Cantor Fitzgerald, a global financial services firm, has expanded its Emerging Markets Debt Capital Markets sales and trading team with the appointments of Dray Simpson, Alex Yulman and Michael Barfoot as Managing Directors.
Imara Holdings has announced the retirement of the Group’s Chief Executive Officer, Mark Tunmer, effective March 24.
Old Mutual has appointed Dave Macready as Chief Executive of Old Mutual South Africa effective May 1, 2015.
Northern Trust has appointed David Burnett as head of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
The Carlyle Group has named Managing Director Brian Bernasek as Head of the Global Industrial and Transportation team, and Managing Director Stephen Wise as Co-Head of the Global Healthcare team, with immediate effect.
Mergence Investment Managers has appointed Kasief Isaacs as portfolio manager responsible for infrastructure equity investments, in a move set to significantly boost the house’s existing specialization in infrastructure and impact investing.
Global Environment Fund (GEF) has appointed Koome Imathiu as Managing Director of its Africa investment team.
Emerging Capital Partners has appointed Oluwaseyi Owodunni as Managing Director of its Nigeria office, based in Lagos.
Emerging Capital Partners has appointed its Director, Nana Afoah Appiah-Korang to the board of directors for the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF).
Standard Chartered has appointed William Thomas Winters to the Board as Group Chief Executive.
Christiane Laibach has assumed office as member of the Management Board of DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, with effect from February 15, 2015.
CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed Imoni Akpofure as a Regional Director for Africa based in Lagos, Nigeria.
The founder of the South African financial services firm Cadiz Group, Frank Cadiz, has resigned as head of the firm’s asset management unit.
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has hired Paul Mouchakkaa as CalPERS' Senior Investment Officer (SIO) for real assets.
