Private equity and real estate fund administrator Augentius has appointed Jimmy Leong as Managing Director, Augentius Asia, to drive business growth in line with increasing opportunities in the far east. Working out of Augentius’ Singapore office, Leong will be responsible for developing both new and existing client relationships to support business expansion and further solidify the company’s reputation for expert fund administration throughout this region.   Leong says: “The growth in Asian private equity remains highly optimistic as the landscape is set to undergo major transformations, driven by the rise of international and Asian managers capitalising on China’s new regulatory structure. Augentius is well positioned to benefit from these opportunities and to establish itself as the leading service

Highview Capital (Highview), a Los Angeles-based opportunistic private equity investment vehicle, has added Tyler Kavanaugh and Zepher Loesch, to its Business Development team, which is led by Brice Baradel. Baradel, Kavanaugh and Loesch will drive Highview’s transaction sourcing efforts and cultivate relationships with key intermediaries, corporate sellers, and business owners. The announcement comes after the first expansion of Highview’s investment team in November 2016 and the launch of Highview’s inaugural USD500 million evergreen fund in October 2016.   Ryan McCarthy, Founder and Senior Portfolio Manager of Highview, says: “As Highview continues to expand our market position, this is a natural

Campbell Lutyens, a global alternative asset advisor, has appointed Heidi Crebo-Rediker to its Global Advisory Board.  Crebo-Rediker, an American citizen, brings a wealth of experience in both government and the private sector. She is the Chief Executive Officer of International Capital Strategies, as well as an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, Crebo-Rediker served as the State Department’s first Chief Economist, an Assistant Secretary level position, where she provided advice and analysis to the Secretary on a wide range of foreign policy issues having a significant economic, market or financial component. Prior to this, she was

Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP), which specialises in the smaller buy-out market, is continuing to grow with the second appointment in a month at its Leeds office. Amish Arya joins KCP as an investment executive having previously worked as a corporate finance executive at Garbutt and Elliott.  Prior to that, he spent three years with Deloitte where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.   KCP have completed four deals in the last twelve months investing circa GBP30m in a range of fast growing, ambitious businesses including the largest online construction materials retailer, CMO, and York based intolerance food

European mid-market private equity firm Idinvest Partners has appointed Guillaume Cavalin as Legal Director. He will report to Sylviane Guyonnet, Partner and COO at Idinvest Partners. Cavalin will be involved in the structuring and the fundraising of investment vehicles in France and abroad, and will also supervise Idinvest Partners’ legal topics. His appointment highlights Idinvest’s continued international growth, with Guillaume’s practice extending to both French and foreign limited partners, including institutional investors, corporates and family offices. In addition, Guillaume will help implement Idinvest’s overseas projects.   Cavalin joins Idinvest Partners from his role as Senior Associate at Jones Day (Paris),

DOB Equity, a leading Dutch family-backed impact investor, has opened a new office in Westlands, Nairobi.  DOB Equity, which has exclusively invested in East Africa since 2010 and has tripled its investment portfolio over the last three years, marked the opening with a seminar focused on the next generation of local and international entrepreneurs that are building new businesses in the region. In combination with the knowledge gained for scaling startups and small and medium sized enterprises in the region, DOB Equity sees the opportunity to further increase its growth targets and to build a successful investment portfolio that is

Dentons has bolstered its UAE Corporate practice with the hire of partner Ziad Saad who has been based in Dubai for over seven years. Saad is the third partner hire for Dentons in Dubai in the past six months, a clear demonstration of the Firm’s commitment to strengthening its Middle East practice while also expanding its senior Arabic-speaking resource. Saad’s recruitment follows that of corporate partner Ghassan Shuhaibar in October and Energy partner Mhairi Main Garcia in November.   Saad’s practice is primarily focused on domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity, joint ventures, foreign direct investments and capital markets. He

HarbourVest Partners has announced a raft of promotions including six Managing Directors, six Principals and four Senior Vice Presidents. The company says these promotions recognise team members whose expertise contributes to the success of HarbourVest and its clients across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. HarbourVest has also continued to invest in the growth of its team through the promotion of seven Vice Presidents.   “HarbourVest has long believed that our people are our greatest asset,” says John Toomey, Managing Director, HarbourVest. “These promotions span geographies from Asia to EMEA and the US, and functional areas from investment to technology.