Access appoints two new partners

In addition to the two promotions, the firm has also recruited Wealon Bouillet from Vega Investment Managers as risk management and compliance director. All three appointments will be based in Access’s Paris office.

Underwood joined access in 2011, after a stint as investment director at Mezzanis. Prior to Mezzanis, he spent two years in PwC’s transaction services, performing financial due diligence assessments. 

Underwood has recently been working on fundraising for the GP’s latest debt vehicle, Access Capital Private Debt Fund II, which held its first close earlier this month on €56m. He graduated from Rouen Graduate School of Management and has an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Desprez de Fresnoye will be responsible for supporting Access’s investment team on primary, secondary and co-investment deals. He will also work on matters relating to new fund structuring and regulation.

Before joining Access in 2010, Desprez de Fresnoye spent five years at AGF Private Equity, as finance director in funds-of-funds. He studied at Université de Caen Basse Normandie and Université de Picardie Jules Verne.

Bouillet spent six years at Vega, where he leaves his role as head of operational due diligence. He studied engineering at Ecole Centrale de Lyon.

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