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Helios Investment Partners has appointed Dabney Tonelli as Investor Relations Partner. Tonelli, who will be based in London, will lead Helios’ efforts to develop further its relationships with existing and prospective investors.
Tope Lawani, co-founder of Helios Investment Partners, says: “We are delighted to have Dabney join Helios. Her experience, knowledge and ability to work closely and communicate effectively with investors will make Dabney an invaluable addition to Helios, as we seek to enhance our investor relations strategy.”
Dabney was previously a Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Chayton Capital LLP, an emerging markets private equity investment advisor.
Ilan S Nissan and Christian C Nugent have joined Goodwin Procter’s Private Equity Practice as partners in its New York office. They will focus on advising private equity funds, hedge funds, alternative asset managers and their portfolio companies on a wide variety of transactions, including leveraged buyouts, recapitalisations, growth equity financings, strategic investments, restructurings and dispositions.
Nissan and Nugent have represented clients across a broad spectrum of sectors, including the manufacturing; entertainment; Internet; technology and software; consulting; and product distribution industries.
"We are delighted to welcome Ilan and Chris to the firm and group," says Regina M Pisa (pictured), Chairman
ATA Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm focusing on early stage, venture capital investments, has appointed digital industry veteran John Loiacono as Venture Partner.
Loiacono, known by many in the industry as "JohnnyL", has been a key executive in the high-tech industry in Silicon Valley for over 25 years, including former roles as Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Sun Microsystems, and more recently, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Adobe Systems’ Digital Media and Creative Solutions businesses.
"John’s industry-recognised status as a visionary in digital media and computing solutions ideally suits ATA’s investment objectives," says
Vahan Zerounian has joined WTAS as a Director in the Alternative Investment Funds Practice in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Prior to joining WTAS, Vahan was a Tax Director at Marcum LLP.
Vahan has more than 14 years of experience in professional tax and accounting services. His practice area focuses on tax consulting and compliance for alternative investment entities including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, portfolio companies and management companies. He also has extensive experience involving domestic and foreign transactions, and formation and dissolution of entities.
"Vahan’s extensive experience with alternative investments will be a strong
Private equity advisory and fund of funds firm Altius Associates has appointed Reyno Norval to its global Infrastructure and Real Assets team. Reyno will be based in London, joining the global Infrastructure investment team headed by Brad Young (pictured).
Young says: “We are delighted to have secured Reyno to strengthen our global Infrastructure team. Client demand has expanded our business in the real assets space significantly in the past two years, and there is a sharp focus on Infrastructure, particularly in Europe. We look forward to welcoming Reyno to help support and develop our coverage in these markets.”
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Aesica Pharmaceuticals, the pharmaceutical contract manufacturer backed by Silverfleet Capital, the European private equity firm, has appointed David Greensmith as non-executive chairman.
David has highly relevant experience from operating in the chemical and pharmaceutical markets, as well as through holding a number of private equity backed non-executive chairmanship positions. David’s previous executive roles include managing director of Fujifilm Imaging Colorants and COO of Avecia Group.
David’s appointment comes on the back of news that Aesica chief executive Robert Hardy has been named CEO of the Year for the North East region in the BVCA (British Venture Capital Association) Management Team
Arma Partners has expanded its Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) practice, with Buddy Blaha and Kevin Moore joining the firm’s US team, and Jan Helle, Richard Hooke and David Smith joining the firm’s European office
Blaha has over 25 years of transaction experience, both as advisor and principal. Buddy was previously a Managing Director in the Technology M&A Group at Lehman Brothers, where he spent 16 years, was a founding member of the Software investment banking group and led over 200 transactions for companies such as Alcatel, The Carlyle Group, US Interactive, Galileo International, IBM and LG Group. He joins
DC Advisory Partners has appointed Terry Huffine as an Executive Director in its European Consumer, Leisure & Retail team.
Huffine will focus specifically on the Food & Beverage subsector, an area in which he has specialised for the last seven years.
Huffine joins DC after eight years with ABN AMRO, latterly acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland, where he was a Director on the Consumer team. During that time he worked on numerous high profile transactions, including the USD980m sale of circa 50% of Aujan to The Coca-Cola Company and SABMilller’s GBP732m acquisition of minorities in Poland’s leading
MaplesFS, an independent global fund services and fiduciary services provider, has expanded its presence and regional commitment in the Middle East with three senior hires in its Dubai office.
Fred Tabbal joins as Regional Head of Fund Services, Andrew Millar joins as Senior Vice President of Fiduciary Services, and Charlotte Windsor as Vice President of Fund Services.
In their new roles, Tabbal and Millar oversee strategic direction for their respective line of business in the region, business development, and will be responsible for managing the entire Middle East team and operations. Windsor has operational responsibility for the fund accounting and
The Riverside Company has recruited Erick Bronner (pictured) to lead the firm’s Investor Relations department. Bronner brings 20 years of private equity fundraising and investment banking experience, most recently as a Founding Partner at Mercury Capital Advisors, a global private equity fundraising and investment advisory firm.
Prior to Mercury, Bronner was a Managing Director in Merrill Lynch’s Private Equity Funds Group. As Global Head, Fundraising and Investor Relations, Bronner assumes the reins from Christine Croissant, who is moving into a part-time role with the Investor Relations team.
Bronner will spearhead Riverside’s efforts to meet the needs of a growing base of international investors as head of a department that numbers seven individuals today and
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