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Civitas Capital Group has appointed David Perel to the newly created position of President and Chief Investment Officer (CIO).
Perel, who was previously a Managing Director of Civitas Alternative Investments and President of Juno Development (both Civitas affiliates), will oversee the general management of the firm and its operating divisions.
Perel will continue to serve on Civitas' executive and investment committees, and will report to Daniel J Healy, Chief Executive Officer. He will also continue to be involved in the development and financing of lodging investments for the firm.
"David has been a valuable member of our team at Civitas
Stephen Gillespie is to join Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner in the London office. Formerly a senior partner in the European debt finance practice in Kirkland & Ellis International’s London office, he will continue his European leveraged and acquisition finance practice at Gibson Dunn.
“We are delighted to have Stephen on board,” says Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “Building a top quality English law transactional practice is a strategic priority for the firm, and Stephen’s addition is an essential component to attaining that goal. Stephen is a recognised leader in European leveraged and acquisition
Private equity firm NorthEdge Capital has strengthened its team with the appointment of James Marshall as Investment Executive.
NorthEdge, which focuses on investing in businesses based in the North of England, has seen a very active year and has now made 10 investments from its maiden fund, representing over GB{100m of investment into the Northern business community during the last 18 months.
Marshall will be based in the firm’s Leeds office. A Chartered Accountant, he joins from corporate finance specialist, Dow Schofield Watts, where he was instrumental in establishing its Yorkshire team. Prior to this Marshall spent three years
Private equity firm Vector Capital has promoted Alex Beregovsky and Andy Fishman to Managing Director.
“We are extremely proud of what Alex and Andy have accomplished,” says Alex Slusky, Vector Capital’s Chief Investment Officer. “After joining us shortly after business school, they have grown into management roles at Vector, delivering both thought leadership and investment returns to the firm. Their success further validates Vector’s commitment to advancing its performers and promoting from within.”
Fishman joined Vector in 2008. He leads Vector’s applications software team. He currently serves on the board of Allegro Development. He was previously a Director of RAE Systems (acquired
Sandro Galfetti has joined The Park Hill Group’s secondary advisory business as a Principal based in London.
This business delivers liquidity, structuring and capital solutions to private equity investors and managers globally.
Galfetti has over twelve years of experience in private equity and financial services. Prior to joining Park Hill, Galfetti was a Director with Capital Dynamics' secondary investment team in London and New York and before that, with the firm’s structured solutions group in Zug (Switzerland). Prior to Capital Dynamics, he was a structured credit underwriter with Swiss Re Financial Services in Zurich and London. At Park Hill,
RFA (Richard Fleishman & Associates) has appointed George Ralph as Managing Director of RFA UK. The firm has also announced it's intention to open two new data centres in January.
They will help the firm to provide its full portfolio of services to the UK and European asset management community, including RFA Cloud, disaster recovery, and outsourced IT, design, and implementation services. The expansion of the UK office represents RFA's continued progress from an industry pioneer to a leading global firm.
Prior to joining RFA, George founded and grew three separate technology companies (one of which provided advice and service improvement
Carne Group has made two hires in its Irish office to support the increasing demand for its AIFMD management company services, including its independent ‘mancos’ in Ireland, Luxembourg and the Channel Islands.
Neil Clifford joins Carne from Irish Life Investment Managers where he was Head of Alternatives and oversaw an external hedge funds portfolio. He has also supervised ILIM’s illiquid investments in private equity and infrastructure, including acting as an independent director on a number of investee companies. Neil is a former equity fund manager and a qualified risk management professional.
Martin Anderson also joins Carne, having previously held
WL Ross & Co, the distressed investment arm of Invesco, has appointed Su Yeo (pictured) and Eric London to the firm’s investment and investor relations teams respectively. Both will be based in New York.
As a Principal, Yeo is responsible for investment origination and execution with an initial focus on the metals and mining sector. Yeo has 16 years of experience in the private equity industry. She was most recently at Morgan Stanley Principal Investments where she focused on acquisitions and corporate restructurings for the firm’s proprietary investment fund.
In his role as Senior Director, London is responsible for
Fenox VC is launching a USD200 million fund to invest in Bangladesh's technology, Internet and media sectors.
Creation of the new fund marks the first time a venture capital company from Silicon Valley has launched business operations in Bangladesh.
Fenox was founded in 2011 to invest in the most promising startups in global locations. Fenox supports companies with funding and guidance to help run operations, enter new international markets, and manage eventual exits through acquisitions or IPOs.
"I am honoured to be a part of Fenox VC," says Shameem Ahsan. "This partnership will help to realize the vision
Bank of the West has appointed Phil Kain, a specialist in the development of leveraged finance loans for middle market private equity sponsors, as director of the bank's Private Equity Group.
Capitalising on his more than 18 years of experience, in his new role Kain will be responsible for covering middle market private equity groups across the country, developing new business opportunities in financing private equity portfolio companies, structuring and underwriting transactions, and growing the bank's overall private equity practice.
Bank of the West's Private Equity Group, led by John Thurston since 2011, has a track record of more
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