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.
Aventicum Capital Management has appointed Habib Oueijan as the Head of Aventicum MENA & Frontier Markets based in Doha and operating under Aventicum Capital Management (Qatar).
EMPEA has elected Robert Petty, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Clearwater Capital Partners, as the next Chairman of the association.
Scipion Capital, an international commodity trade finance investment manager, has announced the appointment of a new high level Advisory Council.
Old Mutual has announced that Vassi Naidoo will join its Board as a non-executive director with effect from 1 May 2015.
Nerina Visser, formerly Head of Beta Solutions at Nedbank Capital, has joined etfSA.co.za as a Director of the holding company.
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has hired Adrian Bertrand as Head of Africa, Networks & Global Outreach, commencing in February.
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing, has appointed Amit Bouri as its chief executive officer, following a global search process.
KKR has appointed Haroun van Hövell as a Managing Director and the Head of its Energy Team covering Europe, Middle East and Africa.
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed Murray Grant as Managing Director for its Africa Funds team.
The Carlyle Group has hired Georgette Kiser as Managing Director and Chief Information Officer (CIO), commencing on February 2, 2015.
Standard Chartered has announced the retirement of Richard Goulding as Chief Risk Officer and Jan Verplancke as Chief Information Officer and Group Head of Technology and Operations from the Group, and as Directors of the Court of Standard Chartered Bank.
