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Jersey Finance has appointed Amy Bryant as Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO).
In taking on her new role, which also sees her being appointed to the Board of Jersey Finance, Bryant (pictured), will extend her existing responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Head of Strategic Projects for Jersey Finance to include CEO deputising responsibilities across the entire organisation.
Having joined Jersey Finance in 2011, Bryant, who was born in Jersey, has been COO since 2014 and also leads its Strategic Projects function, which undertakes initiatives to help develop aspects of the finance industry.
Prior to that, she
Ultimus Fund Solutions, a provider of mutual fund, pooled investment and middle office services, has added Dina Tantra to its management team as Executive Vice President, Director of Fund Administration and Compliance.
“The legal and compliance professionals at Ultimus work closely with clients, in conjunction with our many business partners, to provide the core servicing that is expected and to enable the successful navigation of the continuously-changing regulatory arena,” says Gary Tenkman (pictured), Chief Operations Officer and Managing Director of Ultimus. “As we continue to grow, Dina will be instrumental in overseeing these aspects, along with cultivating a strategic outlook
South West accountancy firm Albert Goodman has announced a new Head to its Corporate Finance team, Neil Hutchings, to further enhance the firm’s position as one of the South West’s most active deal makers.
Hutchings will work alongside a Corporate Finance team of six Partners and Directors that offer a broad range of Corporate Finance expertise drawn from accountancy practice, banking and industry. Combined, the team have a wealth of experience in advising on acquisitions, disposals, exit planning, mergers, management buy outs, due diligence, fund raising and tax efficient structuring.
Before joining Albert Goodman in 2008, Hutchings worked for
UK private equity manager Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has appointed Dave Furlong as an Investment Director, based in the firm’s Manchester office.
Furlong brings 20 years’ experience to the Maven team, joining from Infinity Debt Capital Management where, as partner and head of debt fund, he oversaw the launch and overall management of a new SME/mid-market regional debt fund and originated new private equity opportunities. Prior to that, Furlong held senior positions at HSBC across London and the UK regions, and ultimately ran the Leveraged Finance business in the North West where he was responsible for the origination, execution and
Ogier has promoted Joanne Huckle (pictured), and Piers Dryden from the Cayman Investment Funds team to the firm’s partnership.
Dryden and Huckle take the firm’s global partnership to 54, and follow the arrival of partner Anthony Partridge in February, and the promotion of James Heinicke in the Cayman fund finance team to the partnership last year.
James Bergstrom, who heads Ogier’s Cayman office, says: “Our strategic growth in Cayman continues, and these promotions are well-deserved recognition of these individuals’ contributions to the success of our leading investment funds team and their commitment to excellence in client service.
“The
Boutique investment bank Invenio Corporate Finance has appointed Chartered Accountant and M&A specialist Paul Arora as a Senior Partner.
Arora has considerable UK and overseas experience, and has held senior positions within Ladbrokes, Rio Tinto, Lombard Bank and Trace Group. He also spent ten years running the family office for the Vice Chairman of Hyatt International, during which he was involved in numerous international transactions in Europe and Asia.
More recently, Arora ran his own M&A boutique, specialising in sell-side transactions across a wide range of sectors, including IT, travel logistics, manufacturing, corporate hospitality and biotechnology. He subsequently spent
Cowen Inc has appointed Ann M Miller as a director in the firm’s Special Situations Group in the firm’s Investment Banking team.
Miller is based in Cowen’s New York City corporate headquarters and joins the firm with expertise in the public and private company sectors, working in both distressed and traditional M&A assignments. In her new role, Miller is responsible for both executing mandates and obtaining new mandates with new and existing clients. In addition, she is also responsible for client management relating to all of the Special Situations service offerings.
“I am very happy Ann has joined Cowen’s
The Boston office of global law firm K&L Gates has added James A Wright III (pictured), as a partner in the restructuring and insolvency practice. Wright previously practiced with Ropes & Gray.
Wright represents corporations, bondholders, private equity funds, hedge funds, institutional investors, and other parties in corporate restructuring matters including reorganisations, asset sales, liquidations, claim allowance adversary proceedings, setoff rights, and restructurings of portfolio companies. With an emphasis on large Chapter 11 cases, Wright has advised companies in the energy, oil and gas, financial services, health care, automotive, pharmaceutical, technology, and manufacturing industries in debtor-in-possession and committee representations. He has
Edge Investments (Edge), a specialist investment house focused on the creative industries sector, has promoted Steve Carle to the role of Chief Investment Officer for the Edge Performance VCT.
Carle joined Edge in 2015 as Investment Director following a successful 20 year career with the UK’s two leading mid-market private equity companies – 3i Group and LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group – before leaving in 2010 to take on a number of private successful business opportunities before joining Edge.
Over the last year, Steve has focused on managing both Edge’s GBP40 million Edge Creative Enterprise
GPB Capital has named Dotty Bollinger, who has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, as Managing Partner in charge of its new Healthcare Strategy.
GPB Capital focuses on acquiring mature, income-producing companies in necessity-based sectors, including retail automotive, waste management, and managed IT, and now, healthcare.
“Dotty has an impressive track record of working closely with healthcare companies to achieve the next level of growth and profitability, while delivering medical innovations directly to patients and driving outstanding financial results to investors,” says David Gentile, Founder and CEO of GPB Capital. “Dotty’s broad expertise and experience
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