KPMG in South Africa has announced the appointment of Michael Rudnicki as the Head of Private Equity (PE), following Warren Watkins’ decision to pursue other interests within the firm.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has appointed Brad W. Pacheco as its new Deputy Executive Officer for Communications & Stakeholder Relations, effective immediately.
Centum Investment, the largest public quoted investment company in East Africa, has appointed Job Muriuki and Brian Kiai as Deputy Directors in its Centum Capital Division.
Societe Generale has appointed Laurent Thong Vanh as Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Moçambique.
The Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA) has appointed five directors to its board, with immediate effect.
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing, has appointed Susan Balloch as its new Chief Operating Officer.
Barclays Africa Group has appointed Nomkhita Nqweni as Chief Executive of Wealth, Investment Management and Insurance (WIMI), effective immediately.
Novare Equity Partners, a private equity fund manager focused on retail and commercial property development in sub-Saharan Africa, has appointed Lucy Campher as Manager of Investor Relations and Marketing.
deVere Group, one of the world's largest independent financial advisory organizations, has named Peter Hobbs as its Chairman.
Phatisa, a private equity fund manager that invests throughout sub-Saharan Africa, has promoted Stuart Bradley from Senior Partner to Joint Managing Partner.
Standard Bank has appointed Jonathan Peake as Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for the Finance and Treasury teams across the group’s offshore business in Jersey, Isle of Man and Mauritius.
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group, has appointed Emilio Cattaneo as its first Executive Director.
Maitland, a global third-party fund administrator, has recently appointed Charles Buchanan as Senior Business Development Manager for Africa.
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has appointed Albert Trinkl as Head of Institutional Asset Management MENA, Global Client Group, effective September 1, 2015.
