Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets has appointed Nigel Myer as director and credit desk analyst reporting to Alan Capper, head of credit strategy. Myer has over 25 years of financial markets experience including over 13 years in banks and insurance research. He joins from Macquarie Securities. Previously, he was head of financial institutions credit research at Dresdner Kleinwort.   Capper says: “I am delighted Nigel is joining Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets. Nigel is a very senior and widely respected analyst and he will be instrumental in the evolution of our credit desk offering.”

Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets acquisition finance has appointed Jeremy Perl as a deal director for its mid-market team in London. He will report into Ian Sale. With over 18 years of experience at Lloyds Banking Group, Perl joins from the Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets’ growth finance team where he originated and structured debt packages for early stage or turnaround businesses. Prior to this, he spent a number of years working as head of the UK mid-market team at Lloyds TSB Loan Syndications and has experience at LDC, as well as in the debt capital markets and equity capital markets divisions.

FirstMark Capital, an early stage venture capital firm investing in technology and technology-enabled businesses, has appointed Andy Macdonald, Scott Switzer and Nick Marsh as venture partners. Macdonald, Switzer and Marsh join FirstMark venture partners Larry Wilson, Sterling Phillips and Shabbir Dahod. “Our venture partners bring deep, industry-specific knowledge and real-world experience to the FirstMark team and serve as invaluable, strategic assets to the firm, our portfolio companies and our investors,” says Lawrence D. Lenihan (pictured), chief executive and managing director of FirstMark Capital. Macdonald was a member of the founding management team of First Advantage. During his time at First

Gordon Brothers Group, an advisory, restructuring and investment firm specialising in the retail, consumer products, industrial and real estate sectors, has added Judy K. Mencher to its investment management affiliate, GB Merchant Partners, as president of the debt investment group. Mencher will focus on the debt portfolio.  "Judy’s expertise in special situation, distressed and high yield investments will allow us to fully exploit the unique debt investment opportunities that have been created by unprecedented market conditions," says Michael Frieze, chief executive officer of Gordon Brothers Group. Gordon Brothers Group made its first debt investment in 1993 and has grown its

Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets has appointed Paul Osment as director for leveraged credit sales reporting to Martin Bates, head of capital markets sales. In this newly created position, Osment will join the leveraged credit sales team covering banks and leveraged investors for both bonds and leveraged loans. Osment has over 12 years’ credit sales experience having worked at Lehman Brothers, ABN Amro, BMO Capital Markets and latterly, Evolution Securities.   Bates says: “I’m delighted Paul is joining the leveraged credit sales team. As Lloyds continues to expand its capital markets platform and loan lending to core customers, it is important

Churchill Financial, a middle market focused commercial finance company, has promoted Chris Cox to managing director and chief risk officer and Thomas Hennigan to senior vice president and head of underwriting and portfolio management group. Cox (pictured) was previously Churchill’s head of underwriting and portfolio management group.  He joined Churchill in May 2006 from GE Commercial Finance where he was a senior vice president and team leader for risk management in the corporate lending group.  He brings over 14 years of experience to his new role as chief risk officer at Churchill. Hennigan was previously a member of Churchill’s underwriting