Leadership

Fidelis Capital Appoints Herb Achey Partner As Firm Approaches $3 Billion In AUM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 23, 2026

Fidelis Capital has appointed veteran equity strategist Herb Achey as a Partner, adding more than 45 years of experience serving ultra-high-net-worth families and institutions. Achey joins the advisor-owned wealth management firm after spending 30 years with U.S. Trust and Bank of America Private Bank. He most recently served as an Investment Strategist and supervised more than $2 billion in client assets.

The Arch’s Anvil Appoints Tamara Stelting Executive Consultant And Expands RIA Consulting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

The Arch’s Anvil has appointed Tamara Stelting as Executive Consultant and expanded its operational consulting platform for independent registered investment advisers.

Altesa BioSciences Appoints Brett Haumann As CEO Following $75 Million Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Altesa BioSciences has appointed Brett Haumann, MBBCh, MBA, as Chief Executive Officer. The appointment follows the company’s oversubscribed $75 million Series B financing and the initiation of its Phase 2b CARDINAL clinical trial.

Caldwell Appoints Steven Price As Co-Leader Of Life Sciences And Healthcare Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Caldwell has appointed Steven Price as co-leader of its Life Sciences and Healthcare Practice. He will lead the executive search practice alongside John Blank as the firm continues expanding its capabilities across healthcare and life sciences.

Assort Health Appoints Three Senior Executives Following $222 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Assort Health has appointed three senior executives to support growing demand for its AI agents platform for patient access and healthcare administration. The company named Jon Corn as Chief Revenue Officer, Kristina Kemp as Vice President of Customer Success and Emil Yeargin as Senior Vice President of People.

Aptyx Appoints David Price As CEO To Lead Next Phase Of Medical Device Manufacturing Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Aptyx has appointed David Price as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Price previously served as the medical device contract development and manufacturing organization’s Chief Financial Officer.

Stellantis Appoints Matt VanDyke To Lead Ram And Branden Coté To Lead Jeep

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Stellantis has appointed Matt VanDyke as CEO of the Ram brand and Branden Coté as CEO of the Jeep brand. The appointments are part of CEO Antonio Filosa’s strategy to strengthen the automaker’s leadership team and accelerate growth across its North American brands. VanDyke’s appointment became effective July 20. Coté will begin leading Jeep on August 3.

Littlejohn Promotes Brian Michaud To Managing Partner As Michael Klein Becomes Chairman

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Littlejohn has promoted Brian Michaud to Managing Partner as part of a planned transition in the private investment firm’s senior leadership. Michaud will oversee the firm alongside Managing Partners Antonio Miranda and Steven Raich and Chief Operating Officer Shant Mardirossian.

King & Spalding Adds Fund Finance Partner Gloria Kim In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

King & Spalding has added Gloria Kim as a Partner in its Finance and Restructuring practice group in New York. Her appointment brings the firm’s recent fund finance expansion to 13 lawyers.

Paul Hastings Adds International Arbitration Partners Elizabeth Oger-Gross And Tolu Obamuroh In Paris

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Paul Hastings has added international arbitration partners Elizabeth Oger-Gross and Tolu Obamuroh to its Paris office. The lawyers join from White & Case’s Band 1-ranked International Arbitration practice.

DLA Piper Adds Litigation Partner Thomas J. Moran In Vancouver

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

DLA Piper has added Thomas J. Moran as a Partner in its Litigation practice in Vancouver. His arrival strengthens the firm’s capabilities in complex commercial disputes and strategic business conflicts involving significant financial, operational and reputational interests.

The Commission Names Margaret Brown Board Chair As MaryBeth Kurland Transitions From CEO Role

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

The Commission has named Margaret Brown as its 2026 Board Chair as the professional credentialing organization advances its certification, continuing education and workforce development programs. Brown is Senior Director of Care Management at Priority Health and has held the Certified Case Manager credential since 2014.

Norm Law Adds John Budetti As Partner And Co-Head Of Global Private Capital Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Norm Law has added John Budetti as Partner and Co-Head of Global Private Capital Funds. The appointment expands the AI-native law firm’s capabilities for advising institutional investment managers and private capital sponsors.

Kirkland Adds Real Estate Partner Wesley Smith To Expand Data Center And Digital Infrastructure Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Kirkland & Ellis has added Wesley Smith as a Partner in its Real Estate Practice Group. He joins the firm from Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he was also a partner.

