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President Donald Trump has appointed US International Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC) chief executive officer (CEO) Adam Boehler as executive chairman of the deals platform...

Actis names new partner

People February 21, 2020

Actis has named Susan Wilkins, chief financial officer (CFO) and member of the firm’s executive committee as partner, after less than a year at...

LeapFrog adds Romanovitch to board

People February 14, 2020

LeapFrog Investments has bolstered its board of directors with the addittion of Sacha Romanovitch, chief executive officer at Fair4All finance, a UK-based financial services...

DFC names CDO

People February 11, 2020

US’s newly set up $60 billion Development Finance Institution (DFI) US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has named Andrew Herscowitz as chief development officer...

Kinnevik adds Stenberg to team

People February 8, 2020

Kinnevik has bolstered its management team with the hire of Anna Stenberg as chief people and platform officer (CPO) – a newly created role. The...

Credit Suisse CEO Thiam resigns

People February 7, 2020

Credit Suisse’s group chief executive officer (CEO) Tidjane Thiam has stepped down from heading the Switzerland-based investment bank, after five years at the helm. The...

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