Monday, 1 October 2012

WAM | ADIA appoints Head of Principal Investments, Private Equities Department

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) announced today the appointment of Colm Lanigan as Head of Principal Investments in its Private Equities Department, with immediate effect.

In this new role, Lanigan will be responsible, alongside senior management, for developing strategy and overseeing the execution and management of principal investments, in which ADIA acquires equity stakes in private companies, typically alongside private equity sponsors or partners. Based in Abu Dhabi, Lanigan will report to Hareb Al Darmaki, Executive Director of ADIA's Private Equities Department.

With over 20 years of public and private markets experience, Lanigan's career has included senior roles in some of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions. Most recently, he served as Managing Partner of Tara Capital, a boutique private equity firm that he started in 2005. Prior to this, he was a partner at Caxton-Iseman Capital, the private equity affiliate of hedge fund Caxton Associates, where he helped to expand the firm's principal investment business.

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