Peter J. Solomon, a 20 year-old independent investment banking advisory firm, has announced that Frederick Frank and Mary C.

Butterfield Fulcrum, an independent administrator for the alternative investment industry, has announced the appointment of William Montgomery as director of business development, and M

Independent investment bank Greenhill has appointed Kenneth A. Goldman as a senior adviser to the firm. 

Riverstone Holdings, an energy and power-focused private equity firm, has announced that Peter R. Coneway has joined the firm as a managing director. Coneway will be based in Houston focused on sourcing, structuring and executing energy investments.   Prior to joining Riverstone, Coneway served as US Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 2006-2008. Coneway joined Goldman Sachs in 1969 after graduating with an MBA from Stanford University. He founded Goldman Sachs’ Houston office in 1975 and was named a general partner in 1978. He then established Goldman’s equities sales, trading and research division in Tokyo in 1987-1988 before returning to

Early-stage venture capital firm OVP Venture Partners has announced that stem cell scientist Irving L. Weissman will join its technical advisory group.

NewSpring Capital, a family of private equity funds providing capital to companies primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region, has announced the recruitment of Bruce L.

Key Principal Partners, a USD1bn private equity and mezzanine firm that makes investments in growing middle-market companies, has announced the promotions of Dan Kessler and Beth Laschi

Venture capital firm Mayfield Fund has announced the appointment of Kendall Cooper as chief financial officer, reporting to managing director and chief operating officer James Beck.

Private equity secondaries specialist Greenpark Capital has appointed Eric Pathé as an investment director.

Shawn Hessing has been appointed national managing partner of the private equity group of KPMG LLP, the US member firm of the global audit, tax and advisory firm group.