Growth equity firm Catalyst Investors has hired David Gordon as Senior Associate. He is responsible for deal origination, transaction execution and portfolio management. Gordon was formerly a private equity senior analyst with Wolfson Group where he was responsible for sourcing and advising on private investment opportunities. He previously served as an associate with Volition Capital and as an analyst with Jefferies & Company. Gordon earned a BS in Finance and Accounting from NYU Stern School of Business and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.   “David’s industry expertise, innate intellectual curiosity and deal sourcing experience make him an excellent addition

Antares Capital has hired Vivek Mathew as managing director, head of Structured Products. Mathew will join Antares in the second quarter of 2016. “We’re excited to have Vivek join us as we look to diversify our capital structure and maximise future market opportunities,” says Barry Giarraputo, chief financial officer of Antares Capital. “Vivek’s experience in working with investors and ratings agencies will be important as our business considers the use of CLOs or other structured products as part of our holistic funding and liquidity profile.”   Mathew, based in New York, is a well-regarded leader in the structured credit space.

Alternative investment manager Lexington Partners has opened an office in Santiago, Chile, which will serve as the firm’s regional hub and enhance its strong investor and sponsor relationships in Latin America. The office is led by Jose Sosa del Valle, a Principal who has spearheaded Lexington’s Latin American activities for the past seven years.  Lexington Partners will continue to be supported in an advisory capacity by Brian D. O’Neill, who was appointed by the firm in 2010 as a Senior Advisor focusing on the Latin American region.   Lexington Partners is the world’s largest independent manager of secondary acquisition and

Laila Worrell has joined The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as a Partner and Managing Director in the firm’s fast-growing Principal Investors & Private Equity (PIPE) practice. She will be based in New York. Worrell brings more than two decades of experience advising senior business leaders in both the private equity and corporate sectors. She joins BCG from Accenture, where she served as Managing Director and head of the New York Metro region and led the firm's private equity work. While at Accenture, she also served on the North America Leadership Team, comprising the business leaders responsible for the performance of

Inflexion Private Equity has appointed Tom Green as Value Enhancement Director. He starts with immediate effect and will work alongside Jon Andrew to support strategic and operational value creation within Inflexion’s portfolio. Green’s appointment strengthens Inflexion’s existing value creation team which includes international portfolio support offices in Brazil, India and China, and in-house digital expertise.   Green joins Inflexion from CPA Global, where he was Corporate Development Director of the Cinven-backed IP legal services business, focused on driving growth both organically and through the origination and execution of bolt-on acquisitions across North America and Europe. Tom started his career in

Hall Capital, a family-owned private investment company based in Oklahoma City, has added T Clark Akers as a member of the boards overseeing Hall Capital’s private equity and automotive ventures. Akers will act as an advisor to Hall Capital Partners, the private equity affiliate of Hall Capital that has USD250 million in capital under management. Akers will also join the oversight of Hall Capital’s automotive affiliate, The Fred Jones Companies, a pioneer in the automotive industry. Akers joins other notable Nashville figures in Hall Capital’s board structure, including real estate veteran Patrick Emery and healthcare entrepreneur William “Billy” Webb.  

Private investment firm Saban Capital Group has promoted Philip Han to Executive Vice President. Han, who has been with SCG since April 2002, most recently served as the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. In this new role as Executive Vice President, Han will continue to oversee the strategy, design and implementation of the firm’s investment portfolio across equities, fixed income and alternative investments globally. Furthermore, Han will continue to lead the firm’s real estate division, which currently manages a portfolio of self-storage, student housing, retail and government office assets exceeding four million square feet in 18 states.

Cyrus Investment Management (CIM), the specialist engineering turnaround EIS investment adviser, has appointed the Right Honourable the Lord Peter Hain, formerly Secretary of State for Wales, and General Sir Peter Wall, formerly Chief of the General Staff, to CIM’s Advisory Board. Peter Schwabach, Managing Partner of CIM, says: “We are very pleased to welcome two such distinguished figures to our Advisory Board. As an active investor in British Engineering with a focus on strategic businesses in the Aerospace, Defence and Security industries General Sir Peter Wall and Lord Hain bring to Cyrus a wealth of knowledge and relationships that benefit

Hercules Technology Growth Capital is changing its name to Hercules Capital effective February 25, 2016. The company will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the HTGC ticker symbol. Hercules’ founding mission was to create an opportunity for individual and institutional investors to gain exposure to high-growth, technology-based companies, while also providing entrepreneurs with an alternative source of growth capital that complemented their existing venture capital financing. Since its founding in December 2003, a cumulative USD460 billion has been invested in US-based venture-capital backed companies, according to Dow Jones VentureSource Q4 2015 report, highlighting the vibrancy of

Arma Partners has expanded its Internet and Digital Media advisory capabilities with the appointment of Simon Carmichael as a Partner. Carmichael will work alongside Eric Lawson-Smith and the team, who have successfully built Arma’s presence in this sector over the past seven years. He will be based in Arma’s London office and begins his role immediately.   Carmichael has nearly 20 years of investment banking experience, with a strong focus on advising high-growth consumer Internet businesses on both M&A and capital raisings. Prior to joining Arma Partners, Simon was a Managing Director at Torch Partners, where for over seven years he advised