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Netage Solutions has appointed Steve Tobio to the position of director of product development.
A skilled product manager with 11 years of experience in the financial services industry, Tobio will drive development efforts at Netage, ensuring that the Dynamo platform continues to deliver market-leading capabilities for alternative investment firms.
Most recently, Tobio served as director of services and operations at SS&C Technologies, a provider of specialised software for the global financial services industry. There, he oversaw the client services and professional services team, and held responsibility creating deployment methodology and product road mapping of TheNextRound, an investor accounting
NBGI Private Equity (NBGIPE) has appointed food and drinks industry veteran Tim Kelly as the second member of a panel of senior industry advisers.
NBGIPE, a private equity firm that typically invests in UK businesses of between GBP5m and GBP50m in enterprise value, earlier this month announced that it was increasing its strategic focus around three core sectors in which it has developed a strong track record: support services, healthcare and food manufacturing. As part of this initiative, the firm made its first appointment as senior adviser – former Rentokil Initial senior executive Sandy Young.
Kelly (pictured) began
PineBridge Investments has strengthened its growing Middle East, North Africa and Turkey team with the appointment of Wael Aburida as chief investment officer.
Aburida (pictured) will lead PineBridge’s MENA private equity and real estate team covering the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, with responsibility for deal origination, negotiations, execution, portfolio management, and exits.
Based in Bahrain, Aburida will report to Talal Al Zain, chief executive officer at PineBridge Investments Middle East.
Al Zain says: “I am pleased that Wael has joined our expanding regional team of exceptional investment professionals. Wael is an ideal fit for PineBridge,
Fund administration company Apex Fund Services has appointed David Brown as the new managing director of the firm’s Bermuda office.
Brown has worked in the fund administration industry in Bermuda for the last 10 years.
The recent change in government together with the launch of Apex’s Emerging Manager Incubation Services, which includes free office space for emerging managers, have led to Bermuda returning to being a favourable jurisdiction for fund managers to be based.
One of Brown’s roles will be to target European and US fund managers for both their fund domicile and for the location of
Oak Hill Capital Management has promoted Tyler J Wolfram from partner to managing partner of the firm, effective immediately.
Since joining Oak Hill Capital in 2001, Wolfram has led the investment activities in the firm’s consumer, retail and distribution vertical, and he has been an active member of the executive committee and the investment committee.
"We are delighted to announce Tyler’s appointment to managing partner," says J Taylor Crandall, a managing partner of Oak Hill Capital. "Tyler has contributed significantly to Oak Hill Capital’s success over the past twelve years, sourcing and leading several highly successful transactions while establishing
Bay City Capital, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage to growth equity investments in the life sciences, has appointed David Beier, JD as managing director.
Beier (pictured) served as a senior officer for nearly a decade in each of the two largest biotechnology firms, Genentech and Amgen. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of global government affairs at Amgen, responsible for global government affairs, as well as corporate communications, and philanthropy.
“Today’s rapidly evolving healthcare industry provides tremendous opportunity for investment both in the US and globally. David brings an extensive government affairs and public
Ipes has appointed an internal auditor to work across the company’s four jurisdictions to provide assurance and manage internal controls.
Andrew Bull is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditing. With more than 12 years’ experience he is also a qualified Quality Auditor with the British Standards Institute (BSI) and is a qualified IT auditor.
He has gained experience by working for a number of international corporations in the UK, Europe, South Africa and the US.
Chief operating officer Barry McClay says: “We are pleased to welcome Andrew to the team at this exciting
Patron Capital Partners, the pan European private equity and real estate investor representing over EUR2.5bn of equity capital, has hired Georg von Hammerstein as a senior adviser with immediate effect.
Von Hammerstein will be working with Patron’s existing investment teams and focusing on new investments in Germany and the German speaking countries.
Following the final close of Patron’s Fund IV, announced in September 2012, Patron has already allocated approximately half of the EUR1bn of equity capital raised (including discretionary co-investment capital). Germany represents a core market for Patron, with approximately 560,000 sq m of land and buildings currently under
Independent private equity house Key Capital Partners has promoted Richard Thomas to investment director in the firm’s Birmingham office.
Thomas (pictured) joined KCP in 2010 after eight years at Grant Thornton, where he advised on M&A and private equity transactions across a broad spectrum of sectors. He is a chartered accountant and has a degree in accounting and finance from the London School of Economics.
Thomas will continue to support the firm’s managing partner Owen Trotter, playing a key role in deal origination and execution whilst supporting the development of KCP’s portfolio companies.
Key deals that Thomas
Ahead of their imminent merger, the Private Equity Foundation (PEF) and Impetus Trust have proposed the new board of trustees for the combined organisation.
The merger is expected to be completed by early June 2013.
Seven of the trustees will join from the current PEF board and seven from the current Impetus board. Together, they will bring extensive experience from private equity, venture capital, business, charity and social enterprise. The board will provide advice and support as Impetus – PEF scales up its venture philanthropy model to transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of children and
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