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Lonsdale Capital Partners, a private equity firm focussed on the smaller end of the market, has appointed Andrew Chetwood as an Associate.
Chetwood will be working across the business, focused initially on deal implementation for the existing pipeline of acquisitions as well as supporting the current portfolio. He joins Lonsdale Capital Partners from EY (Ernst and Young) where he worked in Operational Transaction Services on deals in consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and oil and gas, advising clients on operational issues in transactions both pre and post deal.
Prior to this he was an operations consultant at Chartwell Consulting and Stroud
Victory Park Capital (VPC), an asset management firm focused on middle market debt and equity investments, has promoted five investment professionals in its Chicago office to the firm’s leadership team.
Charles Asfour, Partner, will continue to be responsible for originating, executing and managing private debt and equity investments in middle market companies across a number of industries. He plays a leading role in VPC’s investment efforts within the transportation and retail sectors, and is actively involved in value creation initiatives and strategic alternatives for VPC’s investments. Asfour joined VPC in 2010 and has more than 11 years of experience as
First Derivatives (FD), a provider of software and consulting services, has appointed Virginia Gambale to the Board of the Company as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.
A US citizen, Gambale has extensive experience as an enterprise technology buyer in capital markets, a technology venture capital partner and an independent director across diverse industry sectors.
Gambale is managing partner of Azimuth Partners LLC, which assists in the development of strategies for growth, innovation and international expansion. In this role she has helped to scale international businesses, including Piper Jaffray, Infonic AG, Knoa Software, Workbrain and IQ Financial SystePrior to forming
Independent corporate, fund and private client services provider JTC has appointed Will Cameron (pictured) in a Director role as the Head of the firm’s Fareham office
which is an operational centre for some of the Group’s client administration, accountancy and corporate secretarial services.
Cameron joined JTC in 2015 from Saltgate (UK) Limited where he worked as a Director of Client Services with responsibility for all accounting and administration deliverables. Prior to this, he was with the Capita Financial Group working in their Fund Administration division with a specific focus on the real estate sector.
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Thomas (Tom) Malone has joined the CEA Capital Advisors’ Investment Banking business as a Senior Managing Director.
Malone will focus on the acquisition and divestiture advisory business as well as the capital raising business for companies in the technology, media and telecommunications industries. He will be based in CEA’s New York office.
Malone says: “I am delighted to join a firm with such a stellar reputation and track record as CEA. CEA has long been known to value their clients and employees, treating them as the most important asset of the firm.”
Malone was most recently a Managing Director at
Anthemis Group has appointed Moven founder and CEO Brett King as Venture Partner.
King will continue at the helm of Moven, the mobile banking application he founded in 2012.
As a Venture Partner Brett will work closely with Anthemis’ global advisory business, offering its clients his experience and insights to source and structure deals amongst startups and incumbents, while also leveraging his extensive network to their benefit.
“Having worked with Anthemis as a portfolio company, it is clear that they are one of the most uniquely connected teams in the digital financial space today. Thus, it is only
European private equity group GMT Communications Partners has made three senior promotions – Natalie Tydemano Senior Partner, Vikram Krishna to Partner and Francois Stoessel to Principle.
Tydeman (Senior Partner) joined GMT in 2007. Since joining, she has successfully completed GMT’s investment in Bigpoint, a European developer of browser‐based online games, in 2008, and has most recently played a leading role in the acquisition of Seagull, a leading provider of computer based training for seafarers worldwide. She brings substantial knowledge of the digital media space, having worked in the Communications industry for 17 years. She was previously at Fremantle Media as
Karl McEneff is to step back from day to day executive responsibilities at SuMi TRUST Global Asset Services but will remain within the organisation taking up the role of Chairman and non-Executive Director of SuMi TRUST Ireland with effect from 01 March 2015.
The new CEO will be Hiromitsu Tanaka, who brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge developed over many years having played a prominent role within Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank focused on the Group's global and domestic asset servicing activities. Tanaka previously spent significant time in New York as CEO of the global custody business,
Ray Iler, former regional leader of Deloitte's hedge fund practice on the West Coast, has joined the Financial Services Organization's Wealth & Asset Management practice of Ernst & Young.
Iler, who also served as the lead of Deloitte's Emerging Manager Platform, will provide professional services to EY's hedge fund, private equity and venture capital clients. Iler was also the audit lead for Deloitte's Growth Enterprise Services team in San Francisco.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Ray to EY as he is a highly-respected leader in the asset management industry," says Mike Serota, a Partner with Ernst & Young LLP
HIG Growth Partners has promoted Nik Shah to Managing Director.
Shah joined HIG Capital in 2007 and has been responsible for numerous investments in a wide range of industries including technology, digital media, marketing and business services. Shah will continue to focus on investments across sectors as the HIG Growth team continues to expand and invest its USD500 million growth equity fund.
Shah has over fifteen years of experience investing in and working with lower middle market growth companies. Prior to joining HIG, he was a Senior Associate at Landmark Growth Capital Partners, an Associate at AH Ventures and an
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