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Maitland, the global advisory and fund administration firm, has carried out a major organisational restructure of the leadership team of its institutional client services arm.
The management team will now reflect the five fund services products on offer – traditional fund services, transfer agency, hedge fund services, private equity and real estate fund services, and ManCo services.
The entire institutional product offering will be led by Jim Clark, who joined Maitland in May 2014 from State Street and brings over 30 years of industry experience to the role.
The traditional fund services team will be led globally by Rob Leedham,
Meketa Investment Group has appointed Daniel Green as a senior director in the firm’s London office and as a member of Meketa’s private markets group.
He will focus on private equity and real asset investment opportunities in the EMEA regions, in addition to business development in Europe.
“The hiring of Daniel is a key milestone for the firm as we look to further expand upon our investments in EMEA,” says John Haggerty, managing principal and director of private markets investments, Meketa Investment Group. “We are pleased to have Daniel on board and look forward to benefiting from his valuable
Alternative asset manager RueOne Investments has appointed Robert Wages to the firm’s board of directors.
Wages, who is currently managing director of Gazelle Capital Advisors, a consulting firm that advises family investment offices, will also serve on the board’s investment committee.
Wages’ career in finance has included more than 20 years of experience sourcing, executing and managing institutional direct private equity investments across the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
Wages has led private equity investments, fund investments and co-investments ranging in size from USD5 million to USD250 million across multiple geographic regions and a wide range of
RBC Wealth Management-US has appointed Bryan Mullin as head of the firm’s alternative investment platform.
Mullin (pictured) most recently served as principal and director of alternatives research at Slocum, a Minneapolis-based advisory firm that specialises in serving institutional investors.
"As many of the products and services within the wealth management industry have become increasingly commoditised, offering clients differentiated advice and personalised solutions is critical," says Michael Armstrong, CEO of RBC Wealth Management-US. "With Bryan Mullin at the head of our alternatives platform, we will provide our private wealth clients with access to the discipline and sophistication of institutional alternatives
Palatine Private Equity has appointed Zoe Clements as a partner in the London team as the firm looks to back businesses that have a focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
Clements joins from Electra Partners where she played a leading role in its investment in Photobox Group, a digital consumer service for personalised products and gifts, and its exit of Daler-Rowney, a supplier of fine arts materials.
She spent most of her private equity career at LGV Capital where she worked on a number of deals across a range of sectors. Her board seats included ABI, Air
James Hall, who joined private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) a year ago, has been promoted to the position of partner.
Based at the firm’s Leeds head office, Hall has been working alongside partners Peter Armitage and Owen Trotter to source investment opportunities in profitable, dynamic SMEs across the North of England following the first closing of KCP’s latest fund.
The team specialises in the smaller buyout market, backing growing businesses with GBP3 million to GBP15 million of equity finance to fund MBOs, equity release and development capital deals.
With 17 years’ experience within the sector, Hall
KKR has appointed Timothy R Franks as a member in its London office as of 1 February 2017.
Franks will lead coverage of the consumer and retail industries in Europe, Africa and Middle East as a member of the private equity team, will support UK coverage and will sit on the European private equity investment committee.
Franks will join KKR from Advent International, where he was a partner, a European investment committee member and head of the European retail, consumer and leisure team. He also led the launch of Advent's office in New York between 2010 and 2013, and
Law firm Goodwin has launched an impact and responsible investing (IRI) practice as increasing numbers of investors are looking to become more mindful of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues without sacrificing investment returns.
“Impact and responsible investing is among the fastest growing, most prolific forms of global financial innovation,” says David M Hashmall, chairman of Goodwin. “With the depth of experience needed to design successful structures and systems for impact and responsible investing, Goodwin is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of investors and investment managers alike in this increasingly important space. The establishment of our IRI practice speaks
International law firm Mourant Ozannes has appointed Frans Post as global chief financial officer.
Post (pictured), who will also sit on Mourant Ozannes’ management committee, brings with him a wealth of finance and strategic experience in the legal sector.
He held CFO roles at onshore Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance for 17 years before joining Olswang as a CFO and board director in 2009. He then moved to manage aviation law firm Gates & Partners as chief operating officer through a merger with Kennedys law. Latterly he was CEO for investigations firm GPW Group where he was focused on
Eversheds has appointed Pinsent Masons partner Andy Phillips to its Manchester corporate team.
Phillips, who is expected to join Eversheds’ Manchester office in early 2017, will lead the Eversheds private equity group in the North West.
Phillips has experience and expertise advising PE institutions and management teams and sellers on management buy-outs, exits and private company M&A within a range of sectors.
Simon Masters, Eversheds corporate head for Manchester, says: “We have taken our time and been very careful in selecting the right person to lead our private equity team in Manchester. I know we have the right person
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