The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has announced a series of changes to the leadership and membership of its Legal & Regulatory (L&R) Committee.
Actis has announced the promotion of Michael Harrington, Sherif ElKholy, Hossam Abou Moussa and David Cooke to Partner with immediate effect.
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing, has appointed Peter Malik to the position of Director of Membership.
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group, has appointed Sarvesh Suri as Director for Operations, and Muhamet Fall as Associate Director for Operations and Chief Underwriter.
DLA Piper has appointed Johannes Gouws as Country Managing Partner for South Africa, to drive the firm's strategy in South and sub-Saharan Africa.
Deutsche Bank has announced that Quintin Price, Head of Deutsche Asset Management and a member of the Management Board, will be leaving the Bank.
The International Monetary Fund’s Director of the African Department, Antoinette Sayeh, has announced her intention to retire from the Fund, effective August 31, 2016.
Webber Wentzel has announced the appointment of Transfer Pricing Specialist, Karen Miller, who joined the firm on June 1, 2016 to complement and strengthen its tax advisory capabilities in South Africa and beyond.
Deloitte Africa has announced that four senior appointments have been made to the leadership of the firm to strengthen the company’s presence in the key West and East Africa regions.
Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group has appointed Patricia Williams as partner in its Sandton Tax Practice to strengthen its tax dispute resolution offering.
Amethis, a Pan-African private equity group, has promoted two new Partners, Aurélie Pujo and Jean-Sébastien Bergasse.
Old Mutual Emerging Markets (OMEM) has appointed Bruce Hemphill, Chief Executive of Old Mutual, as chairman of the OMEM board, following Paul Hanratty stepping down from that position.
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent company of the Ecobank Group, has hired Amin Manekia as Group Executive of its Corporate & Investment Banking business, effective July 4, 2016.
Orrick has hired Simon Ratledge, a leading practitioner focused on project finance in emerging countries and in Africa, to join the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure group in Paris.
