ThreeD Capital, a Canadian-based venture capital firm focused on investments in early stage companies with disruptive capabilities, has added Frank Dumas, President and CEO of St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp (CSE:SX) to its Advisory Board. Dumas has over 15 years of experience in the financial industry, including consulting for foreign governments on international administration and strategic governance. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and a Master’s degree in Public Administration. He was the Founder and President of 701 Mining, which exited to Argex Titanium in 2008. Over the past couple of years at St-Georges Eco-Mining, Dumas has secured significant mineral

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Eric Rouzier as a Partner of the Firm. Over his 12-year career at CD&R, Rouzier has been actively involved in sourcing and evaluating new investments across Europe, as well as working with portfolio company management teams on post-acquisition value-building strategies and execution. He leads the Firm’s healthcare investment effort in Europe and has played a leadership role in connection with several of the Firm’s European investments, including Belron (2017), Spie (2011), Exova (2008), and Rexel (2005).   Rouzier joined CD&R in 2005 from JP Morgan and is a graduate of the ENSAM Graduate School

Vinson & Elkins has promoted five M&A lawyers to partner, effective 1 January, 2018: Peter Marshall Shamus Crosby, Federico Fruhbeck, James Garrett and Dan Graham.

 “These lawyers exemplify V&E’s commitment to client service, professionalism and collaboration,” says V&E Chairman Mark Kelly. “They have demonstrated exceptional ability in their respective practices, and we are pleased to announce their promotions.”

   The new partners represent five of the firm’s key practice areas: complex commercial litigation, environmental and natural resources, finance, mergers and acquisitions/capital markets and tax.

   “We are appreciative of the hard work and leadership this incredibly talented group of lawyers

FRP Advisory has boosted its national Corporate Finance team with the appointment of Adrian Alexander as partner based in the firm’s Brighton office. The appointment forms part of FRP Advisory’s strategy to create a national corporate finance offering to complement the other advisory activities of the firm. FRP Advisory now has dedicated, specialist corporate finance advisors across five of the firm’s 18 locations: Brighton, Bristol, London, Birmingham and Manchester. Adrian will handle corporate finance advice and transactions across the south-east of England.   Adrian’s arrival is a response to client demand for corporate finance advice from companies and private equity

Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has appointed private equity expert, Gavin Hayman, as a Director in their Guernsey office. Hayman will form part of the team responsible for developing and leading the delivery of the Aztec Group’s private equity fund services’ client proposition in Guernsey. Day-to-day he will ensure the effective management of client relationships for both the Guernsey office and across the firm’s other jurisdictions. As a new member of the local executive team, Hayman will support the leadership team in shaping the Group’s strategic direction.   Hayman joined the Aztec Group from Ipes, where

Maven Capital Partners has appointed Steve Lewis and Jonathan Lowe as Investment Directors leading the Maven – MEIF Debt Fund team in the West Midlands and East and South-East Midlands respectively. Based in Birmingham, Lewis has responsibility for new MEIF investments across the Midlands, as well as managing portfolio investments. Steve joins Maven following a 30 year career in SME investment and banking, most recently with Handelsbanken in Wolverhampton. Steve has spent most of his career supporting business customers, large and small, whilst working for a number of UK-based banks. He has extensive experience of commercial banking having worked at