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Altius Associates has appointed Rhonda Ryan as a partner and head of EMEA investments.
Ryan (pictured) will be based in the London office, reporting to Brad Young, co-CEO and head of investment.
Young says: “We are very pleased to have secured Rhonda, an experienced investment professional in the European market, to lead our EMEA Investment team. She has long been an established figure in the European marketplace, and her background and experience here is a terrific fit for our needs in this sector. We looked long and hard for a suitable leader in this core market, and I am
Shareholders of CLS Group elected Hirochika Iwadare to the board of directors at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held earlier this month.
Iwadare, located in Tokyo, is general manager of the global markets trading division at The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ.
Prior to his current role, Iwadare held a variety of positions at The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, including general manager and treasurer of the global markets division for the East Asia region, chief manager of the international treasury and investment division, and chief manager of the global markets planning division.
Gerard Hartsink, chairman of
Sidley Austin has appointed Ram Burshtine as a partner in the global finance practice in the firm’s New York office.
Burshtine brings extensive experience in representing financial institutions, private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers in a wide range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions.
“Ram is an experienced and skilled finance practitioner with an impressive track record of advising top-tier clients,” says Michael J. Schmidtberger, managing partner of the firm’s New York office. “We are pleased to welcome him to our international team of transactional lawyers focused on providing strategic and real-time counsel to clients addressing the latest developments
The African Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has added six new members to its Legal & Regulatory Committee, which is co-chaired by Mara Topping, partner at White & Case and Solomon Wifa, partner at O’Melveny and Myers.
The industry members joining the committee include: Karim S. Anjarwalla, managing partner, Africa Legal Network; Geoffrey Burgess, partner, Debevoise & Plimpton; Patrick Deasy, partner, King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin; Arnaud Duhamel, partner, Gide Loyrette Nouel; Kem Inhenacho, partner, Clifford Chance; and Lele Modise, head of private equity Africa, Bowman Gilfillan.
Topping says: “As private investment opportunities in Africa are
Altium, an international mid-market corporate finance adviser, has hired Christopher Jones as a managing director in its London office.
Jones (pictured) joins from Livingstone Partners where he led the consumer sector team.
He brings with him a wealth of expertise and experience in the travel, leisure and eCommerce sectors. Recently he led the sale of City Screen to Cineworld, the sale of IronmongeryDirect.com and a number of transactions in the travel sector including the sale of Reed & Mackay, the buyout of Key Travel and the sale of Iglu.com.
Phil Adams, chief executive at Altium, says: “Christopher’s appointment will further strengthen
Robyn Holloway has joined DST Systems as vice president of sales for its alternative investment solutions business.
Holloway (pictured) brings more than 15 years' experience in the alternatives, brokerage, and wealth management industries to her new role.
She comes to DST from Deutsche Bank, where she led hedge fund administration sales efforts for the company's alternative funds services business.
"Robyn's experience with hedge funds and private equity funds will be particularly valuable to an expanding list of asset managers looking to bring alternative products to market," says Mike Tobin, vice president and head of sales for DST. "Her
Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) has made two appointments to its senior leadership team – Carine Schneider will head NPM's equity management solutions and Cyndi Rodriguez will serve as chief legal officer.
Both will be based in San Francisco.
"We are excited to have Cyndi and Carine join NPM as we develop this market with Cyndi's strong regulatory background and Carine's expertise in equity plan management," says Greg Brogger, president of NPM.
Schneider and Rodriguez will report to Brogger, and Rodriguez will also report to Edward S. Knight, chief regulatory officer and general counsel, Nasdaq OMX.
Schneider will
David Calhoun, the chief executive of Nielsen Holdings, is to join Blackstone as a senior managing director and head of private equity portfolio operations.
Calhoun (pictured) will oversee a team of 21 professionals within the portfolio operations group which partners with portfolio company chief executives to drive key value creation initiatives throughout our companies.
Calhoun will work within Blackstone’s private equity business reporting to the global head of private equity, Joseph Baratta, and will also be involved with important strategic initiatives of the firm as a member of Blackstone’s management and executive committees. Calhoun brings to Blackstone more than
Alter Domus, a global service provider of fund and corporate services, has appointed Patrick McCullagh as global head of sales.
In this new role, McCullagh (pictured) will lead a dedicated sales team, working with new clients across Alter Domus’ network of 28 offices and desks.
McCullagh says: “Alter Domus has the unique capability of providing services which support the full needs of private equity and real estate investment structures, including funds, holding companies and asset entities. The firm’s team of over 600 specialists is recognised for industry leading qualities of expertise, efficiency and client service, which enable us to deliver
Cordea Savills has appointed Jon Crossfield as head of investment mandates.
As a member of Cordea Savills’ executive committee, Crossfield will be responsible for the firm’s fast growing investment mandate programme targeting institutions, family offices and private equity funds.
Crossfield joins Cordea Savills from Savills, where he spent 10 years and was latterly a director in its investment advisory team, specialising in advising overseas owners investing in the UK. In this role he has built up significant experience in acquiring assets on behalf of a number of German and Scandinavian institutions.
Previously, Crossfield worked with the UK and
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