Alternative investment firm MidOcean Partners has appointed Spencer Potts as head of business development and Ruth Lane as head of investor relations.

“Spencer and Ruth are both highly accomplished investment management industry executives,” says Ted Virtue, chief executive officer of MidOcean. “We are thrilled to welcome them to our team and look forward to leveraging their deep relationships and alternative asset management expertise as we seek to deliver a premier solutions-based experience to our investors and expand our client base globally.”
 
Potts joins MidOcean from CIFC, where he served as head of business development. Previously, he spent eight years as managing director and head of business development at Silver Creek Capital, dedicated to the marketing of institutional investment portfolios centred around alternative assets including hedge funds, private equity and real estate. Prior to that, he was a director in Merrill Lynch's hedge fund origination group, sourcing and marketing institutional hedge fund portfolios.
 
Lane also joins MidOcean from CIFC, where she served as head of investor relations. Previously, she was associate director of investor relations and marketing at Mount Kellett Capital Management, where she was responsible for supporting the investor relations, marketing, and business development activities of the firm. Before that, she worked in institutional research sales and equity sales trading for Credit Suisse Securities.