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IGF, a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has made a trio of new hires across the UK.
Kelly Tighe joins as client manager on the firm’s invoice finance team; Aman Gill is regional sales director, also on the invoice finance team; and Mark Stainsby joins IGF Business Credit, the firm’s asset based lending arm, as client manager.
Joining the firm from Bibby Financial Services, Tighe will be responsible for managing IGF’s Invoice Finance clients across the north of England. She will be based out of the firm’s new North West office in Manchester. Tighe’s previous roles also include positions
Joan Schriger and Brian O’Keefe, founders of Pharus Capital Management, a San Francisco-based private fund manager, have joined Pacific View Asset Management.
Schriger and O’Keefe bring with them a portfolio of venture capital investments and a track record dating back to 2013.
Throughout their careers, they have been active in all aspects of venture capital from principal investing to providing advice on financing, corporate transactions, operations and capital raises.
Their experience led them to develop a strategy that identifies late-stage investment opportunities in privately held technology companies backed by top-tier venture capital sponsors.
“We are very excited
RCP Advisors has promoted Dave McCoy to managing partner; Alex Abell, Nell Blatherwick, Michael Feinglass and Andy Nelson to partner; and Ross Koenig and Michael Rice to vice president.
McCoy joined RCP in 2010 and has 15 years of private equity experience. Heis the portfolio manager for RCP’s co-investment funds and maintains broader activities throughout the investment function. He is also on the investment committee and active as an advisory board member of several underlying funds and portfolio companies.
“We are proud to recognise Dave McCoy's many achievements with this well-deserved promotion,” says Charlie Huebner, managing partner. “During his
K&L Gates has appointed Michael D Cuda as a partner in the firm’s banking and asset finance practice in Dallas.
Cuda joins K&L Gates from Squire Patton Boggs.
With more than 25 years of energy and banking experience, Cuda counsels clients on domestic and international energy and oil and gas financing transactions, including upstream through downstream operations, wind and solar projects, and related financial derivatives.
His practice also involves private equity investment and specialty lending transactions across multiple industries as well as various types of multi-tier, multi-currency, and cross-border syndicated lending transactions in energy, media, and telecommunications, among other
Transport industry-focused private equity firm Greenbriar Equity Group has appointed Niall McComiskey as a managing director.
McComiskey joined Greenbriar in 2006 and has led the structuring and sourcing of a number of investments across the transportation space, with a particular focus in the aerospace, commercial vehicle, distribution and shipping sectors.
Prior to joining Greenbriar, McComiskey was a vice president at HSH Nordbank. Previously, he worked in the mergers and acquisitions group at Deutsche Bank.
Regg Jones, managing partner and co-founder of Greenbriar, says: "We are pleased to acknowledge Niall's leadership role in our firm and with our portfolio companies. As
RiverNorth Capital Management, a boutique investment management firm specialising in opportunistic strategies, has appointed Greg Uythoven as an institutional portfolio specialist.
In this role, Uythoven (pictured) is responsible for supporting the investment management team by serving as a liaison between RiverNorth’s portfolio managers and institutional investor base.
“Greg is a highly accomplished executive, with deep asset management industry experience, strong institutional relationships and a demonstrated ability to meet client needs,” says Brian Schmucker, chief executive officer of RiverNorth. “We are confident he will be a valuable addition to our portfolio specialist team and we look forward to his contributions
Advanced Logic Analytics (ALA), a provider of enterprise-class big data and finance analytics solutions for buy- and sell-side institutions and other financial firms, has appointed Tilman Sayer as chief information officer.
Sayer (pictured), who will report to managing director Nick Ellis, will lead the strategic development of ALA’s new and market-leading ALA OneLogic financial analytics suite which includes models for behavioural, emotional and sentiment-based trading and portfolio optimisation models.
“There is a rising importance to financial enterprise use of big data analytics in the markets, in addition to our ALA OneLogic compliance, big data and financial analytics solutions, we
First Names Group’s fund services business Moore Management has appointed Scott Madden as funds director.
Based in Moore’s head office in Jersey, Madden (pictured) brings with him operational and technical experience including significant skills in organic and inorganic build-outs.
Prior to joining Moore he headed up the integrations team at Sanne, having joined through the acquisition of State Street’s Jersey corporate business in 2014.
Recently he spent six months in South Africa integrating an acquired hedge fund administration business in Cape Town.
Madden says: “I’m thrilled to be joining the Moore Management team. Moore is going from
Reiss, owner of the global men's and women's fashion and accessories brand REISS, has appointed Christos Angelides as chief executive officer (CEO) as part of a planned succession process.
Angelides brings over 30 years multi-channel retail experience to Reiss including 28 years at Next where he served for 14 years on the main board as group product director.
Most recently he served as president of Abercrombie and Fitch based in the US.
In addition, Andy Lawrence has joined Reiss as head of international. Lawrence joins from Ralph Lauren where he held a series of senior roles in Asia Pacific
BNY Mellon has appointed Declan Turner as a business development manager for its corporate trust team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Turner will focus on promoting BNY Mellon’s administration solutions across all loan portfolios, including direct lending and collateralised loan obligations (CLOs).
“Declan has extensive experience in structured finance and his buy-side expertise gives us an invaluable insight into client needs,” says Tom Ahern (pictured), head of BNY Mellon’s corporate trust business in EMEA. “Attracting, developing and retaining top talent is a core strategic priority and remains one of our biggest competitive advantages.”
Turner will be based
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