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Direct lender Beechbrook Capital, which backs small and medium-sized businesses in the UK with a turnover of between GBP10 million and GBP100 million and EBITDA of more than GBP1 million, has opened its first regional office in Manchester.
The office, in Hardman Square, Spinningfields, will support the UK SME Credit fund, which provides finance to UK SMEs.
The Manchester office will be run by investment director Matt Kenny, who joined Beechbrook at the beginning of April. His previous roles include three years as an investment director with LDC, originating and leading mid-market private equity investments, and more than six
Pan-European private equity firm Agilitas has appointed Debojit Mukherjee as chief operating officer (COO) with immediate effect.
Debojit joins Agilitas after seven years at Change Capital Partners, where he was chief financial officer and prior to that head of operations.
Earlier career positions have included director of operations and financial controller at Carbon Capital Markets and IBD analyst at Barclays Capital.
Debojit qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Bright Grahame Murray.
Martin Calderbank, managing partner at Agilitas, says: “We are very pleased to welcome Debojit to Agilitas. His operational and organisational skills will be an invaluable asset
Neuberger Berman has appointed Jonathan Bailey as head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing.
Bailey is based in New York and reports to Joseph Amato, president, Neuberger Berman.
In this role, Bailey will work with the firm’s investment teams and research departments to further incorporate ESG principles into the equities, fixed income and alternatives platforms. He will help portfolio managers consider ESG as part of their analytical approach to evaluating companies and markets. He will also chair the firm’s ESG Investment Advisory Committee.
“As a firm, we have a deep history in ESG investing, going back to
Akin Gump has appointed Michael Joyce as a partner in its global energy and transactions practice in Singapore.
Joyce comes to Akin Gump from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was head of the oil and gas group for Australia.
He has relocated from Sydney, Australia, back to Singapore where he was based earlier in his career.
Joyce has more than two decades of experience advising private sector and government clients on matters involving natural gas and oil value chains. This includes acquisition of upstream assets and operational oil and gas field businesses; negotiation of joint operating agreements, farm-in
Peer-to-peer finance platform Assetz Capital has appointed Mark Standley, the former branch manager at Handelsbanken Cardiff and Bridgend, to oversee the firm’s expansion plans for South Wales.
Prior to his time at Handelsbanken, Standley was with Barclays leading a mid and large corporate business development team across South Wales.
He has extensive experience in property investment, development, and supporting international and trading organisations of all sizes.
Stuart Law, CEO of Assetz Capital says: "At Assetz Capital a key focus for 2017 and beyond revolves around us having a strong regional relationship director network. This allows us to
Eden L Rohrer has joined the New York office of K&L Gates as a partner in the investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments practice.
She joins K&L Gates from Crowell & Moring.
Rohrer (pictured) concentrates her practice on broker-dealer regulatory, enforcement, and litigation matters, including Self Regulatory Organisation (SRO) membership, employment, research, soft dollar arrangements, chaperoning of foreign broker-dealers, social media, anti-money laundering rules, securities offerings, and market making and trading issues.
She assists clients with responses to examinations and inquiries in a range of enforcement proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), FINRA, NYSE, and state
David Sheasby, head of governance and sustainability at Martin Currie, has been appointed to the PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) ESG Engagements advisory committee.
Martin Currie’s experience in engagement with investee companies, as well as the considerable work Sheasby has done in this area, prompted the PRI’s appointment.
Sheasby says: “This is a great endorsement and reflection of the significant importance that Martin Currie has placed on active ownership and engagement over the years. We have worked increasingly closely with the PRI for some time and I am delighted to be joining its ESG Engagements advisory committee.
“The
Ralf Schremper is to join as a partner in the private equity team at Oakley Capital with a focus on building out Oakley’s presence in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland).
He is anticipated to join Oakley in August 2017.
Schremper will join from ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, a German media and digital group, where he was the chief strategy and investment officer and also served as a member of the executive board. In his role, he was directly responsible for the company’s strategic acquisitions in recent years, significantly contributing to the expansion of ProSiebenSat.1’s digital entertainment and commerce
Fund and corporate services provider the Aztec Group has strengthened its real assets team in Luxembourg with the appointment of Stephen Osmont as associate director.
In this new role, Osmont (pictured) will lead the real assets teams in Luxembourg, with overall responsibility for the relationship management activities of those teams.
Osmont will also play an active role in helping to drive the continued growth of the group’s Luxembourg office which has grown from 49 to 152 employees in the last 12 months. He will work closely alongside the business development team to build and enhance relationships with local intermediaries,
Ultimus Fund Solutions, an independent provider of mutual fund, pooled investment and middle office services, has appointed Bill Tomko as an executive vice president, director of fund servicing.
Tomko has nearly 30 years of third party fund administration experience, including time spent servicing mutual funds, hedge funds and private equity funds.
His varied executive experience includes operations, relationship management, strategic planning and sales.
In this new role at Ultimus, Tomko will be responsible for fund accounting, financial administration, transfer agency, new client implementations and relationship management.
Gary Tenkman (pictured), COO and managing director of Ultimus, says: “I
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