Venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners has promoted Andy Hunt to partner. In a move that strengthens the investment effort in New York, Hunt will continue to focus on sourcing and leading new investments in consumer technology and ecommerce.   "Andy understands the entrepreneurial journey, and as an insider to New York's start-up community he has demonstrated a great capacity to identify and engage with the next generation of technology leaders," says Bob Davis, partner with Highland. "This promotion recognises the meaningful achievements Andy has made to date and our confidence in his efforts going forward."   In addition to

Middle market private equity firm GI Partners has appointed David Smolen as general counsel and chief compliance officer. In this role, Smolen will provide legal support, advice and guidance to GI on all legal and regulatory matters.   He will be based in GI's Menlo Park headquarters.    "We are very pleased to welcome David to GI Partners," says Rick Magnuson, GI's founder and executive managing director. "As we continue to grow, David will play a key role in spearheading our legal and compliance activities. His joining will enable GI to maintain our firm's high compliance standards and guide us

Professor Janice H Hammond of Harvard Business School has joined the advisory board of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF).  
  
 Hammond (pictured) is the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing at Harvard Business School. She currently teaches Technology and Operations Management in the HBS MBA programme.    During her long tenure at Harvard Business School, Professor Hammond has taught a wide range of management and businesses courses in the MBA programme as well as several HBS Executive Education courses for general managers.   
  
   Currently Hammond serves as programme chair for the HBS Executive Education International Women’s Foundation and Women’s

High Road Capital Partners has appointed Steven Siwinski as partner and Scott Rubino as vice president.  Siwinski will serve as a finance operating partner, responsible for implementing financial best practices, value creation initiatives, and add-on acquisition integration plans across High Road’s portfolio companies.    Siwinski was most recently a finance operating partner at Marlin Equity Partners.  He began his career at Ernst & Young, where he rose to partner in the transaction advisory services practice, and subsequently held positions at The Hain Celestial Group and FTI Consulting.    Rubino will be responsible for new platform acquisitions and portfolio company add-ons,

Impetus – The Private Equity Foundation (Impetus-PEF) has appointed Hanneke Smits, chief investment officer of Adams Street Partners, to its board of trustees. Smits (pictured) takes up her position with immediate effect.   Impetus-PEF brings strategic resources to high-potential charities and social enterprises working to improve the lives and prospects of children and young people living in poverty in the UK. It uses a venture philanthropy model, consisting of management support from the Impetus-PEF investment team, pro bono business expertise and long-term funding, to support and then improve the capacity of charities in the areas of educational attainment and work readiness.

David Drummond has been appointed to the board of directors of KKR Management, the managing partner of KKR, and to the board's conflicts committee. His appointment will bring the number of independent directors on KKR's board to seven out of a total of nine board seats.   Drummond serves as senior vice president, corporate development and chief legal officer of Google.   KKR's other independent directors include Joseph A. Grundfest (Stanford Law Professor and former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission), John Hess (director and chief executive officer of Hess Corporation), Dieter Rampl (former chairman of Unicredit Group), Patricia Russo (former chief executive officer of Alcatel-Lucent), Thomas

Warburg Pincus has appointed Jacques Aigrain as a senior advisor. Aigrain, who will be based in the firm's London office, will support the firm in the identification and evaluation of new investments, particularly in the European financial services sector, and provide strategic counsel across the firm's global portfolio.    Aigrain has over 30 years of broad financial services experience.  He is currently chairman of LCH Clearnet Group, a global clearing house, based in London and is also a non-executive director of the London Stock Exchange Group, Lyondell Basell, Lufthansa and WPP.  He is also a member of the Financial Institutions