining BCG, Taylor ran the Value Creation practice for PE firms at EY, where he led more than 70 operational diligence and post-close performance improvement engagements. Taylor brings a unique perspective to the PIPE practice, leveraging 21 years of experience in the PE industry
Fund services provider Moore Management has appointed Matthew Satchell as Funds Director.
Satchell’s appointment, which is effective immediately, constitutes a continued strengthening of the group’s senior funds team in Jersey following Moore’s recent acquisition by Luxembourg-headquartered investor services firm SGG Group.
Before joining Moore, Satchell (pictured), had spent over ten years successfully developing his career with a top tier offshore law firm, where he gained extensive experience advising on the full spectrum of collective investment funds, from unregulated vehicles and joint venture arrangements to non-domiciled and regulated funds.
In addition to completing a secondment to an international private
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