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The appointment comes as the firm seeks more than $1bn for its fourth flagship secondaries fund.

The appointment follows that of Lazard director Johanna Lottmann, who is set to join the firm in London in the coming months.

Mateja Maher and Warren Allan join from Campbell Lutyens and Stephenson Harwood, respectively.

Holcombe Green, a 15-year veteran of the firm, becomes global head of private capital advisory including fundraising at the investment bank.

Yassin Knocke and William Thompson will focus on analysing, structuring and monitoring private equity secondaries investments from the firm's London office.

Pablo Calo, a secondaries veteran, has formed a transatlantic team focusing on GP-led processes.

Ian Charles, a partner and secondaries market veteran, is leaving the private equity and real estate secondaries firm to launch his own venture.

PNC has become the majority owner of the firm, with a 75% stake in a deal that closed in July.

Candidates must have excellent investment judgement and 'sense of the deal'.

The appointment is the third former CPPIB investment professional to join the preferred equity firm this year.