Private Equity Women Investor Network appoints first Executive Director
PEWIN (Private Equity Women Investor Network) has appointed Kirsty McGuire, former General Counsel of the StepStone Group, as its first Executive Director. McGuire will complement PEWIN’s existing leadership team, which includes Kelly Williams (Chair), Kate Mitchell (Vice Chair), Krista Hatcher and Dana Johns (Co-Chief Executive Officers), Jill Kitazaki and Joanne Yoo (Co-Presidents), Iris Zhao-Fiorello (Secretary), […]
Charles Russell Speechlys adds PE and VC funds partner
Charles Russell Speechlys is strengthening its funds offering in London with the hire of Edyta Brozyniak as Partner. Brozyniak advises on fund formation of private equity and venture capital funds, co-investments, and investor negotiations. Prior to joining Charles Russell Speechlys, Edyta worked at MJ Hudson and Macfarlanes LLP, and before that she trained, qualified and […]
Highview Capital portfolio company Randall Foods appoints CEO
Randall Foods (Randall), a provider of fresh poultry and meat products and a portfolio company of Highview Capital (Highview), has appointed Scott Dineen as President and Chief Executive Officer. Dineen replaces President Ron Totin, who is retiring after leading the business since 1984. As President and CEO, Dineen will oversee Randall’s strategy and operations, with […]
Procuritas appoints partner
Procuritas has appointed Carl Settergren as partner. Settergren brings extensive experience and a successful track record from international private equity and investment banking to the team, and he will contribute greatly to Procuritas’s ability to source and execute the large number of deal opportunities present in the Nordic mid-market. Prior to joining Procuritas, Settergren worked […]
Balderton Capital promotes new Partner
Balderton Capital, Europe’s specialist Series A investor, has promoted Berlin-based Colin Hanna to Partner, making him Balderton’s first Partner to be based outside of London. Hanna started at Balderton in 2016 and sits on the board of portfolio companies including VanMoof, Finoa and Ory. Hanna is joined in the Berlin office by investor Shikha Ahluwalia. […]
Dechert expands private equity practice with new London Partner
Global law firm Dechert LLP continues to grow its global private equity practice group with the forthcoming addition of Mark Thompson as a partner in its London office. Thompson is an experienced corporate lawyer. His practice focuses on private equity and real estate, advising a full range of stakeholders across public and private corporate transactions, […]
Atlantic Street Capital appoints new partner
Atlantic Street Capital (ASC), a private equity firm targeting entrepreneurial businesses poised for the next level of growth, has appointed Jay Steinle as a Partner. In this role, Steinle is responsible for the firm’s investor relations efforts, managing existing limited partner relationships as well as developing new investors. Andy Wilkins, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic […]
Hermitage Capital appoints President and Managing Partner
Hermitage Capital has appointed former JP Morgan investment banker Henry Zhang as President and Managing Partner. Zhang has over a decade of investment banking experience and held various senior positions at bulge bracket investment banks including Executive Director of Investment Banking Division at JP Morgan, responsible for investment banking in China’s transportation, logistics and enterprise […]
Troutman Pepper adds partner in Corporate Practice Group
Matt Rupp has joined Troutman Pepper as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Most recently, Rupp served as a partner at McDermott Will & Emery. Rupp has spent more than 10 years counselling clients on a variety of corporate matters. He focuses his practice on representing private equity and other investment funds, private and […]
Preqin appoints new CTO to ‘accelerate technology transformation’
Preqin, a specialist in alternative assets data, tools and insights, has appointed Tom Hunt as its new Chief Technology Officer. In addition to scaling up Preqin’s technology efforts, Hunt will focus on further developing the company’s solutions and data services to continue to provide the alternatives industry with market-leading data and insights. Mark O’Hare, founder […]
