Square 1 Bank has appointed Randy Churchill as senior vice president (SVP) to help lead the bank’s technology banking efforts in Los Angeles and Orange County. ​ Churchill brings over 25 years of banking, legal, consulting and business development experience to his new role. Churchill joins Square 1 Bank from Cooley LLP where he was a member of the founding team and served as senior vice president of business development in the firm's Los Angeles office. While there, his responsibilities included relationship management, client engagement and deal sourcing to the venture community. Prior to Cooley, Churchill spent 12 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers

Jeff Sica, founder and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Circle Squared Alternative Investments (CSQ), has been appointed as a special advisor to the board of venture capital firm AITV. Sica will now be part of a roster of what we believe to be are world-class subject matter specialists that AITV has assembled. In this capacity, he’ll provide the AITV investment team and, in some cases, the underlying portfolio companies, with strategic, financial, technological and commercial advice in an effort to help optimise returns for their investors. AITV developed this highly profiled and actively engaged network of collaborators ranging from fund

Investec Specialist Bank (Investec) has expanded its Growth & Acquisition Finance team with the appointment of Robin Aldridge.  Joining from RBS Invoice Finance, where he was a relationship manager in the corporate bank, Aldridge will focus on portfolio management and report into Gary Edwards. Aldridge will be working directly with mid-market businesses to help support their growth through innovative and flexible integrated debt / asset-based lending financing structures. Prior to his time at RBS, Robin was with Burdale Financial for seven years working within portfolio management.   Launched in 2006, Investec’s integrated debt offering has become increasingly attractive to mid-market

Convergence has appointed Joseph (Joe) Dello Russo, former Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative officer of MFS Investment Management as a Senior Managing Director.  In his role with Convergence, a provider of database, custom data research and advisory services to the alternative asset manager industry, Dello Russo will lead efforts to develop the Company's business platform, with primary focus in the northeast US market.  As a member of the company's Management Committee, Joe will work in partnership with the company's co-Presidents, John Phinney and George Evans, on business strategy, the development and execution of strategic business and customer relationships and

Arsenal Venture Partners has appointed Ryan Waddington (pictured) as a Partner. He will lead the firm’s efforts in the Midwest region and will be involved in all areas of the firm's operations, from sourcing investments to interfacing with strategic organisations, to delivering value to Arsenal's portfolio companies. Waddington's 15-year investing career includes, most recently, co-founding Michigan-based Huron River Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in enterprise and resource efficiency sectors. Prior to that, Waddington helped establish an energy-focused private equity group within New York-based Ziff Brothers Investments, one of the largest and most successful family office investment firms

Private equity firm Lonsdale Capital Partners has appointed James Knott as Investment Director.  Knott’s responsibilities will include implementing deals, sourcing new opportunities, building on new and existing advisor relations and working with portfolio companies; which currently include investments in oil and gas, plastics and packaging, financial services and publishing.  Knott joins Lonsdale with a depth of experience in investment management and deal making. Prior to joining he was an Investment Manager at Risk Capital Partners where he took the lead on servicing and executing transactions and worked closely with portfolio companies. He has also previously held positions at PwC and

Private equity-backed independent video game development studio, Sumo Digital, has appointed Ken Beaty (pictured) as Chairman.  Sumo Digital recently completed an MBO with investment from private equity firm NorthEdge Capital and successfully launched LittleBigPlanet 3 for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.   During a 20-year career in private equity, Beaty has held a number of high profile board positions, including Non-Executive Director at fashion brand Hobbs and Chairman at Planet X, the high-performance cycling brand.   Founded in 2003, Sumo is headquartered in Sheffield with an office in Pune, India, and employs more than 240 people. Sumo partners with top tier

The Board of Directors of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) has appointed André Bourbonnais as President and Chief Executive Officer effective 30 March, 2015. With over 20 years of industry experience, Bourbonnais comes to PSP Investments from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) where he was Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Private Investments. As such, he was responsible for a portfolio of private investments totalling over USD65 billion. Prior to joining CPPIB in 2006, he oversaw the 2005 initial public offering of Addenda Capital Inc, a fixed income manager, and managed private equity portfolios