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Alternative investment and private securities marketplace FNEX has appointed Chris Nelson as the company’s chief technology officer.
In this role he will oversee overall company operations, systems and platform development.
Nelson brings over 18 years of experience in technology. He joins FNEX from Delivra where he was director of operations, growing the company’s top line more than five times without incurring any debt, and spent many years in the role of director of information technology.
Prior to Delivra, Nelson held multiple roles at T2 Systems, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance and served as Airborne Communications Operator for the
Ogier Fiduciary Services in Jersey has promoted Charles Le Cornu to director and appointed two new directors, Simon King and Jon Barratt, to the funds and real estate teams respectively.
Le Cornu joined Ogier in 2006 and has 10 years’ experience in the offshore financial services industry specialising in investment fund accounting and administration. He has particular experience with private equity, venture capital and mezzanine funds. Prior to joining Ogier in 2006, Le Cornu trained with KPMG and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
King joins the funds team from State Street
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
Zeus Capital has appointed Dan Bate as a director of corporate finance.
Bate joins Zeus Capital from AIM quoted corporate broking and private wealth management business WH Ireland, where he was head of corporate finance in Manchester and group company secretary.
During his seven years with the business he advised on all areas of corporate finance, including AIM IPOs, fundraisings and general M&A.
A qualified solicitor, Bate previously worked for Halliwells as a senior corporate lawyer specialising in public company advisory.
Bate says: “I am delighted to be joining Zeus Capital at time when the UK capital markets
Alternative investment specialist Advanced Capital has appointed statesman and politician Ambassador Joseph DeTrani as a senior advisor.
A leading figure in US politics and foreign affairs, DeTrani (pictured) is president of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance and Professor at Missouri State University.
DeTrani’s most recent assignments include senior advisor to the Director of National Intelligence and director of the National Counter Proliferation Center.
DeTrani spent considerable time in North Korea as DNI mission manager and special envoy for Six-Party Talks negotiations, ranking as Ambassador and US representative.
Robert Tomei, chairman of Advanced Capital, says: “Joseph DeTrani's
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
Neuberger Berman Asia has appointed six marketing and sales executives in Asia, as the firm grows to meet client demand in the region.
Marco Tang joins the Hong Kong office from Baring Asset Management as head of retail distribution for mainland China and Hong Kong.
Katherine Low, based in Singapore, joins from Blackrock to spearhead Neuberger Berman's retail distribution in Singapore.
Elina Choy, formerly with First State, has been named head of Asia Pacific product and marketing, based in Hong Kong.
Kay So, previously with AllianceBernstein, has joined as a marketing director in Hong Kong.
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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
Kirkland & Ellis International has appointed Stephen Lucas as a partner in the firm’s debt finance practice group based in London.
Lucas represents sponsors, financial institutions, funds and corporations on financings including leveraged finance, structured debt and restructurings.
“Stephen is widely recognised as among the top finance lawyers in London. He is a brilliant, hard-working lawyer and strategic thinker, and a significant addition to our already strong and very active European debt finance group,” says Jeffrey C Hammes, chairman of Kirkland’s global management executive committee.
Lucas joins Kirkland from the London office of Weil Gotshal & Manges and
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