Steven Novick has left Crescent Capital Group to start a new retail business based in London, according to his LinkedIn page. Until April Novick was a managing director at Crescent and head of Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific business development and investor relations for the credit investment firm, based in Los Angeles.   He also co-founded Crescent's first non US-focused credit fund, known as Crescent European Specialty Lending. The fund has a target of EUR500 million.   Novick joined the firm in 2011 and over the last two years raised almost USD1 billion in capital from investors across Europe, Middle

Pritzker Group Private Capital has added two executives to its investment and operations teams. Veteran manufacturing executive Bill Denton will join as a senior advisor and Chris Trick, formerly of KRG Capital Partners, will serve as a vice-president.   Denton, chairman of Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company, will work with the firm’s manufactured products operations team. Denton is the former president and CEO of Fiskars Brands, a global manufacturer and marketer of consumer products, and he spent 25 years with Newell Rubbermaid in senior executive roles.   Denton will work closely with Milestone AV Technologies, which designs, markets and distributes

Private equity and management service firm Current Capital has appointed two more executives to its advisory board. They are Salvatore D. Fazzolari, the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Harsco Corporation, and Mary Jane Raymond, chief financial officer of II-VI Incorporated.   Jonathan F Foster, founder and managing director of Current Capital, says: “Sal and Mary Jane are more unique additions to our Advisory Board who will help us build on our first private equity investment, Stackpole International, an automotive supplier that we sold late last year creating a very significant return for our investors, and our now

Middle market private equity firm Genstar Capital Management has appointed Gretchen L Robinson in the newly created role of vice president of investor relations. Robinson joins Genstar from independent global asset manager Capital Dynamics, which she joined in 2008 and most recently served as a vice president in investment management.    While at Capital Dynamics, she was responsible for over USD500 million of commitments and relationships with over 35 private equity and venture capital managers, and fundraised for the firm's most recent buyout fund and venture capital fund of funds.    Earlier, Robinson was an analyst at Wells Fargo in

FNEX, the financial marketplace for alternative investments, has appointed Carissa Newton as the company’s chief marketing officer. Newton reports directly to FNEX CEO Todd Ryden and leads all strategic marketing efforts at FNEX beginning with the company’s national marketing and advertising campaign.   FNEX launched FNEX.com, an online marketplace for alternative investments including direct placements in private companies, hedge funds and managed futures accounts, in September 2013. The web-based platform provides investment advisors, family offices, institutions, and accredited investors access to investment opportunities offered by investment banks and funds across the US.   “Carissa’s deep understanding of financial services and technology

Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has appointed Chris Bellairs as partner within the financial services practice.  Bellairs has over 16 years' experience as an auditor and adviser across the Financial Services industry.   He joins BDO from PwC, where he led the insurance and investment management internal audit advisory service, and acted as senior statutory auditor on a number of external audits in the fund management sector, across traditional asset managers, private equity, real estate and hedge fund managers.   Bellairs’ industry experience has been gained both in the UK and internationally, and globally he was the sovereign wealth