FRP Advisory, the business advisory firm, has appointed Mark Naughton as a Partner to lead Corporate Finance in its Bristol office and focusing on major regional cities across the South West and Wales.  Prior to joining the FRP Advisory, Naughton led Grant Thornton’s Corporate Finance Team in the South West and Wales where he built an excellent reputation for achieving exceptional results for clients.    Naughton brings over 20 years of corporate finance experience and deep-rooted connections both within the Bristol and wider South West and Wales business communities. He will be working with a range of industries and investors including

Gridiron Capital has appointed Kallie Hapgood as Managing Director, Investor Relations. Hapgood has an extensive background in the private equity industry and numerous relationships with institutional investors.  Tom Burger, a Managing Partner at Gridiron Capital, says: “We have known Kallie for many years and have been impressed with her abilities and relationships and are excited to have her join the Gridiron Team.  Kallie has extensive knowledge of financial markets in addition to her experience with fundraising.  She has a proven track record of building long term relationships with institutional investors that will prove valuable to the Gridiron team as we

Jaguar Growth Partners (Jaguar), a privately-held investment management firm focused on real estate private equity in global growth markets, has appointed Elizabeth (Liz) Bell as Principal on the firm’s investment team. Bell is based in Jaguar’s New York office and will lead the investment team in the firm’s expanding activity in Latin America and beyond. Before joining Jaguar, Bell was an Investment Manager on the property multi-manager team at Aberdeen Asset Management. Prior to Aberdeen she was Vice President on the investment team at Equity International where she was responsible for originating, executing, and managing investments across Latin America and

Kelley Morrell is to join Blackstone as a Managing Director and Head of Asset Management for its Tactical Opportunities business. In her new role, Morell will be responsible for ongoing management and oversight of the group’s investment portfolio, and creating and driving added-value initiatives alongside the investment team.   Morrell joins Blackstone from CIT, a financial holding company with more than USD50 billion in assets, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. At CIT, Morrell helped shape the company’s strategic direction following its emergence from bankruptcy, and led numerous strategic transactions that contributed to CIT’s transformation

European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has promoted Mark Piasecki, Klaus Maurer and Jean Châtillon to partners in the firm. Piasecki is based in London and joined Silverfleet more than ten years ago. During this time, he has been responsible for making investments across most of Silverfleet’s target sectors including Business & Financial Services and Retail, Leisure & Consumer Products. Piasecki will continue his role as Head of the Financial Services sector and will maintain his focus on investment activities across the UK & Ireland.   Maurer has been with Silverfleet for eight years and is based in the Firm’s

Thierry de Vergnes has joined Amundi as Head of Debt Fund Management within its dedicated platform for real and alternative assets. De Vergnes (pictured), previously worked at Lyxor where he created the debt fund management business, having spent nine years at Société Générale.   From 1985 until 2003, he worked at Indosuez Bank first in Paris, then London and finally he joined the New York office where he was Group Head of Indosuez Capital, the acquisition finance department of the bank in the US.   De Vergnes holds an MBA from the Institut Français du Pétrole and a Degree in

Aliter Capital, an investment firm focused on small to mid-size UK support services businesses, has added  to its investment team with the appointment of James Davies as an Investment Associate.  Davies joins the founding partners of Aliter – seasoned support services entrepreneurs and investors Billy Allan, Greig Brown, Andy Galloway and Andrew Busby, who set up the firm at the end of 2016.  The appointment reflects the continued momentum behind Aliter Capital I, LP (“the Fund”) which has in the last six months announced the completion of its first two investments, its first portfolio acquisition and the close of a

General Atlantic has appointed Aaron Goldman to Head of Financial Services and Software for the EMEA region. Goldman, who joined General Atlantic’s New York Office in 2007, has relocated and will now be based in the firm’s London office. “We see strong potential for attractive growth equity investments in the EMEA region and are thrilled by the opportunity to further strengthen our team so that we are best positioned to continue to identify and partner with growth-stage companies across the region,” says Gabriel Caillaux, Managing Director and Co-Head of EMEA. “As we continue to deepen our financial services and software

John Dawson and Federico Fruhbeck have joined Vinson & Elkins in its London office, adding depth to the firm’s global finance, high-yield and M&A practices. Dawson, a partner who focuses his practice on acquisition and leveraged finance, was previously at Clifford Chance. Fruhbeck, who joins the firm as counsel, comes to V&E from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.   “John and Federico are both exceptional lawyers, and they are the perfect fit for V&E as we continue to grow our London-based private equity and finance practice,” says Jeff Eldredge, Corporate Department Head of the firm’s Europe, Middle East and Africa practice. “Their