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Mario R Masrieh has rejoined Gridiron Capital as a Vice President having completed his MBA at Columbia Business School.
Masrieh previously worked at Gridiron Capital as an Associate from 2014 to 2016 before pursuing his MBA. Masrieh has a strong finance and investment background including performing in-depth analysis and due diligence for prospective acquisitions and has participated in the structuring, negotiation, financing, and closing of portfolio investments.
Tom Burger, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Gridiron Capital, says: “We have missed Mario and are happy to have him back with us. He was a hardworking and valued contributor to the Team while
Aurelius Group is moving to a new London office in the heart of Soho. In addition, the firm has appointed two new team members: Philip Stoner as an Investment Associate, and Daven Chopra as an Operations Manager.
The new office, located in Glasshouse Street, is a contemporary space with a grade II listed Regent Street façade. Set across two floors, the larger office will accommodate Aurelius’ entire London-based team bringing together Aurelius Equity and Aurelius Finance under one roof, and paving the way for further growth in the UK market.
Stoner began his career at PwC, where he most
Gallant Capital Partners, an operationally focused lower middle market private equity firm, has appointed Desmond Nugent, former Managing Director of OpenGate Capital, as a Partner and Head of Operations.
“We are excited to be working with Desmond again,” says Jon Gimbel, Partner at Gallant. “Desmond brings a perspective to Gallant that is only obtained through years of experience operating and advising businesses, and we believe he will have an immediate impact on the Gallant team and our investments.”
Gallant Partner Anthony Guagliano adds: “There is no learning curve with Desmond as we have a long-term relationship and have worked
Morgan Lewis continues to expand its European and global cross-border corporate capabilities in its London office with the addition of three new partners from Herbert Smith Freehills.
Mark Geday, Nicholas Moore, and Tomasz Wozniak will soon join Morgan Lewis, adding a wealth of experience in a broad range of complex and cross-border corporate transactions.
The three seasoned corporate and private equity partners have worked together for many years, representing clients in transactions throughout the world and across a number of sectors, including asset management, technology, natural resources, media, telecommunications, and consumer products.
“Mark, Nick, and Tom have served
CreativeCap Advisors,a premier global asset management consulting firm, has added Richard S Heller, Partner at Thompson Hine, as one of the mentors for the firm’s Global Emerging Manager Incubator.
Heller (pictured), joins the global mentor network having extensive experience working with fund managers helping them to structure their funds and advising them on best practices in building a quality fund business.
“We are very excited to welcome Richard Heller to our global network of mentors. We are confident that his vast experience and expertise will better enable our incubatees to build superior and stronger businesses,” says Tyra S Jeffries,
Brian R Hall, OBE, former Chairman of the Board of Oyster Consulting (Bermuda) Ltd, has become Chairman Emeritus.
Hall (pictured) has served as Chairman of the Board since the company’s inception. His son, B Robert (Rob) Hall, a Founding Principal and Managing Director of Oyster Consulting, will now take on the role of Chairman .
Virginia-based Oyster Consulting provides financial firms across the United States the sophisticated, expert support necessary to navigate today’s volatile economic environment, complex regulatory schemes, and evolving technologies. In 2012, Oyster Consulting launched a platform for its services in Bermuda through Oyster Consulting (Bermuda), formerly known as Inter-Ocean
Great Rock Capital, an asset-focused commercial finance company specialising in middle market lending, has appointed Jeffrey Peckitt as Managing Director of Originations.
Peckitt will be based in Toronto and will be responsible for sourcing new investment opportunities to expand the firm’s footprint in the Greater Toronto area and establish a presence in the Canadian markets.
“We are excited to have Jeffrey join Great Rock as we expand into the Canadian market,” says Stuart Armstrong, CEO of Great Rock Capital. “Jeffrey’s depth of industry knowledge, experience, and relationships will be a great asset to the firm, as we believe it’s
Tim Clipstone has joined the Guernsey office of Ogier as a partner in its top-tier investment fund team.
Clipstone (pictured), has a strong reputation for his work with offshore investment funds, specialising in investment fund structuring, equity fundraising, mergers and acquisitions and group reorganisations.
Ogier’s Guernsey team were recently Guernsey legal counsel to the launch of a GBP202 million music IPO fund, and are ranked in the top tier by IFLR.
This year Ogier has been named Offshore Law Firm of the Year by Chambers Europe and International Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Week
OpenFin, an operating system for the financial industry, has appointed Stephen Wood as Global Head of Enterprise Deployment.
Wood joins from Deutsche Bank, where he served as Head of Market Data, Risk and Compliance, from 2012-2015, and Global Head of Market Data Services, from 2015-2018, with responsibilities including managing the deployment of vendor products. Wood brings his unique insights to OpenFin, where he will be responsible for driving the firm’s enterprise deployment strategy. He will be working closely with the growing number of banks, asset managers and hedge funds now running their financial desktop applications on OpenFin.
In addition,
Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has promoted Nick Barton to Associate Director in Guernsey.
Barton joined the Aztec Group as a Senior Fund Accountant in 2010 from Investec Trust. Since then, he has been instrumental in evolving a multi-product and multi-jurisdictional service for some of their largest clients. In his new role, Nick will continue to manage client relationships for a number of large private equity funds and act on various client boards.
In addition to his day-to-day client-facing role, Nick supports the operations of the Guernsey office. He has introduced peer group meetings and
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