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Lazard has appointed Ken Oliver Fritz as a managing director and co-head of investment banking in Germany.
He will serve as co-head with Eric Fellhauer, who has been a member of Lazard Investment Banking’s senior leadership team in Germany since 2006.
Fritz joins Lazard from Credit Suisse, where he was a managing director and head of investment banking for Germany and Austria, responsible for M&A, equity and debt capital market transactions.
“Lazard has a strong track record, built over 25 years, of serving clients in Germany, and Ken will be an important addition to our team," says Antonio
Funds lawyer Stephen Ross is to join Sidley Austin as a partner and will co-head the firm’s London investment funds group, part of the firm’s global investment funds practice.
Ross (pictured) will join Sidley from his position as group general counsel of London-based Man Group, the world’s second largest hedge fund manager. Before arriving at Man in 2004, Ross was co-head of the private funds group of a Magic Circle law firm.
“Stephen is well-known and respected in asset management circles, and will be a great addition to our existing team of funds lawyers,” says Bruce Gardner, co-head
Annapolis Capital has appointed Malcolm Adams as senior vice president, technical with effect from August 2013.
Adams brings with him a wealth of experience in the Canadian oil and gas sector, including asset evaluation, deal origination and deal structuring.
Adams is a professional engineer and an ICD.D certified director with 19 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including more than eight years in Canadian private equity.
Adams most recently held the position of vice president, corporate development at Surge Energy, where he was responsible for a team that identified, evaluated and successfully completed acquisition
Altus Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm focused on niche middle market manufacturing companies in the US, has hired three professional staff members.
Russell J Greenberg, co-founder and managing partner, says: “We will continue to invest in resources as we move ahead in investing Altus Capital Partners II and managing our portfolio. These three additions to our staff, at both our Connecticut and Illinois offices, bring additional depth to our investment and support teams.”
The new hires are:
Senior associate Scott Johnson joined Altus Capital this month. He has over five years of combined private equity and M&A experience,
Apex Fund Services has appointed Elliott Brown to the newly created position of managing director – Americas.
Brown will have responsibility for overseeing the growth of all of Apex’s offices in North and South America.
Brown was formerly with JP Morgan for 18 years, most recently as the managing director responsible for leading the bank’s global hedge fund administration business. Prior to that role, Brown was in strategy and business development and was instrumental in the formation of the hedge fund and private equity fund administration businesses at JPMorgan. Brown also worked for JPMorgan in Australia in relationship management and operations.
Wynnchurch Capital has formed an executive advisory board, comprised of seasoned executives with expertise in industries and geographies targeted by the private equity firm.
John Hatherly (pictured), founding partner of Wynnchurch, says: "The intent of the executive advisory board is to assist Wynnchurch and our portfolio companies in better understanding targeted industries and markets, and developing applicable growth strategies. Additionally, some of the executives joining the Executive Advisory Board will serve on boards of directors of certain portfolio companies, bringing thought leadership, independent perspectives and support for our CEOs."
Jim Goodwin, former chairman and chief executive of UAL
Healthcare venture capital firm Aberdare Ventures has appointed Mohit (Mo) Kaushal as a partner.
Kaushal (pictured) is a leading authority on information-enabled care delivery and will focus on Aberdare’s investments in technologies and services that will drive healthcare efficiency.
“Mo has lived at the intersection of medicine, technology, communications, and policy for years,” says Paul Klingenstein, founder of Aberdare Ventures. “He’ll make an enormous contribution to our efforts in transformational health investing. The timing is superb for all of us.”
An MD and MBA by training, Kaushal was most recently the inaugural chief strategy officer and executive vice president
Sovereign Capital, the UK private equity buy and build specialist, has promoted Matthew Owen to partner. He will work alongside managing partner Andrew Hayden and fellow partners Dominic Dalli, David Myers, Michael Needley and Kevin Whittle.
Owen (pictured) joined Sovereign’s research and origination team in 2004 and is primarily focused on the business services sector. He has been a member of Sovereign’s investment committee since June 2011 and holds board positions at a number of portfolio companies.
Businesses identified by Owen include platform investment The IMS Group, a leading regulatory compliance consultancy firm, and the three bolt-on acquisitions IMS made
Healthcare private equity firm Health Evolution Partners has appointed Kevin McNamara as the firm’s newest operating partner.
McNamara brings extensive experience in corporate operations, finance and investing with particular expertise in helping health services companies mature and grow.
“We are excited to add Kevin to our team of accomplished health care professionals,” says David J Brailer, managing partner and chief executive officer of Health Evolution Partners. “As chief financial officer of HealthSpring, Kevin helped shepherd the company’s incredibly successful IPO and we look forward to bringing his expertise to help guide our portfolio of growth companies.”
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Appleby, a provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, has made two senior additions to its funds and investment services team in Guernsey.
Appleby’s global head of funds, Ian Gobin (pictured), will transfer from the Cayman office to lead the global funds practice for a period of time from Guernsey. He will be joined by Deborah Poole who will be returning to Appleby in May as a partner in the same team.
Gobin joined Appleby last November having spent 11 years with another offshore firm. An expert in the funds and finance arena, with extensive knowledge of both the
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