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Seabury Capital has appointed David M Turnbull as a senior adviser. He will serve to facilitate Seabury Capital’s expansion of its global product and advisory service offerings in specialty finance, investment banking, technology and software applications.
Seabury Capital Chairman, President & CEO John Luth says: “The addition of an experienced and well-respected industry expert such as David Turnbull will advance Seabury Capital’s efforts in serving our clients’ needs. His insights and significant reference points within the aviation, aerospace and maritime industries, especially in the Asia Pacific region, will broaden and strengthen our broad range of services and provide enhanced value
Hatteras Venture Partners has named Sir Andrew Witty as a Venture Partner.
Witty will primarily focus on the strategic positioning of Hatteras and its portfolio companies in the ever-changing global health care industry. In addition, he will provide leadership counsel to Hatteras’ portfolio companies.
“We are thrilled to welcome Andrew to Hatteras Venture Partners. He brings unparalleled strategic insights and extensive industry experience to the firm and to our portfolio of emerging companies,” says Bob Ingram, General Partner of Hatteras Venture Partners. “Having had the pleasure of serving as Andrew’s mentor when I was CEO of Glaxo, it
Private equity investor WestBridge Capital has appointed Tim Whittard as an Investment Director.
Whittard joins WestBridge after spending the past five years at BGF plc, based in the Midlands. Prior to this he was at Sovereign Capital, Gresham LLP, Bridgepoint and began his career at PwC, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
He will work closely with the existing team to originate and execute new investments and nurture portfolio companies through to exit. With strong contacts and knowledge of the Midlands market, his remit will be to help expand the WestBridge footprint beyond the South West, South East
LRI Group, an independent investment services company, has appointed Bastian Dittrich as Global Head of Business Development Real Assets, to support the growth of the Real Assets team alongside the wider LRI Group business.
Dittrich’s newly created role will help to strengthen the positioning and increase the footprint of LRI Group in the real assets sector. He will be responsible for acquiring new clients specifically focused on real estate, private equity and infrastructure projects.
Dittrich has 20 years’ experience in consulting institutional investors and joins LRI Group from LC Germany GmbH, where he was Managing Director and Executive Director
Private asset manager Capital Dynamics has launched a dedicated Private Credit Asset Management business led by new recruits Jens Ernberg and Thomas Hall who will be based in the firm’s New York office and have joined the company’s Executive Committee.
Capital Dynamics’ Private Credit Asset Management business will leverage the firm’s extensive fund-of-fund and co-investment general partner relationship network to originate and invest in private debt transactions for mid-market companies owned or controlled by private equity sponsors. The Private Credit initiative represents a natural extension of Capital Dynamics’ core strategic focus of delivering capital solutions to the mid-market private equity
SFW Capital Partners, a private equity firm that makes strategic investments in mid-size analytical tools and related services companies has appointed Andrew Cialino as a Vice President and Head of Business Development.
Cialino is joining the SFW team from Axial, where he was the Head of Sales and a member of its executive team. Axial is the leading deal network for middle market M&A professionals. During his five years at Axial, Andrew worked with hundreds of middle market private equity firms on their business development strategies and developed a robust network of intermediaries across the US.
“Andrew brings an
Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP is growing its tax and corporate finance teams with the appointment of two new partners this week. Both partners have significant private equity experience – an area of real growth for the firm.
Ed Nevens joins BDO’s London tax group following four years at EY where he developed and led its UK private equity fund tax offering. Ed specialises in advising private equity funds and their investors on matters including fund structuring, carried interest and investor tax reporting.
Rory McPherson joins BDO’s Scotland corporate finance team following five years in structured finance
Revelstoke Capital Partners (Revelstoke), a Denver based private equity firm, has expanded its senior investment team with the addition of Russell J. Cassella as Partner of the firm.
“Our team has worked closely with Russ for many years and we value his transaction sourcing, deal execution, and strategic insight immensely,” says Simon Bachleda, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Revelstoke. “We look forward to having Russ be an integral member of our team and assist us in building great middle market healthcare and business services companies. Russ’s existing relationships with our investment team, operating partners, and portfolio company CEOs will facilitate
Fintech research veteran Amar Rajani has joined the FeedStock Advisory Board, effective immediately.
Rajani is Founder and Managing Director of Argella Limited, an advisory firm specialising in FinTech and with specialist knowledge in the research and regulatory space. Prior to this, he spent the past 17 years at Bloomberg LP, where he was Global Product Manager for their research management business with responsibility for the MiFID II research stream. During this period, he was also a founding member of Bloomberg’s Enterprise Products and Solutions team, as well as manager of several teams including London buy-side.
Charlie Henderson, Managing Director
Muzinich & Co has hired Howard Mahon as Director, Pan-Europe Private Debt.
Mahon will be based in the firm’s newly-opened Dublin office. He will seek to expand the firm’s private debt capabilities and grow a team dedicated to the Irish market in this newly-created role.
Private debt is a relatively new but growing segment of the Irish investment market. The aim of the asset class is to seek to provide growth capital to Irish SMEs and corporates in the form of senior, unitranche and mezzanine debt, potentially with a combination of equity.
Mahon joins from AIB, where he was
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