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The board of Woodford Patient Capital Trust has appointed Carolan Dobson and Alan Hodson as non-executive directors, both with immediate effect.
Dobson has a background in fund management and is an experienced non-executive director in public and private sector organisations, including a diverse portfolio of investment trust roles. She spent her executive career at Murray Johnstone, where she managed Murray Income and was a main board director, and later joined Abbey National Asset Management as head of UK.
In 2004, Dobson was appointed a non-executive director of Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust, becoming chairman in 2011. In 2010, she
Salveo Capital has re-launched Salveo Fund I with the addition of managing directors Michael Gruber and Jeffrey Howard and director of fund operations Achint Prabhat to the existing team of partners Alex Thiersch and John Dohm and director of communications Eric Atienza.
Salveo is a venture capital fund with offices in Chicago, Illinois, that will invest in emerging growth companies within the cannabis sector. The addition of the new team members brings investment, fund management, capital markets and due diligence experience to complement the existing team.
Gruber has over 20 years of experience working with early stage investments, particularly
Investment funds lawyer Christopher Knight (pictured) has joined Akin Gump as counsel in its investment management practice in the Hong Kong office.
He joins the firm from the Hong Kong office of DLA Piper.
Knight has extensive experience advising financial institutions, investment banks, asset managers, sponsors and investors on the establishment and regulation of hedge funds, regulated funds and private equity funds. He has also advised on Shari’ah compliant investment fund structures.
“Chris’ arrival is a real boost to our investment funds team in Asia,” says Anne-Marie Godfrey, a partner in Akin Gump’s investment management practice in Hong
Backstop Solutions Group, a provider of cloud-based solutions for hedge funds, funds of funds, pensions, endowments, private equity firms, consultants and family offices, has expanded into the Asia Pacific region with the opening of its sixth office and the hiring of seasoned industry professional Steve Au (pictured) as director of institutional sales – APAC.
Au brings more than 10 years of multicultural sales and management experience to Backstop, having a deep understanding of alternative investments, hedge fund and private equity technology and operational requirements. He previously spent time in senior sales and management positions for Charles River Development and Eze
Knight Corporate Finance has added Steve Stuart to its team bringing his 30 years of experience in financing and business strategy to focus on business development opportunities and to review fund raising opportunities for sister company Knight Ventures.
Formerly a partner at Brabners Stuart Corporate Finance and Ernst & Young, Stuart has extensive experience in funding in the media and technology sectors, across the UK and into Europe.
“In the past year I reassessed where I wanted to be in my working life and decided to embark on new projects and ventures where I could provide input and insight as
Assured Guaranty has appointed David A Buzen as senior managing director of its newly formed alternative investments group.
Buzen was previously president and chief executive officer of CIFG Holding.
Additionally, Stan Cotek, formerly treasurer and managing director of finance and IT systems at CIFG, has joined the alternative strategies group as managing director, and Robert M Forant, formerly chief operating officer of AIG Global Risk Solutions & Multinational, has joined as director.
“We have known and worked with Dave Buzen for many years and seen his leadership ability in a variety of financial settings in and out of
Lazard has appointed Christopher Mulshine as a managing director in its private capital advisory group, effective immediately. He is based in New York.
“Chris brings more than 15 years of experience as a trusted advisor to institutional investors and fund managers,” says William Riddle, managing director and head of Lazard’s private capital advisory group. “His insight and relationships will further bolster our expertise in credit and debt strategies as we increase our capabilities in this area to meet client demand.”
Mulshine joins from Credit Suisse Securities, where was head of capital services in the Americas. From 2005 to 2008
Maples Fund Services has appointed James Perry as head of institutional investor solutions, effective immediately.
In this role, Perry will be responsible for further shaping the firm’s offerings and enhancing its service delivery to institutional investors.
Perry brings more than 20 years of investment management experience, the past 10 serving in senior investment roles overseeing portfolios of public assets in California and Texas.
Previously he served as chief investment officer of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System.
The Citco Group of Companies has launched Citco Capital Solutions, a capital advisory service that will focus on arranging debt and equity capital for sponsors and investors in alternative investment vehicles.
Citco Capital Solutions is led by managing director Michael Peterson (pictured), and Shiraz Allidina has also joined the firm as a director.
Leveraging Citco’s experience and broad relationships across the global alternative investment space, Citco Capital Solutions provides a full suite of capital advisory services, including arrangement of subscription lines, project finance and warehouse lines, as well as joint-venture, preferred and co-invest equity.
Peterson says: “Citco has
Business Growth Fund (BGF), the UK’s most active investor of growth capital, has appointed Diana Noble to the board of the company.
Noble has extensive background in private equity, venture capital and international development and is currently chief executive of CDC, the UK’s development finance institution managing net assets of GBP3.4 billion.
Established in 1948, CDC provides investment capital to fund growth in ambitious and promising businesses throughout Africa and South Asia.
Noble was a partner at Schroder Ventures (now Permira) for 12 years, founder CEO of e-Ventures and founder managing director of Reed Elsevier Ventures.
She
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