Private equity house Maven Capital Partners has appointed three investment managers and a portfolio administrator to its North West investment team.   The appointments are in support of NPIF Maven Equity Finance, which has a North West focus and is managed by Maven for the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).   Martin Clark, James Darlington and Jeremy Thompson will be responsible for transacting new NPIF equity investments, while Nikola Clarke will provide portfolio support to NPIF investee businesses.   These appointments will supplement Maven’s Northern England investment team, which has been completing SME transactions across the North for almost 20 years.

Global investment bank GCA Altium has appointed Stuart Warriner as senior adviser as the business continues to build its corporate finance team in the North of England.   Warriner joins GCA Altium from PwC, and has over 30 years’ experience in the industry, leading the firm’s corporate finance team across Leeds and Manchester since 2007.   He has led transactions with an aggregate value of more than GBP2 billion, and has established strong relationships with many of the region’s businesses and private equity firms.   Key deals in the last few years include the sale of vehicle rental business Nexus

David G DeWalt, the former CEO of publicly held cybersecurity company FireEye, is joining Allegis Capital as a venture partner.   Previously, DeWalt served as the CEO of cybersecurity market leader McAfee and held executive positions at EMC.   DeWalt, 52, becomes the sixth cyber security executive serving as a venture partner at Allegis, a 21-year-old early stage venture firm that focuses solely on investing in cybersecurity start-ups.   DeWalt is a member or leader of a number of boards of directors including ForgeRock, a San Francisco-based multinational identity and access management software company. He is also vice chairman of

Accendo Capital has appointed Jaakko Kivinen as senior adviser to the fund.   Kivinen, who has previously been partner in Altor Equity Partners and Soros Private Equity Partners, has extensive international private equity experience in deal sourcing, executing transactions, and helping lead businesses as a board director.   Henri Österlund, founding partner of Accendo Capital, says: “I have known Jaakko for more than 15 years and have always been impressed with his dedication, drive and focus on delivering shareholder value. Jaakko is a valuable addition to our team and will support us in evaluating investment targets and helping our portfolio

The Paris office of law firm K&L Gates has added Mounir Letayf as a partner in its banking and asset finance practice, accompanied by counsel Adeline Roboam.  They join K&L Gates from Paul Hastings.   Letayf and Roboam have broad experience in leveraged, structured, and real estate finance, debt restructuring, and general lending and securitisation. They also advise lenders, borrowers, and investors on domestic and cross-border transactions.   “We are delighted to welcome Mounir and Adeline to our firm,” says Louis Degos, administrative partner of K&L Gates’ Paris office. “Their addition will further develop our maturing global banking and asset finance practice as well as our

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has appointed two regional sales directors covering Yorkshire and the Midlands. Danielle Hodgson joins as regional sales director for the firm’s invoice finance division, covering Yorkshire & the Humber. As the main contact for IGF’s clients in the region, she is responsible for developing relationships with existing and potential SME clients.   Hodgson joins the firm from Aldermore Bank, where she was a regional sales manager specialising in construction and trade financing.   Hodgson says: “Each of the management team at IGF has a fantastic career behind them and have

Pemberton, a diversified asset manager backed by Legal & General Group, has expanded its origination team with the appointment of Eric Capp as a partner.   Capp joins to focus on increasing and diversifying Pemberton’s relationships with London-based banks and private equity firms. He will originate lending opportunities across all of Pemberton’s strategies.   Capp brings more than 25 years of experience in credit risk management, originating and structuring high yield bonds and loans. Prior to joining Pemberton, Capp was global head of debt syndicate, leverage finance and high yield markets at RBS.   During his career, Capp ran JP Morgan’s high

Morrison & Foerster has appointed Rob Mailer as a partner in the firm’s corporate group in London. Mailer, who focuses on fund formation and fund management, represents both fund sponsors and investors across a broad range of strategies, including growth, venture capital, infrastructure, buy-out and debt funds.   He regularly acts on carried interest schemes, structuring co-investments, spin outs and the establishment of new fund managers.   Mailer’s practice spans a wide range of sectors, including finance, technology, emerging markets and infrastructure. He has a particular interest in high-growth and scale-up businesses.    Paul Friedman, Morrison & Foerster’s managing partner

Canadian investment manager The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) has launched a European hub in London. PSP Investments' growing local team will focus on high-quality, long-term investments predominantly in the private equity, private debt, infrastructure and real estate asset classes.   The team will combine long-term capital with financially oriented insight from the firm’s partners and management teams to form strategic industry specialised investment platforms across Europe. In the last year alone, the team has made significant acquisitions, in line with its mandate to continue to increase PSP Investments' exposure in the European market.   "PSP Investments' vision