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CMG Partners (CMGP) has appointed Todd Redmon, a private equity industry veteran, to serve as Director for the strategic marketing consulting firm and spearhead the its private equity practice.
Redmon will lead the firm’s efforts helping private equity firms and their portfolio companies by providing strategy, corporate development and operations expertise which complements the CMGP’s established strategic marketing services.
“I’m excited to join CMG Partners and continue my involvement with the private equity community. I have been connected to this community for much of my career and look forward to the opportunity to create mutually beneficial partnerships between the industry
Ipes Guernsey has grown its senior operational team with the appointment of Craig Long as Client Director. Long’s appointment comes in response to the continued growth of the Guernsey business, which has taken on eight new mandates during Q1 2011 and moved into larger premises at the end of 2010.
As Client Director, Long will play a lead role in managing and developing a number of the firm’s key client relationships. He also takes on overall responsibility for client accounting and reporting matters.
“Ipes has a really strong reputation in the private equity industry and this, combined with the
Carne Global Financial Services has added a senior figure in the Irish funds industry to its growing list of experienced independent fund directors, with Mary Murphy joining the firm as a Managing Director, Alternatives.
Murphy, who will be based in Carne’s Dublin office, is a well-known figure in the Irish funds business, having been a founder and a member of the senior management team at International Fund Services (Ireland) Limited, a State Street company (IFS). From IFS’ launch in 1996, she focused on the growth of its hedge fund administration business and more recently on State Street’s private equity fund
Health Evolution Partners (HEP), a manager of health care investment funds, has formed a life sciences team in the Health Evolution Partners Growth Fund. The team will focus on investments in commercial-stage life sciences companies with the potential to be market leaders in many sectors, including medical devices/products, specialty pharmaceuticals, drug delivery technologies, outsourcing, manufacturing and research.
“We see a lot of opportunity to bring our capital, expertise and network to life sciences companies that have demonstrated commercial success,” says David Brailer, MD, PhD, Chairman of Health Evolution Partners. “The life sciences team joins our services and health information technology
Octopus Investments has hired Benjamin Davis into its specialist finance division, currently one of the fastest growing specialist finance teams in the UK.
Davis will work alongside Stuart Nicol to invest in and manage a range of investments based on strong asset backing, predictable cash flows and other forms of capital protection. The 17-strong specialist finance team, headed by Mario Berti, currently has over circa GBP700 million in funds under management raised from retail investors into EIS, IHT and VCT products.
Prior to joining Octopus, Davis was at YFM Group where he led numerous transactions and was a
SKCG Group hired insurance industry veteran Wayne C Siebner (pictured) to enhance its global hedge fund and private equity fund practice. SKCG’s client roster already includes many of the industry’s largest and most recognised funds.
Siebner will serve as Senior Vice President and Manager of Executive and Professional Liability and will focus on Directors and Officers (D&O) and Errors and Omissions (E&O) Insurance. Hedge funds and asset management firms purchase this risk management tool to protect themselves from costs stemming from SEC investigations and investor lawsuits. Siebner will be joining SKCG Group at a time when lower costs and increased
BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services (AIS) has named Jim Whitaker head of Relationship Management for the Americas and Mark Mannion head of Relationship Management for EMEA.
Whitaker assumes a role held previously by Marina Lewin, who was recently named Global Head of Sales for AIS. Mannion assumes the new title having transitioned from his role as Managing Director of European Business for the former PNC Global Investment Servicing unit acquired by BNY Mellon last year.
Whitaker and Mannion will continue to be based in New York and Dublin, respectively, and report to Brian Ruane (pictured), BNY Mellon AIS chief
Elliott Advisors (UK) Ltd (Elliott), the second largest shareholder in National Express Group plc (National Express), with approximately 17 per cent share ownership through funds managed by the firm, has announced its support for three new, experienced independent candidates to join the National Express Board of Directors.
Elliott believes that the new directors, Javier Alarco Canosa, Marc Meyohas and Chris Muntwyler – who are fully independent and have no financial arrangement with Elliottt – will provide a fresh perspective and strategic outlook, designed to capture exciting growth opportunities for the company.
In a statement, Elliott says: “We see exciting
Leading international law firm, Mourant Ozannes, has appointed Morven McMillan (pictured) and Julian Fletcher as Partners. Both will be based in the firm’s Cayman Islands office.
Neal Lomax, Mourant Ozannes’ Managing Partner in the Cayman Islands, says:
"I am delighted to welcome Morven and Julian to the partnership. Their appointments will further strengthen Mourant Ozannes’ trusts and funds capabilities in Cayman. They both have a wealth of experience which will help us meet growing client demand for these areas of the practice."
The promotions follow a number of recent senior hires for Mourant Ozannes’ Cayman office, including Robert Duggan, Simon
Ashley Highfield (pictured), Microsoft’s UK Managing Director & VP for Consumer and Online, has been appointed to GMT Communiation Partners’ Industry Council – a network of key technology, media and telecoms industry experts
Highfield is responsible for Microsoft’s UK consumer services across PC, mobile and internet platforms including Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox Live, MSN, Hotmail and Internet Explorer. He is also responsible for Microsoft’s online advertising business, one of the UK’s leading digital advertising sales teams. Highfield joined Microsoft in December 2008 from Kangaroo, the proposed video-on-demand joint venture from the BBC, ITV and Channel4, where he was CEO.
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