Sterling Grol joined GI Partners in October 2020 as Director and Head of EMEA Business Development in London. Grol joined from Softbank Investment Advisers where he served as Partner and Head of International Capital Raising (ex-US).
Peter Atkinson joined HPS Investment Partners as Managing Director in its private debt team. He joined from Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, where he had worked for six years, latterly as head of direct investments in the private credit group.
Artemis poaches rival Kames Capital’s sustainability team in September 2020 based in Scotland, UK. Craig Bonnthron, Neil Goddin, Jonathan Parsons, and Ryan Smith will join Artemis in the fall to launch a sustainable global equity fund.
Mark Savage, Head of Distribution for the UK and Ireland and based in Edinburgh, UK has left Kames Capital after 16 years in August 2020. He joined the firm in 2003 as a Business Development Manager. He became Head of UK Distribution in 2018.
Adam Gent has been appointed Head of Intermediated Business at Artemis Investment Management in London, UK August 2020. Most recently, Gent served as head of retail and wholesale for Northern Europe for Allianz Global Investors.
Chad Pike, the former Co-Head of Blackstone’s real estate business and founder of its tactical opportunities unit based in London, UK, retired from the firm in July 2020.
Marino Valensise on June 2020 was hired by Cardano Group as CIO based in London, UK. Valensise was Barings’ former CIO, head of multi-asset.
Rob Hawcroft joined Argo Capital Management in June 2020 in London, UK as Head of Business Development. After departing from his role as Director- Alternative Investments at HSBC Alternative Investments, he held various positions including assisting the Alpha UCITS platform in the UK.
Christos Danias joined Fair Oaks Capital in June 2020 as Principal in the London, UK office. Danias is a 20-year veteran of the structured credit world, having been out of the market for the past two years after leaving his role as Managing Director in the CLO sales and origination team at StormHarbour Securities.
Edward Mason has joined Generation Investment Management as a Director of Engagement and Impact Reporting in June 2020, based in London, UK. Most recently, he was head of responsible investment at Church Commissioners for England.