Stanhope, Longbridge Financial, Cushman & Wakefield, Telecom Infrastructure Partners, Jones Walker, Renew, Panattoni Data Centers, Hamilton Lane, Fengate, Vauban Infrastructure Partners, Jefferies Private Capital Advisory
Hamilton Lane – The private markets investment management firm has appointed Tara Speers, Lucas May and Colin Mooney as senior additions to its global infrastructure and real assets team. Speers joins as managing director on the product team in Toronto from Fengate, where she served as managing director focused on capital formation and investor relations. May joins as principal on the infrastructure and real assets investment team in Conshohocken from Vauban Infrastructure Partners, where he served as vice president. Mooney joins as vice president on the infrastructure and real assets investment team in London from Jefferies Private Capital Advisory, where he served as vice president. In their new roles, they will support Hamilton Lane‘s target of scaling its infrastructure platform, expanding capital formation, and executing investment opportunities across North America and Europe.
Panattoni Data Centers – Adam Kramer and Doug Roberts have been appointed to global leadership roles to support the company’s development portfolio. Kramer has been appointed as president and global managing partner, joining from Switch and NZero, where he previously held leadership roles. Roberts has been appointed as chief operating officer, continuing in his role as president of North American development while taking on global operational oversight. In their new roles, they will support the firm’s target of expanding its global data centre operations, advancing mission-critical infrastructure projects and meeting increasing demand from hyperscale customers worldwide.
Stanhope – James Mantle has been appointed as commercial finance director to oversee financial and commercial reporting, analysis and performance across the firm’s development and asset management functions. Mantle joins from Related Argent, where he served as finance director for development, having previously held the role of head of commercial finance at Battersea Power Station following three years at The Berkeley Group. In his new role, he will support Stanhope‘s target of scaling its asset management platform and executing new investment mandates across London and Paris.
Telecom Infrastructure Partners – Lutfu Kitapci has been appointed as chief executive officer, effective 1 December 2026, succeeding John Thompson, who has served as acting chief executive officer alongside his role as chief financial officer and will continue as chief financial officer. Kitapci joins from Hyperoptic, where he served as chief customer officer and managing director of ISP. In his new role, he will support Telecom Infrastructure Partners‘s target of scaling its digital infrastructure platform and expanding its portfolio of property interests across its 16 international markets.
Longbridge Financial – Melissa Macerato has been promoted from chief revenue and marketing officer to president and chief commercial officer, expanding her leadership across sales, marketing, training, human resources and product development. Macerato, who joined Longbridge in 2012 shortly after its founding, previously served as lead of reverse mortgage sales at MetLife, having previously served as a senior director at GE Capital and a vice president at MBNA America. In her new role, she will support Longbridge Financial‘s target of leading its next phase of growth, expanding home equity solutions for borrowers 55 and older, and rolling out a new suite of products and tools for lenders and borrowers.
Renew – Girish Gehani, chief operating officer of Trilogy Real Estate Group, has been appointed as strategic advisor to help guide the resident retention intelligence platform’s product roadmap, go-to-market strategy, and strategic partnerships. Gehani, who is a founding partner at Trilogy Real Estate Group overseeing its operations and property management business, currently serves on the executive board of the Illinois Apartment Association and previously served on multiple committees for the National Apartment Association. In his new role, he will support Renew‘s target of advancing its product roadmap and expanding operator adoption following the launch of its Offer Studio renewal strategy platform.
Cushman & Wakefield – The global commercial real estate services firm has appointed Tom Glover, Andrew Fray, and James Polkinghorne to senior leadership roles within its APAC & EMEA Data Centre Group. Glover joins as head of data centre group for EMEA from JLL, where he served as executive director and EMEA head of data centre transactions, having previously served on the board of Asanti and led international business development at Interxion. Fray takes on the newly created role of head of origination and major transactions for APAC & EMEA, transitioning from his previous senior capacity within Cushman & Wakefield. Polkinghorne joins as head of operations for APAC & EMEA from AirTrunk, where he served on the hyperscale platform following five years at Macquarie Group. In their new roles, they will support Cushman & Wakefield‘s target of scaling its cross-regional data centre platform and delivering advisory, transaction, and operational services across APAC and EMEA.
Jones Walker – Alex Cochran has been appointed as special counsel in the litigation practice group and a member of the energy, environmental and natural resources industry team in the firm’s Houston office. In his new role, he will support Jones Walker‘s target of expanding its energy and litigation practice across Texas, advising clients on complex energy, environmental and commercial disputes.
