The Blackstone Group has appointed Jean-Manuel Richier as senior managing director to its Paris office to work alongside Jean-Michel Steg and grow and develop the Blackstone Advisory bu

Juha Lehtola has joined government-owned investment company Finnish Industry Investment as an investment manager. His duties in the direct investments team include assessing growth companies as potential investments and preparing investment decisions.   Before moving to Industry Investment Lehtola was an investment director in Danish private equity firm Nordic Venture Partners and an investment manager in the Finnish company Aura Capital.   ‘The financing market for growth companies is going through an extremely interesting phase, as the general economic downturn has presented companies with both new challenges and new opportunities for growth. Now is the right time to invest in

Macquarie Infrastructure has announced that its management company, Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA), has appointed James Hooke to the position of chief executive.

Element Partners, a growth equity firm specialising in clean technology, has hired Sujit Banerjee as operating partner.

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Early-stage venture capital firm Charles River Ventures has announced that Sebastian Thrun has joined the firm as a senior adviser.

Energy industry veteran Victor Burk has joined Alvarez & Marsal, a firm specialising in performance improvement, turnaround management and business advisory services, as a managing

US Venture Partners has announced that Bruce McWilliams, the former chief executive of semiconductor firm Tessera Technologies, has joined the venture capital firm as an executive in re

Dechert has announced that Christopher P. Harvey has joined the firm as a partner in the financial services group. 

The Blackstone Group has announced that Tom Kelly has joined the firm as a managing director in its corporate advisory group to head a new initiative to provide private capital fundrais