Nano Dimension Appoints Moshe Rozenbaum Interim CEO And Phillip Borenstein Chairman

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Nano Dimension has appointed Moshe Rozenbaum as Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The company’s Board of Directors has also named Phillip Borenstein Chairman.

OpenAI Appoints Nubank Founder David Vélez And BNY CEO Robin Vince To Foundation And Group PBC Boards

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

OpenAI has appointed David Vélez and Robin Vince to the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC. The additions bring senior leadership experience spanning digital banking, financial infrastructure, risk management, institutional governance and technology-driven transformation.

MSA Safety Elects Diebold Nixdorf CEO Octavio Marquez To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

MSA Safety has elected Octavio Marquez to its Board of Directors as part of the industrial safety company’s regular succession planning. Marquez is President and CEO of Diebold Nixdorf.

NCTC Promotes Brian Jones To CFO After 34 Years With The Organization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

The National Content & Technology Cooperative has promoted Brian Jones to Chief Financial Officer. Jones previously served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations and has worked at NCTC for 34 years.

Interblock Appoints Kay Oswald As Chief Executive Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

Interblock has appointed Kay Oswald as chief executive officer following a search that began in February 2026. He succeeds Bala Ganesan, managing director at Oaktree Capital Management, who had been serving as interim CEO.

McGuireWoods Adds Michelle Williamson As Houston Partner To Expand Energy And Infrastructure Finance Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 21, 2026

McGuireWoods has added Michelle Williamson as a partner in its Houston office, expanding the firm’s capabilities across energy, infrastructure and other complex financing transactions. She joins after nearly a decade at Kirkland & Ellis in Houston, where she was a partner.

Avia Solutions Group Appoints AJ Abedin As Board Director And Senior Strategic Advisor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Avia Solutions Group has appointed AJ Abedin to its board of directors and named him senior strategic advisor, effective July 20. Abedin will be based in the United States and will help deepen the aviation services group’s relationships with U.S. capital markets.

RBC Wealth Management Adds $1.6 Billion Firm KPM Wealth Advisory Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

RBC Wealth Management has added the KPM Wealth Advisory Group to its Dallas office. The team manages approximately $1.6 billion in assets.

Andreessen Horowitz Names Connor Love General Partner On American Dynamism Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Andreessen Horowitz has named Connor Love as a general partner on its American Dynamism investment team. Love will focus on companies operating across defense, space, advanced manufacturing, autonomous systems and other technologies connected to U.S. national interests.

General Motors Names Allyson Witherspoon Chief Marketing Officer For Buick And GMC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

General Motors has named Allyson Witherspoon as chief marketing officer for Buick and GMC. She will work with the automaker’s leadership team and dealer network to guide the marketing strategies of both brands.

WFW Adds Xuan Jin To Strengthen APAC Finance And Capital Markets Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Watson Farley & Williams has added finance and capital markets lawyer Xuan Jin in Hong Kong. His arrival expands the firm’s financing capabilities across Asia-Pacific, particularly within the energy, infrastructure and transport sectors.

Troutman Pepper Locke Adds Mac Marshall As Partner In Houston Energy Transactional Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Troutman Pepper Locke has added Mac Marshall as a partner in its Energy Transactional Practice Group. Based in Houston, Marshall brings approximately two decades of experience advising on upstream, midstream and international energy transactions collectively valued at more than $17 billion.

Latham & Watkins Adds Jennifer Ying Lan As Partner In New York Capital Markets Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Latham & Watkins has added Jennifer Ying Lan as a partner in its New York office. She joins the firm’s Capital Markets and Public Company Representation Practices with a focus on investment-grade debt offerings and other public and private financing transactions.

Bank Of America Names Senior Executives To Accelerate AI Adoption Across Global Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Bank of America has appointed several senior executives to expand the adoption of artificial intelligence, digital assets and data-driven tools across its global markets business, according to Reuters. The leadership changes are intended to support technology modernization and greater automation throughout the division.

Xactly Appoints Adriana Carpenter As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 20, 2026

Xactly has appointed Adriana Carpenter as chief financial officer. She brings more than 20 years of experience leading finance organizations at software and technology companies.

FourthSquare Names Josh Ezring President And Chief Revenue Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2026

FourthSquare has appointed Josh Ezring as president and chief revenue officer to lead the company’s revenue strategy and support its next phase of growth. Ezring will help expand FourthSquare’s artificial intelligence, cloud and managed services offerings as the company works with organizations on enterprise digital transformation initiatives.