Craig A Steger (pictured) has joined Outcome Capital as a Senior Advisor in the firm’s Boston area-based life sciences practice, bolstering the firm’s expertise in the molecular diagnostics and biotechnology sectors. A business leader with extensive global experience, Steger has been part of several successful molecular diagnostic start-ups through their eventual acquisitions. Steger joins Outcome from Forge 4ward, a life science and diagnostic consulting firm, where he has been working with clients to develop their commercial strategy and build value both in the US and globally. He has held various executive positions from start-up companies through large, well-established international corporations.

Burr Pilger Mayer has expanded its alternative investment practice with the opening of an office in the Cayman Islands. “We opened the Cayman Islands Office to meet the demands of our growing Hedge Fund and Alternative Investment Group,” says Brian Finnegan, Leader of the Firm’s Assurance Practice Group and Financial Services Industry Group. “The Cayman Islands is the world leader as a domicile for hedge fund managers, institutional sponsors, financial service firms and private equity investors.” Finnegan and his team help clients manage the full range of issues that affect global businesses and investors, including: • Annual audits of financial

Perella Weinberg Partners has appointed Brian Stengel as a Partner in the firm’s Advisory business. Stengel will focus on providing strategic and financial advice to technology, media and telecommunications clients, with a particular focus on internet and digital media, and will be based in the Firm’s New York office. Stengel has 20 years of investment banking experience. He comes to Perella Weinberg Partners from Waller Capital Partners, where he was a Managing Director and Group Head of the Digital Media Group. Previously, Stengel was an Executive Director in the Financial Sponsors Group at Morgan Stanley. In these roles, he advised

European mid-market private equity specialist Idinvest Partners has added two new members to its Private Debt team. The addition of Valérie Ducourty (pictured) and Sorian Abouz means the team now comprises 11 professionals. Ducourty is joining Idinvest Partners as Investment Director of the Private Debt team. Her role will mainly consist of the deployment of the investment of the NOVI 2 debt compartment. Va Ducourty lérie has spent most of her career in commercial banking, notably at Fortis Banque France and then Arkea Banque Entreprises et Institutionnels, before taking part in the launch and development of the Corporate Lending activity

Julien Darmon (pictured) has rejoined Baird as a Managing Director in its European Investment Banking group in London. Darmon will focus on the Industrial sector, bringing his extensive M&A experience and strong client relationships to further strengthen Baird’s global, comprehensive Industrial platform. Darmon rejoins Baird from Harris Williams where he was a Managing Director in the firm’s London office since 2010. Prior to 2010, Darmon established his investment banking career at Baird in London, joining as an Associate in 1999 and later working from Baird’s Chicago office for three years before returning to the London office in 2005. He has

Investec Specialist Bank (Investec) has appointed Mark Buttler (pictured) to lead its Growth & Acquisition Finance (GAF) team in the north of England. Buttler joins Investec after eight years with private equity firm Key Capital Partners (KCP), where he held the position of director. During his time at KCP, Buttler led and co-led a number of buy-outs and growth capital transactions involving companies in the north of England, and was also responsible for helping to launch and develop the firm’s presence in the region. Before this Buttler worked for ten years with KPMG Corporate Finance, based in the north of

Private equity investor NextStage AM has promoted Aloys de Fontaines, Michaël Strauss-Kahn and Julien Potier to the position of Investment Director.  All three have previously served as Associate, then as Senior Associate at NextStage AM. They will now focus their attentions on NextStage, an investment vehicle launched in June 2015, with a  mission is to provide European mid-cap companies with a solution in terms of long-term equity investment.  “The appointment of Aloys de Fontaines, Michaël Strauss-Kahn and Julien Potier as Investment Directors is a natural step in their career paths and an illustration of the confidence we have placed in