The appointment comes as movement around the secondaries advisory world has slowed after a series of relocations over the past year.
Devon Park, founded by secondaries veteran Jonathan Costello, closed on four GP-led transactions worth a combined $2bn last year.
The appointments bring the firm's headcount to 170 employees globally across its Toronto and London offices.
Jinkens will give PJT an on-the-ground ability to focus on LP-led advisory in Europe as well as the Middle East, Secondaries Investor understands.
Stefano Manna joins as head of GP advisory and will help the bank provide sponsors with a range of services including single- and multi-asset continuation funds.
The firm’s private wealth platform has almost $6bn in assets under management.
The Melbourne office brings the firm's total global presence to 11 and is its fifth in the APAC region.
Jonathan Gray’s contention, that discounts on LP portfolios could increase, runs contrary to the trend this year of strengthening pricing.
The investment banking arm of Daiwa Securities Group has grown its secondaries advisory team to six people.
Strategic Partners, formed in 2000, has grown rapidly since its acquisition by Blackstone into one of the largest secondaries buyers in the market.