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Private equity firm VMG Partners has promoted Jarom Fawson to principal.
Fawson joined VMG in 2012 as a vice president with significant experience in corporate finance and has since worked on sourcing new investment opportunities, due diligence, deal execution and portfolio company oversight.
He oversees the firm's current investment in Kernel Season's, a maker of popcorn seasonings, and serves on the board of directors of Speck Products.
Michael L Mauze, a managing director at VMG, says: "Jarom is a key member of our team whose transaction expertise and investment judgment are great assets to our firm. We are
KKR is further expanding its global energy and infrastructure business in Asia with the appointment of Tony Schultz as managing director in Sydney.
Ash Upadhyaya, a director on KKR’s energy and infrastructure team in the US who joined KKR in 2011, will relocate to Singapore.
“KKR aims to create a unique offering in the energy, infrastructure and natural resources market, and part of that comes from combining our local geographic knowledge with industry expertise,” says Joe Bae, head of KKR Asia. “We are very pleased to have Tony and Ash leading this effort in Asia.”
KKR has been
Phoenix Equity Partners, the UK mid-market private equity firm, has appointed Warwick Nash as operating director.
Prior to joining Phoenix, Nash has held a number of senior operational management roles, including regional president of DBM, regional CEO of Millward Brown, part of WPP plc, and business unit director of Diageo.
Sandy Muirhead, managing partner of Phoenix, says: "We are delighted that Warwick has joined us; he brings a wealth of operating experience to the Phoenix team across a range of sectors, all of which have high relevance in helping drive value creation in our portfolio.”
Ian Kelly has been appointed group chief executive officer of the Augentius Group.
Kelly (pictured) has been with Augentius since its inception 11 years ago.
He has progressed through the business in a number of roles and more recently has been responsible for the launch of the company’s Luxembourg office, the Netherlands service, the development of the group’s Belfast operational centre and the Augentius depositary service.
He was previously group head of client delivery and led the recent Asian development within Augentius.
Kelly has over 15 years’ experience in the financial services, fund administration and private equity
The Investment Program Association (IPA) has appointed Matthew Tramel as chief communications officer.
Tramel will direct the IPA's overall strategic communications to all audiences, including sponsor, broker-dealer and associate members, the media and other constituencies, and will be responsible for creating greater understanding of direct investments generally.
"We're excited to have such a high-calibre communications professional join the IPA," says Kevin M Hogan, president and CEO of the Investment Program Association. "Matt has extensive experience working with our many audiences and has played a pivotal role in the IPA's public relations initiatives. As we expand our reach and address
Livingstone’s London office has appointed Karen Dawaf, Tom Smith and Lewis Gray.
Dawaf qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in 2011, before joining the corporate finance advisory practice. She spent two years advising clients on sell-side and buy-side transactions and joins Livingstone’s business services sector team as an associate.
Smith qualified as a Chartered Accountant at PwC where he spent three years with clients in the financial services sector and a further year in the firm’s transactional modelling team, gaining particular experience in the industrial and consumer sectors. He joins Livingstone’s industrial sector team as an analyst.
Boutique fund services provider Moore Group has boosted its team with the appointment of Emma Price, an accountant specialising in private equity funds, as a senior manager.
Price (pictured), who is an ACCA qualified accountant, will focus on supporting the expanding specialist management team with the technical aspects of private equity.
Price trained at Ernst & Young as an auditor before specialising in PE with State Street and Triton Administration.
Her appointment follows Jon Trigg’s promotion to head of European fund services.
Since Moore was acquired by First Names Group in January 2013 it has invested heavily
Mishcon de Reya has appointed two new partners to the firm's growing funds practice.
Tim Flood, who joins the firm at the beginning of March 2014 from Jones Day, focuses on securities regulation and investment funds.
His experience covers all aspects of investment funds law, and he regularly advises on the interpretation of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), as well as clients' rights and responsibilities under the rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Flood has significant experience in money laundering issues; how overseas entities may conduct investment business and market their investment products and
Australian private equity firm, CHAMP Private Equity, has appointed John Haddock as its first Chief Executive Officer.
Haddock will retain his present position of Managing Director, and continue his active role in deal flow generation and portfolio management. As CEO he assumes the additional responsibility for the overall management of CHAMP’s investment program together with the day-to-day management of the firm.
Founding partners Bill Ferris and Joe Skrzynski, says: “John’s passion for private equity and obvious pleasure in achieving outstanding results for investors, his extensive private equity experience and deep commitment to the CHAMP philosophy, admirably suit him for this
Lampert Capital Markets has appointed Tobias Lenza as Managing Director – Equity Capital Markets.
Lenza will spearhead the firm’s expansion into providing a differentiated equity product to institutional and retail investors on managed offerings as well as formalize syndicate relationships with key investment banks.
Lenza brings nearly two decades of experience in equity sales and trading. Lenza served as a NASDAQ market maker responsible for over 100 securities as Head Trader of Savant Trading. Since that time, Lenza has been actively involved in equity capital markets at a number of firms engaging in both public and private equity transactions. According
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