Paris-based investment manager Tikehau hired StepStone's Olga Kosters to head up the strategy in November.
The firm is in market targeting $1.25bn for its latest flagship secondaries fund.
The direct secondaries specialist is investing its $685m Fund X, which closed in January last year.
The SharesPost100 fund, designed to democratise access to VC, is managed by ex-HQ Capital secondaries co-head Christian Munafo.
An apparent flurry of dealflow doesn’t mean they will all get across the line
The appointment of Myriam Vander Elst follows that of an ex-Wells Fargo subscription finance executive in May.
Daniel Dupont has been co-head of secondaries at the investment firm since 2011.
It was 'difficult to walk a straight line' with sellers on secondaries portfolios in the first half of this year, chief executive David Layton says.
The 'relationship business' of private equity is under threat as GPs and LPs pivot to working virtually in the face of the pandemic, a panel has heard.
Strategies that worked well for buyers during the bull market may no longer work, says the investment firm's head of secondaries Jeff Akers.