Appointments
Lunar Capital boosts operating partner team
Lunar Capital has appointed Eric Yiming, a long-serving China and Asia executive with Sampoerna Tobacco Group, Heineken and Tropicana, as a sector partner. Yiming will focus on the food, beverage and fast-moving consumer goods industries, and although...
Lunar hires ex-Parker Pens China executive as sector partner
Lunar Capital has appointed Vincent Sun as sector partner for high-end branded consumer goods, with the expectation that he will be seconded to children’s clothing retailer I Pinco Pallino Asia as general manager. This follows the China-focused GP’s normal...
Australia's Advent hires ex-PwC man as investment manager
Advent Private Capital, a mid-market Australian private equity firm, has hired Rob Hooke as an investment manager. He was most recently CFO and COO at coffee machines supplier MAP Coffee and before that spent five years at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)....
PE recruitment: New territory, new talent
Indonesia has become a priority for global and regional PE firms looking to source deals in a high-growth market. The first step is finding the right people, and it’s not easy
Longreach adds to Tokyo team
North Asia mid-market buyout firm The Longreach Group has appointed Takuya Sato as executive director and Kishin Ryu as an associate.
Mercer restructures Asia investments team
Mercer has shuffled its Asia investments team following the creation of a new growth markets region, including Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
Blue Sky makes two hires, opens Sydney office
Australia’s Blue Sky Alternative Investments has hired two executives with corporate finance private equity backgrounds to run its operations in Sydney and Adelaide.
KKR boosts capital markets, Capstone teams in Japan
KKR has strengthened its Japan team with the appointment of Hiro Shimizu and Sakae Suzuki as directors. The private equity firm now has 12 people in its Tokyo office.
FLAG Squadron's Pierce named chair of EMPEA Asia council
The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) has appointed David Pierce, a partner at FLAG Squadron Asia, as chair of its Asia advisory council.
CHAMP affiliate Castle Harlan promotes Tariq Osman
Tariq Osman has been promoted to managing director with the CHAMP Private Equity's New York affiliate Castle Harlan.
Kroll makes China investigations hire
Kroll has appointed Miang Lee as associate managing director to its investigation and disputes practice in Hong Kong.
Warburg Pincus' Goldfaden to relocate to Australia - report
Warburg Pincus is to relocate Managing Director Jeffrey Goldfaden to Sydney as it looks to open a permanent office in Australia.
NZ Super appoints unlisted mandates manager
New Zealand Superannuation Fund has appointed Chris Jagger as manager with responsibility for unlisted mandates. He was most recently an investment director with Lloyds Development Capital in London and has previously worked at Future Fund, GI Partners,...
KPMG hires PwC's Ambarish Dasgupta
KPMG India has hired Ambarish Dasgupta, former consulting leader with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) India, to head up its management consulting practice in Mumbai.
Michael Di Cicco joins Heidrick & Struggles' Asia PE practice
Michael Di Cicco has joined executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles as a partner at its financial services practice in Singapore. Di Cicco will lead the private equity practice for Asia Pacific and work with practice leaders in the US and Europe.
Brookfield hires Niel Thassim as Head of Asia
Brookfield Asset Management has hired Niel Thassim as head of Asia with its Hong Kong-based private funds group.
Australia's Hastings adds to North America team
Australian infrastructure investor Hastings Funds Management has appointed Irene Mavroyannis as executive director with responsibility for business development in the US and Canada. She will join the existing investment team in New York.
Baird's Shanghai-based Zhang promoted to principal
Baird Capital, the private investment arm of Robert W. Baird, has promoted Shanghai-based Yongshan Zhang to principal. Zhang, who was previously vice president, joined Baird in 2008 and works with the company's China growth equity fund.
KPMG India appoints new PE head, Utamsingh leaves firm
KPMG India has appointed Vikram Hosangady, its head of transaction services, as its new private equity leader. His predecessor, Vikram Utamsingh, has left the company.
Tata Opportunities Fund names new managing partner
Tata Capital has shuffled personnel at Tata Opportunities Fund following Mukund Rajan’s appointment as chief ethics officer and brand custodian of Tata Group. Padmanabh Sinha, chief investment officer at the fund, will assume Rajan’s responsibilities...
Vietnam's VinaCapital appoints new real estate head
VinaCapital has appointed David Blackhall as managing director with responsibility for the Vietnam-focused GP’s real estate portfolio. He takes over from David Henry, who is leaving the company to pursue opportunities in Australia.
RREEF names Maruf head of Asia Pacific alternatives
Nadir Maruf has been appointed head of Asia Pacific alternative investments at RREEF Alternatives, a unit of Deutsch Asset Management.
New York State Teachers shuffles PE, real estate heads
New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS) has appointed John Virtanen as managing director for private equity. He moves over from the system’s property portfolio, which will now be overseen by David Gillan.
Australia's Telstra loses VC unit founder
Deena Shiff, managing director of Telstra’s captive VC unit, has resigned her post to focus on a non-executive career and directorships. She remains as an advisor to the firm and as a board director for investee companies.