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Ethos Capital, which takes majority and minority positions in middle market companies across North America and Europe, has named Marc Puglia as Partner and Chief Financial Officer, joining the firm’s Senior Executive Committee.
Activist hedge fund Irenic Capital Management has hired former Apollo Global Management principal E‑Fei Wang as managing director and head of private equity as the firm expands beyond public market activism, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Biologos, a life sciences manufacturer and portfolio company of private investor Ampersand Capital Partners, has appointed Hetal Patel as chief executive officer as the company enters its next phase of expansion under private equity ownership.
Private markets investment platform Moonfare has appointed Alice Avenel as head of France & Benelux. Based in Paris, she will be responsible for accelerating Moonfare’s growth among private investors, family offices, and distribution partners.
UK alternative asset manager Maven Capital Partners has appointed Ewan MacKinnon as managing partner. Founder and previous managing partner Bill Nixon has moved to the role of chair.
Littlejohn & Co, a private investment firm based in Greenwich, CT, has appointed Shant Mardirossian as managing director, chief operating officer, and head of strategic initiatives.
Three former members of IFM Investors’ private equity unit have launched a new investment firm, raising AUD500m ($353m) for their debut vehicle, according to a report by Bloomberg. David Odgers, Adrian Kerley, and Stuart Wardman-Browne have established Black Kite Partners, a private markets manager focused on technology.
CIC Private Debt, part of La Française Group – the asset management arm of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale – has appointed Mounia Khamlich Fischer as head of risk & operations, effective 1 February 2026.
European growth private equity firm Jolt Capital has appointed Patrick Koller as an operating partner, adding a senior industrial executive to its bench as it scales its deeptech investment platform.
New York-based Apollo Global Management has seen a senior fundraising exit in Japan, as Takeshi Tsubota, head of the firm’s institutional client group for Japan, departs, according to a report by Private Equity International citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
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