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Palatine Private Equity has promoted three members of the firm’s team.
Beth Houghton has been made Partner having played an instrumental role in achieving positive exits for family leisure business Playnation, as well as the sale of financial education provider Wealth at Work to Equistone in a GBP50 million buyout.
B Houghton eth, who has been with the firm for almost nine years, currently holds a non-executive position on the boards of MoneyPlus Group, icelolly.com, The Alchemist and Gusto. She has also spearheaded Palatine’s award-winning Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies and has played a big part in improving
Private equity form HarbourVest Partners has elevated Nate Bishop, Carolina Espinal and Aris Hatch to Managing Director, and promoted eight other senior professionals worldwide.
“As a firm, we are extremely proud of the team we have in place. At every level, promotions reflect a clear and demonstrated commitment to our clients – to support their investment goals, protect and drive value, and further strengthen businesses across the globe,” says Peter Wilson, Managing Director. “The HarbourVest team today is as strong as ever and we are proud to be in a position to reward the excellence and significant professional contribution of
High Road Capital Partners has appointed Kristin A Newhall as Partner, Investor Relations and Administration, a new position at the firm. Her position will include responsibility for human resources.
Newhall has close to 20 years of experience in private equity. Prior to joining High Road, she was a partner at The Riverside Company, where she led 18 acquisitions and served as chairman or director on 10 boards of directors, and supported fundraising and reporting to investors. She began her finance career at Citigroup Investments. Newhall received an MA from Columbia University and a BA from Brandeis University.
“Kristin’s outstanding
Hercules Technology Growth Capital, a specialty financing provider to venture growth stage companies backed by leading venture capital firms, has appointed Kristen Kosofsky as Senior Managing Director in the Life Sciences Group in the firm’s’ Boston office.
“I am pleased to welcome Kristen to Hercules and to have such an outstanding and seasoned investment professional join our industry-leading originations team,” says Manuel A Henriquez, chairman and chief executive officer of Hercules. “Kristen’s depth of experience and life sciences industry knowledge, coupled with her strong network is reflected in her proven track record of identifying, building and managing a high quality
CMS is continuing its rapid growth in London with the appointment of partner Jonathan Woolf to the firm’s Corporate team. He joins CMS from BP plc where he was Managing Counsel of BP’s M&A Legal team since 2010.
Woolf has particular expertise in M&A in the oil and gas sector, including upstream and midstream/downstream work, financial sponsors and a variety of other industry sectors. Previously, Jonathan practised with Linklaters in London and Hong Kong, and thus brings considerable expertise and in-depth market knowledge of the oil and gas business to the team. His international oil and gas experience extends to
UMB Fund Services (UMBFS) has hired Michael Yanke as head of fund administration and Mackenzie Johnson as legal counsel in Milwaukee.
Yanke is responsible for operations of UMBFS’ Milwaukee-based Fund Administration team, which services registered funds of all types. He will also establish and oversee fund administration compliance policies and procedures. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the fund industry.
“Michael brings an extensive knowledge of the industry to UMBFS,” says Terry Gallagher (pictured), executive vice president, director of fund accounting and administration. “Michael will assist in developing a strong team of fund administrators. We are excited
A month after being granted a licence to provide professional depositary services from its Luxembourg office, Elian has appointed Kerstin Lindgren (pictured) as manager of depositary services in the firm's funds depositary team.
Lindgren’s main focus will be to develop the depositary services offering for alternative investment funds in Luxembourg.
Lindgren has 15 years’ experience in the investment fund industry, particularly in depositary, global custody and stock lending services. She has previously held roles with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) in Stockholm and Luxembourg. Before joining Elian she was head of custody services at SEB SA, where she worked for more
Cowen Group has made three senior hires at Copwen & Co with Michael Wildish, who is based in New York, joining the firm as Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, Iain Franks as Managing Director and Head of Convertible and Equity-Linked Products, and Eric Grant as Managing Director and Senior Trader, Convertible and Equity-Linked Products. Franks and Grant are based in San Francisco.
“We continue to opportunistically enhance our investment banking capabilities in ways that complement our areas of strength,” says Kevin Raidy, Head of Investment Banking. “Our senior bankers have strong client relationships in equity and debt capital markets. With
New York-based alternative investment firm Angelo, Gordon & Co has appointed Jenny Morton (pictured) as a Managing Director, Head of Consultant Relations.
”Angelo Gordon is excited to create this new position,” says Garrett Walls, Global Head of Marketing. “As the consulting firms we work with evolve it is very important to understand each individual firm’s needs and the needs of their clients. With Jenny’s 25-plus years in the industry, most of which has been focused working with consultants, she is well-equipped to address this challenge.”
Morton says: “I have known of and respected Angelo Gordon for many years and
Private equity firm Blackford Capital has appointed Jeffrey W Johnson as managing director.
Prior to joining Blackford, Johnson served as managing director for Gilbert Global Equity Partners, a billion-dollar private equity fund that was launched by Soros Quantum Funds alumni. A
s a key founding member of Gilbert, Johnson was involved in all aspects of the firm’s business and strategy and he originated, structured and closed several leveraged and growth-oriented platform investments up to USD150 million that were focused on building shareholder value both financially and operationally. He represented the firm’s interests as a board member and oversight member of
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