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Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has added three Carlyle executives to the firm’s management committee.
Michael Arpey, managing director and head of fund investor relations; David Marchick, managing director and head of global external affairs; and Mitch Petrick, managing director and head of global market strategies, join the firm’s three founders, COO, CFO and general counsel on the committee.
The management committee develops and executes Carlyle’s corporate strategy.
William E Conway, Jr (pictured), Carlyle co-chief executive officer, says: “For 25 years we have developed a terrific group of leaders around the world on the investment side of our business.
Leslie J Croland has joined law firm Duane Morris’s corporate practice group as a partner in its Miami office.
Croland further strengthens Duane Morris’ corporate, securities and venture capital practices, particularly in the areas of technology and life sciences transactions.
Croland joins the firm from Edwards Wildman Palmer.
Croland focuses his practice in all areas of corporate law, with a concentration on private equity financings; emerging companies; mergers and acquisitions; and securities. Croland counsels domestic and foreign corporations on a range of securities transactions, including public and private offerings of equity and debt; tender offers; proxy contests; going private transactions;
Specialist fund services firm, Ipes, has appointed Sharon Alvarez (pictured) as head of risk and compliance for the group.
This newly-created role forms the centrepiece of the firm’s investment in both assisting clients to prepare, and preparing internally, for the challenges associated with increased regulation.
Kevin Brennan, Chief Executive for Ipes, says: “The funds industry has been hit with a barrage of new regulations. This poses a governance challenge and we have a responsibility to our clients to be thorough and proactive in our response.
“A real focus is required to ensure that we remain ahead of the changing rules
Derek Braddock and Bill Matthews have launched BraddockMatthews, an executive search firm focused exclusively on the asset management and financial services industries.
BraddockMatthews, with offices initially in New York and Boston, will be built on nearly 60 years of combined industry experience and a commitment to providing insights and service to asset management, hedge fund, private equity, investment banking, brokerage, endowment and foundation, and private investment clients.
Braddock says: “We are very excited to announce the launch of our new firm and have hit the ground running by leveraging our deep search experience across investment, marketing and business development, operational,
Altius Associates has appointed William (Billy) Charlton as a partner and head of US investments.
He will be based in the Richmond, Virginia office, reporting to Brad Young, head of investment.
Young says: “We are delighted to have secured Billy, an experienced and knowledgeable investment professional, to lead our US Investment business. His background and experience in the American private equity sector, and his knowledge of buyout, venture and growth capital, along with his intellectual grasp of the broader investment dynamics in private equity portfolios, make him an ideal candidate for this important role. We looked long and hard
James Cameron, the chairman of Climate Change Capital, the environmental investment manager and advisory group, has been appointed to the Infrastructure UK advisory council, a unit within the Treasury aimed at prioritising and improving the delivery of UK infrastructure investments.
The council, which meets every quarter, is chaired by Paul Skinner and includes Permanent Secretaries from key government departments as well as other senior representatives from the private sector including, Steve Holliday, chief executive of the National Grid, Cressida Hogg, managing partner infrastructure of 3i, and Ian Tyler, chief executive of Balfour Beatty.
According to HM Treasury, GBP200bn of investment
William Mason will be appointed director general of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission on the retirement of Nik van Leuven.
Mason (pictured) will join the Commission from the position of Head of Risk at the Central Bank of Ireland, where he has led the development and implementation of its PRISM supervisory methodology.
Most recently he has been working with the European Central Bank helping it plan for the Eurozone’s proposed Banking Union.
Before that Mason worked for the UK Financial Services Authority, joining shortly before the financial crisis, and led teams supervising a range of credit institutions, insurers and investment
USForex, a technology-driven foreign exchange provider, has appointed Laura McLoughlin as business development director.
McLoughlin brings more than a decade of foreign exchange and business development experience to the USForex team, with expertise in developing businesses in the UK, Europe and North America.
Having held many notable positions in the international business community throughout the US, McLoughlin is regularly asked to speak on the complexities of foreign exchange and international payments and the different solutions available, at the National Association of Realtors Annual Conference, The Economic Development Council, and other events.
In her role as business development director, McLoughlin will
Bastion Infrastructure Group has appointed Enrique Fuentes as a partner on the company’s investment team.
He will be based in Toronto, Canada.
Fuentes has over 20 years of infrastructure investment and management experience. He brings industrial and financial expertise as a strategic investor and asset manager from his 13 years with Cintra and Ferrovial, where he was responsible for overseeing the build-out of their concession business in roads and airports.
Most recently, Fuentes was senior director of global infrastructure for KPMG where he provided advice to governments on the development and implementation of public-private partnerships and to developers and investors
Ogier Fiduciary Services has opened an office in Luxembourg.
The Ogier Group opened a boutique law firm in Luxembourg in 2012 and this latest development is in keeping with Ogier’s strategy to provide multi-jurisdictional services through a presence in each of the world’s key financial markets and across all time zones.
Paul Willing, chief executive officer for Ogier Fiduciary Services, says: "Establishing an office in Luxembourg is key to meeting our clients’ expectations in a period of challenging economic conditions and regulatory change, whilst expanding our presence into continental Europe."
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