The private markets investment firm is expanding as wealth managers put more money into this asset class.

US-based Hamilton Lane, a private markets firms with $753 billion in advisory assets, has made promotions in its UK team.

The senior promotions have spanned investments, client solutions, legal and operations.

London-based Antony Anastasiadis and Nina Kraus have both been promoted to principals from vice-presidents. Anastasiadis, who joined Hamilton Lane in 2017, is responsible for conducting diligence and execution of secondary transactions in the private equity market. Kraus works in Hamilton Lane’s fund investment team, where she focuses on fund investment opportunities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The promotions include those of nine individuals to managing director and 18 individuals to principal. Among the MDs, five are women, equating to 36 per cent of the firm’s senior leadership, it said in a statement yesterday. 

The promotions:
Adam Shane, head of fund formation counsel;
Chenkay Li, direct equity investments;
Emily Nomeir, direct credit investments;
Kristin Jumper, head of transaction legal;
Matt Barbato, head of operational due diligence;
Michael Woollatt, head of Canada;
Ryan Cooney, secondary investments;
Sarah Mehra, head of primary transactions counsel: and 
Stephanie Davis, private wealth solutions.

The firm also promoted the following individuals to principal:

Antony Anastasiadis, secondary investments; 
Brian Reilly, Taft-Hartley Services; 
Bryan Jenkins, private market analytics;
Dan Connaughton, head of Asia compliance;
Denise Dunbar, director of accounting;
Dominic Mammarella, direct equity investments;
Donald Duncan, head of broker dealer and AML compliance; 
Drew Carl, director of external reporting; 
Gina Ro, head of Evergreen operations; 
Jennifer Maier, head of client services; 
Joseph Fritz, director of tax; 
Jungchul Shin, client solutions – Korea; 
Kate McGann, marketing and communications; 
Nina Kraus, fund investments; 
Salvador Almeida, client solutions – Latin America; 
Santiago Rivera, director of valuation; 
Vivienne Watganai, fund investments; and 
William Lo, secondary investments.

In addition to the promotions, the firm recently welcomed Christian D’Amico as principal, client solutions based in the firm’s Frankfurt office, Elizabeth Bell as principal on the real assets investment team, and Steve Binder as head of Taft-Hartley Services.

D’Amico will focus on business development and client relations across Germany. Formerly from BNY Mellon Investment Management, where he was director of institutional and wholesale sales, D’Amico brings nearly 20 years of experience.

Bell, based in the firm’s Conshohocken, Pennsylvania headquarters, is joining Hamilton Lane from the real estate private equity team at Jaguar Growth Partners.

Binder is joining as MD and head of Taft-Hartley Services, also based in Conshohocken. Prior to Hamilton Lane, he was with Chartwell Investment Partners, and brings over 20 years of experience to the Taft-Hartley market.