Livingstone, an international mid-market M&A and debt advisory firm, has appointed three new team members in London. Livingstone has added to its media and technology sector team with the appointment of Hannah Pettitt as associate director and Christina Franzeskides as analyst, with Ian Guilfoyle joining the industrial sector team as associate. 
 Pettitt previously worked at Deloitte for three years focusing on a range of sell-side and buy-side transactions.   Franzeskides joins from PwC where she spent three years working with clients in the financial services sector practice before joining the firm’s specialist valuations team.   At Livingstone, both Pettitt and

Demica, a provider of working capital solutions to major corporates and banks, has made further multi-jurisdictional appointments to the firm’s origination team. Angel Blanco has been appointed as origination director, Enrique Jimenez as senior supply chain finance origination director and Marc Wolf as origination director.    As origination director, Blanco has responsibility for originating receivables finance, trade receivables securitisations and supply chain finance programs mainly for Spanish and Portuguese multinational corporates and financial institutions. As part of Demica’s commitment to offering in-market accessibility to its clients, he will be co-located in Spain and London.    Blanco joins Demica from Santander

Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has expanded its team with the addition of Alison Miller, who has joined the firm as director. Miller is focused on sourcing new investment opportunities that fit Wynnchurch's operations-oriented investment approach. She also supports the firm’s strategic relationships with the bankruptcy and restructuring M&A community.   "Alison brings over a decade of restructuring experience across a number of industries," says Wynnchurch's managing partner John Hatherly. "We feel she is a strong addition to our origination effort."   Miller began her career in the restructuring group in the New York office of Kirkland &

Monroe Capital has appointed Marc Adelson as managing director, originations. Adelson joins Ben Marzouk and Lee Stern in the firm’s New York office.   “We are very excited to add Marc to the Monroe Capital team,” says Ted Koenig, president and chief executive of Monroe Capital. “Marc has an accomplished career of over 30 years providing financing solutions to middle-market companies and brings with him many great relationships and a wide range of experience across multiple industries.”   Prior to Monroe, Adelson was the chief credit officer of Medallion Financial and president of its asset based lending business. Prior to

IGF, a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has appointed three new asset based lending (ABL) directors, based in Scotland, the Midlands, London and the South East. The addition of its new ABL facility reinforces IGF’s commitment to meeting the growth aspirations and working capital needs of UK SMEs. To compliment the addition of the new directors, IGF has also opened offices in Central London and Glasgow.    Alan Anderson, based in Glasgow, joins IGF to lead its Scottish ABL offering. His career includes time at Clydesdale, Aldermore and Bibby. He brings a wealth of experience to the company, and will spearhead

Finstar Financial Group has made senior additions to its management team with the recruitment of Eugene Timko as investment director, Michele Tucci as head of mobile products and business development, and Alexander Ivanov who has been appointed to develop venture capital investments. These latest appointments reflect Finstar’s strategy to continue with the expansion of its fintech and financial services investment programme.                                                        As the global economy moves into a digital era, investment in the fintech sector continues to gather pace and overall fintech investment reached USD5.7 billion globally during the first quarter of 2016. Finstar Financial Group is focusing its

Campbell Lutyens has made a number of senior promotions in its London and Hong Kong offices. Edward Hutton has been promoted to partner. He joined Campbell Lutyens in 2007 and has responsibility for the firm's general partner and limited partner relationships in the Nordic countries and also shares responsibility for investor coverage in the UK. He has raised significant capital for a broad range of clients' funds across private equity, infrastructure and private debt, helped to source fundraising mandates, and has been instrumental in generating secondary opportunities for the firm.   The firm has also promoted Xiaoni Shi, who is

MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Marc Russell-Jones as head of business development for EMEA. Russell-Jones will be responsible for driving the growth of MUFG Investor Services’ asset servicing solutions across hedge funds, fund of funds and private equity/real estate funds in the EMEA region. These solutions include fund administration, middle-office outsourcing, custody, depository, trustee, fund of hedge fund financing, FX and wider banking services.   Formerly head of asset manager sector solutions for the Nordics and UK at State Street, Russell-Jones brings over 15 years’ experience from business development roles

Private equity firm Altus Capital Partners has named Heidi Goldstein as Partner. Goldstein has been a member of the Altus Capital investment team since March 2006, most recently as a Principal, and has been actively involved in many of the firm’s investments during this period. She currently serves on the Board of International Imaging Materials, Inc, Rocla Concrete Tie, Inc. and Nichols Portland, LLC. Russell J Greenberg, Managing Partner, says: “Heidi’s promotion to Partner is in recognition of her many contributions in successfully sourcing and managing investments in the Altus Capital portfolio.” Greg L. Greenberg, Senior Partner, added, “We are